An Analysis of Illocutionary Acts in “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life” Novel

Damanik, Tri Maryati (2014) An Analysis of Illocutionary Acts in “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life” Novel. S1 thesis, Universitas Kristen Indonesia.

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Abstract

This study has three major purposes: (1) to identify the illocutionary acts types used in Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life novel, (2) to find out the most dominant type of illocutionary acts found in “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life”. This research is a case study using the descriptive qualitative method design. The researcher took ten chapters of Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life novel in his research. The instrument used in conducting this research was human instrument. It was the researcher himself as the instrument. The collected data analyzed in accordance with the types of illocutionary acts devices. There were several steps that use to conduct this research. First, the researcher collected the sentences that consist of illocutionary types in the story of “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life” novel. Second, the researcher selected the data obtained from data sources to meet the nature of the problems of the study. Finally, the researcher identified the data by made a percentage in its types, then the researcher made conclusions. The result showed that the Illocutionary Act found in Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life novel texts are Assertive Illocutionary 9.1%, Directive Illocutionary 73.7%, Expressive Illocutionary 13.1%, Commissive Illocutionary 4.1%, and Declarative Illocutionary 0%. The finding revealed that Directive Illocutionary became the most Illocutionary Act types used among the ten chapters of Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life novel, because the story tells about the adventure of the two kids that are breaking the mystery, there are many texts that used Directive Illocutionary types. It is such as requesting the hearer to do something, asking, ordering and commanding. Based on this, it is recommended to another researcher to study the illocutionary act as interestingly as possible in a novel. Keywords: illocutionary act, ten chapters of novel, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life novel Penelitian ini memilikitiga tujuanutama: (1) untuk mengidentifikasijenisillocutionary actyangdigunakandalam novel “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life”,dan(2) untuk mengetahuijenis yang paling dominan dariill ocutionary actyang ditemukan dalam novel“Jeremy Finkand the Meaning of Life”. Penelitian inimerupakan studi kasus yang menggunakandeskriptif–kualitatifmetode. Peneliti mengambil sepuluh bab dari novel “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life”dalam penelitiannya. Instrumen yang digunakandalam melakukan penelitianiniadalahpenelitisendiri. Data yang terkumpuldianalisissesuai denganjenisilokusisebagai theory yang digunkan. Ada beberapa langkah yang digunakan untuk melakukan penelitian ini. Pertama, peneliti mengumpulkan kalimat yang terdiri dari jenis ilokusi dalam kisah novel “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life”. Kedua, peneliti memilih data yang diperoleh dari sumber data untuk memecahkan masalah penelitian.Akhirnya, peneliti mengidentifikasi data dengan membuat persentase menurut jenisnya, maka peneliti dapat membuat kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa illocutionary acts yang ditemukan dalam novel “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life” adalah Assertive Illocutionary9,1%, DirectiveIllocutionary73.7%, ExpressiveIllocutionary13,1%, Commissive Illocutionary4,1%, danDeclarative Illocutionary0%. Temuan ini mengungkapkan bahwa Directive Illocutionary menjadi jenis Illoutionary Act paling banyak digunakan dalam sepuluh bab dalam novel “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life”,karena ada banyak teks yang menggunakan jenis Directive Illocutionary. Hal ini dikarenakan banyak teks-teks yang mengandung jenis seperti requesting, asking, ordering, dancommanding. Berdasarkan hal ini,dianjurkan untuk peneliti lain untuk mempelajari Illocutionary Act yang menarik mungkin dalam novel. Kata kunci: “Illocutionary Act”, sepuluh babnovel, “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life”

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