An Analysis of Expressive Illocutionary Acts in The Oprah Winfrey Show

Abstract

This thesis is entitled “An Analysis of Expressive Illocutionary Acts in the Oprah Winfrey Show: A pragmatic Study”. The selection of the title is based on the consideration of the importance of understanding the language used by Oprah Winfrey and J.K. Rowling in Oprah Winfrey Show. This thesis discuss about expressives illocutionary acts that includes to pragmatics analysis of utterances used in aforementioned talk show. From several theory of speech act that is found by experts, such as Yule’s theory, Austin’s theory, Peccei’s theory etc., Searle’s theory has been selected to be used in this thesis. In this thesis, library research is used in collecting literary material such as books, linguistic journals, and thesis related to the title. Then, the materials are studied to be applied in searching for direct utterances in the talk show. From the result of the analysis, 44 expressives illocution have been found in the talk show that can be classified as follow: expressives for thank 3 (6,81%), expressives for congratulation 14 (31,81%), expressives for whises 4 (9,09%), and expressives for attitudes 24 (52,27%), while the other two types which are expressives for apologies and expressives for greetings cannot be classified. The application resulting this: literal direct 37 (84,09%), literal direct + non literal direct 4 (9,09%), and literal direct+ nonliteral direct 3 (6,81%).

Skripsiiniberjudul “An Analysis of Expressive Illocutionary Acts in the Oprah Winfrey Show: A pragmatic Study”. Pemilihanjudulinididasarkanpadakesadaranpentingnyamemahamipenggunaanbahasa yang digunakan Oprah Winfrey dan J.K. Rowling di dalamOprah Winfrey Show.Skripsiinimembahastindakilokusiekspresif yang termasukdalamanalisisprakmatikpadaujaran-ujarandalamtalk showtersebutdiatas. Dari beberapateorispeech act yang telahditemukanolehbeberapaahli, sepertiteori Yule, teori Austin, teoriPeccei, dan lain-lain, teori Searle telahdipilihuntukdigunakandalamskripsiini. Dalamskripsiini, studikepustakaandigunakanyaknidenganmengumpulkanbahan literature sepertibuku-buku, jurnal-jurnal linguistic danskripsi yang berkaitandenganjudul di atas.Bahan-bahan literature tersebutkemudiandipelajariuntukdapatditerapkandalammencariujaran-ujaranlangsungdari talk show tersebut. Dari analisistersebut, diperoleh 44 tindakilokusiekspresif yang ditemukandalam talk show tersebutdenganpengklasifikasiansebagaiberikut: expressives for thank 3 (6,81%), expressives for congratulation 14 (31,81%), expressives for whises 4 (9,09%), danexpressives for attitudes 24 (52,27%) sementaraduatipelainnyayaitu, expressives for apologiesdanexpressives for greetingstidakterklasifikasi. Sedangkandalamhalpengaplikasiannyadiperolehsebagaiberikut: literal direct 37 (84,09%), literal direct + non literal direct 4 (9,09%), danliteral direct+ nonliteral direct 3 (6,81%).