AN ANALYSIS OF ASSERTIVE SPEECH ACT ON SENTENCES
USED IN THE SPEECHES OF BARACK OBAMA
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education in
English Department
by
DASTI FITRIANA
A320100215
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
v MOTTO
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َ و
اوــلاـ ق
اـ نــْســ ح
َل
مــْعــن و
َ وـْـلا
َلــْيـك
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Allah is sufficient for us
“cukuplah Allah menjadi penolong kami, dan Allah adalah sebaik-baik pelindung”
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DEDICATION
This paper is dedicated to:
My parent, Suparman and the late Juwarin
I love you with every beat of my heart Thank you for taking care of me all time
My little brother, Ahmad Riki Saputra
Thank you for your smartest smile
My big family
All my friends
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Assalamualaikum wr. wb.
In the Name of Alah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Praise to be Allah, the
Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment who has blassed the writer in finishing the research paper entitled “An Analysis of Assertive Speech Act on Sentences Used in the Speeches of Barack
Obama”. Praise is also given to our prophet, Muhammad Saw, who was moved us
from the darkness to the lightness.
This research paper deals with the types of assertive utterances found in speeches of Barack Obama and the illocutionary act of assertive utterances found in
speeches of Barack Obama.
The writer wants to express her appretiations to the people who was given their contributions to the writer in accomplishing this reseacrh trough their supports,
advises, motivations, suggestions, and even criticisms.
1. Prof. Dr. Harun Joko Prayitno, M.Hum., as the dean of School Teacher Training
and Education Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
2. Mauly Halwat Hikmat, Ph.D., as the head of Department of English Education.
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4. Malikatul Laila, Dra. M. Hum., as the second consultant who has given her valuable corrections and advises, so that the writer can get more knowledge
which have not been know before.
5. Drs. Agus Wijayanto, MA. Ph.D., as the third examiner who has examine well.
6. Nur Hidayat,SP.d.,as the writer’s academic consultant.
7. All lecturer in English Education Department who can’t mentioned one by one,
for sharing, inspiration, motivation, suggestion, consultation, and lecture given
for her.
8. Her beloved parents, Suparman and the late Juwarin for loving, advising,
praying, and struggle during this lecture.
9. Her beloved young brother, Ahmad Riki Saputra for loving and supporting.
10.All the writer’s family who can’t mentioned one by one for loving, sharing, and
always motivate her.
11.The big families of Wisma Sholeha, Wisma Co. Imam, Co. Imam LPIK UMS,
IMM FKIP UMS, JMF, KMP, Duta Perpustakaan, and PDNA Sukoharjo for togetherness and friendship.
Thus, the writer realizes that this research paper far away for being perfect,
so the writer will happy accept any criticism in order to make better this research. The writer hopes this research paper can give any beneficial to the readers.
Billahi fi shabililhaq fastabiqul khoirat
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Surakarta, Mei 2014 The writer
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4. IFIDs (Illocutionary Force Indicating Devices) ... 25
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ... 27
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ... 30
1. Research Finding ... 30
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2. The Illocutionary Act of Assertive Utterances ... 72
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 155
A. Conclusion ... 155
B. Suggestion ... 156
C. Weaknesses ... 156
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LIST OF TABLES
Page Table 1. The Focuses of Assertive Utterances ……….….. 70
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LIST OF ABBREVIATION
OW : President Barack OBAMA In His Own WORD TROA : The Remaking of America
CHCTA : Change Has Come To America AWTSAO : A World That Stands As One ANSFANW : A New Strategy for a New World
TAWL : The America We Love AMPU : A More Perfect Union
AFP : Announcement for President
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ABSTRACT
Dasti Fitriana, A 320100215, Department of English Education, School of Teacher Training and Education, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, 2014, xvi + 196
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Assertive speech act is concerned with facts which the purpose is to inform. There are six focuses of assertive utterances: on information, on truth-value of utterance, on speaker’s commitment or involvement in what is reported, on manner of communicating, on the nature of the message, and focus on aspect. This research aimed at 1) describing the types of assertive speech act which are found in President Barack Obama in His Own Word e-book, 2) describing the illocutionary act of sentences found in President Barack Obama in His Own Word e-book. The data are the speeches of Barack Obama which collected in President Barack Obama in His Own Word e-book. The techniques of data collection is observation and documentation. The technique for analyzing data is descriptive analysis. The study shows that: 1) the focus of assertive utterances based on illocutionary act used in speeches Barack Obama are 27 (36%) focus on information, 34 (45,33%) focus on truth and value of utterance, 6 (8%) focus on manner of communicating, 1 (1,33%) focus on the nature of the message, and 7 (9,4%) focus on aspect. And the last is the illocutionary act of assertive utterance, the writer finds 3 motivating (4%), 2 predicting (2,67%), 25 persuading (34,66%), 8 requesting (10,67%), 11 threatening (14,67%), 9 warning (12%), 4 worrying (5,33%), 2 convincing (2,67%), 1 inviting (1,33%), 1 swearing (1,33%), 2 hoping (2,67%), 1 promising (1,33%), 2 guaranteeing (2,67%), and 3 influencing (4%).
Keywords :Assertive speech act, illocutionary act, the speeches of Barack
