AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACT IN THE INTERVIEW SCRIPT OF “OBAMA ON PARTISANSHIP AND GETTING THINGS DONE IN

WASHINGTON” BETWEEN MICHAEL SCHERER AND OBAMA ON AUGUST 30th, 2012

By:

AHMAD MA’ARIF ROMDLON

2009-32-255

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY 2014

AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACT IN THE INTERVIEW SCRIPT OF “OBAMA ON PARTISANSHIP AND GETTING THINGS DONE IN

WASHINGTON” BETWEEN MICHAEL SCHERER AND OBAMA ON AUGUST 30th, 2012

SKRIPSI

Presented to the University of Muria Kudus In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program

In English Education

By AHMAD MA’ARIF ROMDLON

NIM. 200932255

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS 2014

MOTTO AND DEDICATION

Motto:

“success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation,

perspiration and inspiration”

“God ever works with those who work with will”

“Press on! A better fate awaits there”

"Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement"

“Learn to be silent, let your mind listen and absorb”

Dedication:

This skripsi is dedicated to:

Allah SWT the Almighty.

My idol until here after, Prophet Muhammad SAW.

My beloved Parents my Dad Purjoso, S.Pd.I and my Mom Siti Aminah who

give me love, pray, and support.

My beloved sibling Hafidz Lutfi Abdullah and Muhammad Khoirul Anwar.

My best friend AM. Mustain Nasoha, S.H.

All of my friends in ponpes Darul Falah, Darun Najah and Al Faiz.

All of my friends and lecturers in Teacher Training and Education Faculty

UMK.

ADVISORS’ APPROVAL

This is certify that the skripsi of Ahmad Maarif Romdlon (2009-32-255) has been approved by the Examining Committee as a requirement for the Sarjana Degree of English Education

Kudus, Maret 2014 Skripsi Examining Committee

Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd. , Advisor I NIS.0610701000001207

Mutohhar, S.Pd, M.Pd. , Advisor II NIS.0610701000001204

Acknowledged by:

The Dean of Teacher Training of Education Faculty

Dr. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd. NIS. 19621219 198703 1 015

EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL

This is to certify that the skripsi of Ahmad Maarif Romdlon (2009-32-255) has been approved by the the examining committee as a requirement for the Sarjana Degree in English Education Department.

Kudus, 13 Maret 2014

Examining Committee

Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd. , Chairperson/member NIS. 0610701000001207

Mutohhar, S.Pd, M.Pd. , Member NIS. 0610701000001204

Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd , Member NIS. 0610701000001190

Aisyah Ririn P.U, S.S, M.Pd , Member NIS. 0610701000001228

Acknowledged by:

The Dean of Teacher Training of Education Faculty

Dr. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd. NIS. 19621219 198703 1 015

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillah, glory to Allah SWT the Almighty, the Lord of Universe

that blesses the writer with health and tremendous power in accomplishing the

skripsi entitled “An Analysis of Speech Act in The Interview Script of “Obama on

Partisanship and Getting Things Done in Washington” Between Michael Scherer

and Obama on August 30th, 2012”.

However, the completion of this skripsi could not be achieved without

assistance of others. In this opportunity, the writer would like to express my

gratitude to:

1. Dr. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education

Faculty.

2. Diah Kurniati, S.P.d, M.Pd, the Head of English Education Department of

Teacher Training and Education Faculty.

3. Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd, as my first advisor who already gives the writer

valuable input in writing this skripsi.

4. Mutohhar, S.Pd, M.Pd, as the second advisor who already gives suggestion in

writing this skripsi.

5. All of the lecturers who taught the writer during studying at the Faculty.

6. The writer’s beloved family who has given love, attention and spirit.

In addition, the writer hopes this skripsi will be useful for everyone who

concern to the topic.

Kudus, 08 October 2012

The Writer

ABSTRACT

Romdlon, Ahmad Maarif. 2014. An Analysis of Speech Act in The Interview Script of “Obama on Partisanship and Getting Things Done in Washington” Between Michael Scherer and Obama on August 30th, 2012. Skripsi. English Education Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty Muria Kudus University. Advisor: (1) Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd. (2) Mutohhar, S.P.d, M.Pd.

Key words : Interview, speech act function, illocutionary act Language is a communication tool that has been used since the first humans to express opinions, ideas, passion or desire and the talk. Hence, communication is a very important need for humans as social beings. Speech act is study of how performing action via utterance. The writer choose to analyze speech act in the interview script of “Obama on partisanship and getting things done” because this interview is also interesting and we can know about Obama’s policy in using funding to get education changes.

The objectives of this research are to find out the speech act classification on function and the illocutionary act in the interview script of “Obama on Partisanship and getting Things Done in Washington” between Michael Scherer and Obama on August, 30th 2012.

To obtain the objectives of the research, the descriptive qualitative is used to design this research. Whereas, the data in this research is the utterances in the interview of between Michael Scherer and Barack Obama on August, 30th 2012 and the data source in this research is the script of the interview of between Michael Scherer and Barack Obama on August, 30th 2012.

Based on the analyzing of the data, firstly, it was found the speech act classification on function and the illocutionary act. The writer found 165 speech act classification on function. They are 140 assertive utterances, 17 directive utterances, 7 commissive utterances, 0 expressive utterances and 0 declarative utterances. The writer also found 165 illocutionary act and divide it into some types; greeting, apologizing, describing something, asking something, making a request and giving and order and making a promise.

