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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE ... i
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ... ii
ABSTRACT ... iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... v
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ... vii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1 Background of The Research ... 1
1.2 Statements of Problems ... 5
1.3 Purposes of The Research ... 5
1.4 Research Methods ... 5
1.5 Clarifications of Key Terms ... 8
1.6 Organization of The Research ... 8
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FOUNDATION ... 10
2.1 Speech Acts Theories ... 10
2.1.1 The Genesis of Speech Act Theory ... 11
2.1.2 Speech Act Speech Act Schema (SAS) ... 16
2.1.3 A Taxonomy of Communicative Illocutionary Acts ... 21
2.2 Review of Previous Studies... 24
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODS ... 27
3.1 Formulation of Problems ... 27
3.2 Research Design ... 27
3.3 Data Source ... 29
3.4 Data Collection ... 30
3.5 Data Analyses ... 33
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ... 36
4.1 Kinds of Speech Acts ... 36
4.1.1 Constatives ... 37
4.1.2 Acknowledgments ... 39
4.1.3 Directives ... 40
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4.2.1 Constatives Variations ... 43
4.2.2 Acknowledgments Variations ... 48
4.2.3 Directives Variations ... 50
4.3 Discussions ... 54
CAPTER V CONCLUSIONS DAN SUGGESTIONS ... 58
5.1 Conclusions ... 58
5.2 Suggestions... 61
REFERENCES ... 62
APPENDIX ... 65
