Illocutionary Speech Act in American Idol 2019

Abstract

This thesis entitled "Illocuionary Speech Act in American Idol 2019". This study is aimed to find the types of illocutionary acts and the functions of illocutionary acts used by the people who take part in the American Idol 2019program such as the contestants, judges and hosts. The research method used in completing this research is a qualitative descriptive method. In analyzing the data, the writer used Yule's (1996) theory. The findings show that there are five types of illocutionary acts found in this study: 5 (6.57%) declarations, 11 representatives (14.47%), 49 (64.47%) expressives, 10 (13.15%) directives, and 1 (1.31%) commisives. The functions of illocutionary acts found in American Idol 2019 are: 1 (1.31%) declarations that have a 'naming' function, 1 (1.31%) declarations that have a 'declaring' function, 4 (5.26%) ) representatives who have the 'asserting' function, 7 (9.21%) representatives who have the 'informing' function, 4 (5.26%) expressives who have the 'complimenting' function, 25 (33.89%) 'thanking', 22 (28.94%) expressives which have 'apologizing' function, 2 (2.63%) directives which have 'commanding' function, 3 (3.94%) directives which have 'requesting' function, 3 (3.94%) directives which have a 'suggesting' function, 2 (2.63%) directives which have a 'forbidding' function, ordering 1 (1.31%) directives which have a 'ordering' function, and the last one is 1 (1.31%) commisives that have a 'promising' function. The most dominant type of illocutionary act spoken on American Idol 2019 is expressives with a complimenting function. This implies that people who took part in the Amrican Idol 2019 event made many praising statements, saying thank you when the event was taking place.

Skripsi ini berjudul “Illocuionary Speech Act in American Idol 2019”. Studi ini bertujuan untuk menemukan jenis tindak ilokusi dan fungsi tindak ilokusi yang digunakan oleh orang-orang yang ikut serta dalam acara American Idol 2019 seperti para kontestan, juri dan host. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam menyelesaikan penelitian ini adala metode deskriptif kulaitatif. Dalam menganalisis data, teori Yule (1996) digunakan. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa ada lima jenis tindak ilokusi yang ditemukan dalam studi ini: 5 (6,57%) declarations, 11 representatives (14,47%), 49 (64,47%) expressives, 10 (13,15%) directives, and 1 (1,31%) commisives. Fungsi-fungsi dari tindak ilokusi yang ditemukan dalam American Idol 2019 adalah: 1 (1,31%) declarations yang memiliki fungsi „naming‟, 1 (1,31%) declarations yang memiliki fungsi „declaring‟, 4 (5,26%) representatives yang memiliki fungsi „asserting‟, 7 (9,21%) representatives yang memiliki fungsi „informing‟, 4 (5,26%) expressives yang memiliki fungsi „complimenting‟, 25 (33,89%) expressives yang memiliki fungsi „thanking‟, 22 (28,94%) expressives yang memiliki fungsi „apologizing‟, 2 (2,63%) directives yang memiliki fungsi „commanding‟, 3 (3,94%) directives yang memiliki fungsi „requesting‟, 3 (3,94%) directives yang memiliki fungsi „suggesting‟, 2 (2,63%) directives yang memiliki fungsi „forbidding‟, ordering 1 (1,31%) directives yang memiliki fungsi „ordering‟, dan yang terakhir adalah 1 (1,31%) commisives yang memiliki fungsi „promising‟. Jenis tindak ilokusi yang paling dominan yang diucapkan di American Idol 2019 adalah expressives dengan fungsi complimenting (. Ini menyiratkan bahwa orang-orang yang ikut dalam acara Amrican Idol 2019 mengujarkan banyak pernyataan memuji, mengucapkan terimakasih ketika acara tersebut sedang berlangsung.