AN ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN DISCOVER MAGAZINE
A THESIS
BY
PETRUS SURYO KUNCORO
REG. NO 100705016
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
AN ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN DISCOVER MAGAZINE
A THESIS
BY
PETRUS SURYO KUNCORO
REG. NO 100705016
SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR
Dr. Eddy Setia, M. Ed. TESP Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. PhD
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all I would like to express my thankfulness to the Almighty God who
always gives me health, patience, strength, and guidance to complete this thesis.
First and foremost, I would like to express my deep gratitude and
appreciation to my supervisor and my co-supervisor, Dr. Eddy Setia, M. Ed.. TESP.
And Mr. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. for their advice, guidance, support, and
constructive comments during the process of writing this thesis.
My sincere gratitude also goes to the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies,
University of Sumatera Utara, Dr. Syahron Lubis, M. A, the Head and the Secretary
of English Department, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, Ms. and Mr. Rahmadsyah
Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. and all of the lectures and staff of English Department for the
valuable knowledge, opportunities, and facilities given to me during my study on this
university.
My special appreciation and thanks also expressed to my beloved parents, I.G
Jokopitoyo and N. Saragi, who always pray, remind, give attention, encouragement,
moral and financial support for me. Also for my beloved brother and sister, Elyas
Subiastoro Pitoyo, Patricia Rizky Mutiara, and Bellarmino Wira Permana, who
always be my motivation to do something better.
Special thanks are also addressed to my beloved and the only one for the love
and affection during the process of writing this thesis. For my special friends, Denny,
and also for the special snack and soft drink that we always clutch while writing this
thesis. For all of the girls on my class, thank you for being spunky.
Other special thanks go to all my dormitory mates, Sarmin 91, thanks for
reminding me to finish this thesis. Also for my friends in English Department and
Faculty of Cultural Studies, whose names cannot be mentioned one by one, thank
you for giving support and prayer in finishing this thesis. May we always have a
great gathering time and build a great friendship forever. Finally, I hope this thesis
will always be useful for the readers and the other student for doing the next
research.
May God bless us. Amin
Medan, 20 July 2014
The writer
Petrus Suryo Kuncoro
ABSTRACT
This thesis entitled “An Analysis of Illocutionary Acts in Discover Magazine”. It is a pragmatic analysis namely the speech acts category with the main subject illocutionary acts. Based on the analysis, the category of illocutionary acts they are: assertives, directives, commissives, expressives, and declaratives performed in Discover Magazine are the main subjects of this thesis. The data are collected and analyzed by using the Qualitative method. In this thesis, the writer used the theory of Searle (1979) for the types of illocutionary acts in this thesis. From the data analysis found there are 52 utterances or sentences that consist of illocutionary acts. From the findings, there are assertive, directives, commissives, and declarations types but no expressive category found from the magazine. Sub-category of assertives found in the magazine namely: alleging, stating, suggesting, asserting, predicting, affirming, insisting, reporting, and complaining. Sub-category of directives found namely: recommending, plead, entreating, and asking. The sub-category of commissives found is promising. The sub-category of declaration found is declaring. The most dominant type of illocutionary acts found in the scientific magazine is the assertives type.
ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini berjudul “An Analysis of Illocutionary Acts in Discover
Magazine”. Skripsi ini merupakan analisis pragmatik yakni kategori tindak
tuturdengan subjek utama tindak ilokusi. Kategori dari tindak ilokusi yakni: asertif, direktif, komisif, ekspresif dan deklaratif yang terdapat dalam Majalah Discover merupakan subyek utama dari analisis skripsi ini. Data- data dikumpulkan dan dianalisis menggunakan metode kualitatif. Untuk tipe- tipe dari tindak ilokusi pada skripsi ini, penulis menggunakan teori Searle (1979). Dari analisis data, ditemukan ada 52 buah ucapan atau kalimat yang mengandung tindak ilokusi. Dari hasil yang ditemukan pada majalah tersebut, terdapat kategori asertif, direktif, dan komisif, dan deklaratif tetapi tidak ada ditemukan kategori ekspresif. Sub kategori dari asertif yang ditemukan dari majalah tersebut yakni: menduga, menyatakan, menyarankan, menegaskan, menekankan, memaksakan, melaporkan dan mengeluh. Sub kategori direktif yang ditemukan yakni: merekomendasikan, mengaku, memohon, dan bertanya. Sub kategori dari komisif yang ditemukan yaitu menjanjikan. Sub kategori deklaratif ditemukan mendeklarasikan. Tipe yang tindak ilokusi yang ditemukan paling dominan ditemukan dari majalah ilmiah tersebut adalah tipe asertif.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ... v
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS………..……… . vii
ABSTRACT ... ix
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 An Overview of Pragmatics ... 8
2.2 Speech Acts ... 10
2.3 Types of Speech Acts ... 13
2.3.1 Locutionary Acts ... 13
2.3.2 Illocutionary Acts ... 14
2.3.3 Perlocutionary Acts ... 15
2.4 The Understanding of Illocutionary Acts ... 17
2.4.1 The Definition of Illocutionary Act ... 17
2.4.2 The Categories of Illocutionary Acts ... 18
2.4.4 Performative Utterance ... 26
CHAPTER III: METHOD OF RESEARCH 3.1 Research Method ... 30
3.2 Data and Source of Data ... 30
3.3 Data collecting Procedures ... 31
3.4 Data Analysis ... 32
CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 4.1Analysis ... 35
4.1.1 Data Description ... 35
4.1.1.1 Assertives ... 36
4.1.1.2 Directives ... 40
4.1.1.3 Commissives ... 42
4.1.1.4 Declarations ... 43
4.1.1.5 Expressives ... 43
4.2 The Intention of Illocutionary Acts ... 44
4.3 Findings ... 57
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion ... 59
5.2 Suggestion ... 60
REFERENCES ... 61
