Illocutionary Acts Found In The United Nationsspokesman Ban Ki Moon’s “Lecture At The Indonesia Peace And Security Centre” Text

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ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS FOUND IN THE UNITED

NATIONSSPOKESMAN BAN KI MOON’S “LECTURE AT THE

INDONESIA PEACE AND SECURITY CENTRE” TEXT

A THESIS

BY

AGUS PAMUNGKAS REG. NO. 100705056

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2016

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ABSTRACT

Illocutionary act is the act of saying, a sentence which is committed and intended speaker by uttering a sentence such as asking, stating, questioning, promising, ordering, apologizing, threatening, and requesting. The writer analyzes illocutionary acts expressed in Chairman of the United Nation‟s Ban Ki Moon‟s Speech. This study is important because most of the hearers only know the literal meanings of the sentences uttered by the speakers without understand what are really meant by the speakers in their speech pragmatically. This study investigates functions and the use of illocutionary act used in Ban Ki Moon speech. The descriptive qualitative method is used to analyze the data in this study. The data are presented descriptive approaches because all of the data in this research are in the forms of sentences and implemented descriptively. Illocutionary acts used in Ban Ki Moon‟s speech such as describe the functions and the use of the illocutionary acts. The findings show that there are four types of illocutionary acts found in this study: assertive, directive, commissive, and expressive. The type of illocutionary act found in this speech is mostly assertive. There are four functions of illocutionary acts found in the speech such as competitive, convivial, collaborative, and conflictive. The function of illocutionary act found is mostly in the form of collaborative.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL SHEET_{... ii}

STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP ... iii

ABSTRACT_{... iv}

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS_{... v}

TABLE OF CONTENTS_{... vii}

LIST OF TABLES_{... ix}

CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION ... 1

1.1 Background of the Study ... 1

1.2Problem of the Study ... 3

1.3Objective of the Study ... 3

1.4 Scope of the Study ... 3

1.5 Significance of the Study ... 5

CHAPTER II:LITERATURE REVIEW ... 6

2.1 ConceptualFramework ... 6

2.1.1 Speech Act Theories ... 7

2.1.2 Types of Speech Acts ... 11

2.1.2.1 Locutionary Acts ... 11

2.1.2.2Illocutionary Acts ... 11

2.1.2.3Perlocutionary Acts ... 14

2.2 Theoretical Framework ... 14

2.2.1 The Types of Illocutionary Acts ... 14

2.2.2 The Functions of Illocutionary Acts ... 17

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2.3Previous Related Studies ... 18

CHAPTER III: METHOD OF RESEARCH ... 20

3.1 Research Design ... 20

3.2 Sources of Data ... 21

3.3 Data Collection Procedure ... 21

3.4 Data Analysis ... 22

CHAPTER IV : RESEARCH RESULT ... 24

4.1 Analysis ... 24

4.2 Findings ... 60

CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ... 63

5.1 Conclusion ... 63

5.2 Recommendation ... 64

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LIST OF TABLES

Page Table 1_{. The Identification of the Functions and the Use of Illocutionary Act}

Expressed in Chairman of the United Nation

Ban Ki Moon‟s Speech ... 53

Table 2_{. Frequencies of the Functions and the Use of Illocutionary Act ... 59}