Therefore, The writer suggests that for the students, this research aims to understand and improve their knowledge and skill about speech act classification on function and illocutionary act. For lecturers and teachers, this research aimed at all English teacher and lecturer especially the lecturers of English Education Department who teach pragmatics which are explaining about speech act, especially illocutionary acts, they should focus on explaining the speech acts theory, the aims or the characteristics of each type of speech acts. So, they can improve their students’ knowledge. For further researchers, the further researchers who want to research about speech act should focus on understanding the speech acts theory and what kinds of text they will be studied. This research can be reference in understanding about illocutionary acts and the speech acts classification on function.

RINGKASAN

Romdlon, Ahmad Maarif. 2014. Sebuah Analisis Tindak Tutur dalam Naskah Wawancara “Obama dalam Kepartaian dan Hal yang sudah dilakukan di Washington” Antara Michael Scherer dan Obama pada 30 Agustus 2012. Skripsi. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (1) Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd. (2) Mutohhar, S.P.d, M.Pd.

Key words : Wawancara, klasifikasi fungsi tindak tutur, tindak ilokusi Bahasa adalah sebuah alat komunikasi yang sudah digunakan sejak manusia pertama untuk mengekspresikan pendapat, ide, gairah atau keinginan dan pembicaraan. Oleh karena itu, komunikasi merupakan kebutuhan yang sangat penting bagi manusia sebagai makhluk sosial. Tindak tutur adalah studi tentang bagaimana melakukan tindakan melalui ucapan. Penulis memilih untuk menganalisis tindak tutur dalam naskah wawancara “Obama dalam Kepartaian dan Hal yang sudah dilakukan di Washington” karena wawancara ini menarik dan kita dapat mengetahui tentang kebijakan Obama dalam menggunakan dana untuk mendapatkan perubahan pendidikan.

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui klasifikasi pada fungsi tindak tutur dan tindakan ilokusi dalam naskah wawancara antara Michael Scherer dan Barack Obama pada 30 agustus 2012.

Untuk mendapatkan tujuan penelitian, deskriptif kualitatif digunakan untuk merancang penelitian ini. Sedangkan, data dalam naskah wawancara antara Michael Scherer dan Barack Obama pada 30 agustus 2012 dan sumber data dalam penelitian ini adalah naskah wawancara antara Michael Scherer dan Barack Obama pada 30 agustus 2012.

Berdasarkan analisis data, pertama-tama, ditemukannya klasifikasi pada fungsi tindak tutur dan tindakan ilokusi. Penulis menemukan 165 klasifikasi pada fungsi tindak tutur . Mereka terbagi 140 kalimat asertif, 17 kalimat direktif, 7 kalimat komisif, 0 kalimat ekspresif dan 0 kalimat deklaratif. Penulis juga menemukan 165 tindak ilokusi dan membagi ke dalam beberapa jenis yaitu: ucapan, meminta maaf, menjelaskan sesuatu, meminta sesuatu, mengajukan permintaan dan memberikan dan ketertiban dan membuat janji.

Oleh karena itu, penulis menyarankan untuk siswa, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memahami dan meningkatkan pengetahuan dan ketrampilan mereka tentang klasifikasi pada fungsi tindak tutur dan tindak ilokusi. Untuk dosen dan guru, penelitian ini ditujukan kepada semua guru bahasa inggris dan dosen khususnya dosen fakultas pendidikan bahasa inggris yang mengajar pragmatik yang menjelaskan tentang tindak tutur, terutama tindak ilokusi, mereka harus fokus pada menjelaskan tentang teori tindak tutur, tujuan, atau karakteristik setiap jenis tindak tutur. Jadi, mereka dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan siswa mereka. Untuk peneliti selanjutnya, para peneliti selanjutnya yang menginginkan penelitian tentang tindak tutur harus fokus pada pemahaman teori tindak tutur dan jenis teks yang akan mereka pelajari. Sehingga mereka tidak akan bingung menentukan

jenis-jenis tindak tutur melalui teks yang dipelajari. Sehingga mereka tidak akan bingung untuk menentukan jenis-jenis tindak tutur melalui teks yang dipelajari. Penelitian ini dapat menjadi acuan dalam pemahaman tentang tindak ilokusi dan klasifikasi pada fungsi tindak tutur.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE .................................................................................................... i

PAGE OF COVER ................................................................................ ii

PAGE OF APPROVAL ......................................................................... ii

BOARD OF EXAMINERS.................................................................... iv

MOTTO AND DEDICATION .............................................................. v

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..................................................................... vi

ABSTRACT ........................................................................................... vii

RINGKASAN ......................................................................................... ix

TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................... xi

LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................. xiv

LIST OF APPENDICES ........................................................................ xv

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study .................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of the Problems .................................................. 5

1.3 Objectives of the Research ................................................. 5

1.4 Significance of the Research............................................... 6

1.5 Limitation of the Research.................................................. 6

1.6 Operational Definition ........................................................ 6

CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE

2.1. Pragmatics .......................................................................... 8

2.2. Speech Act ......................................................................... 10

2.3. Types of Speech Act ........................................................... 11

2.3.1 Locutionary Act .................................................................. 11

2.3.2 Illocutionary Act ................................................................. 12

2.3.3 Perlocutionary Act .............................................................. 12

2.4. Illocutionary Force ............................................................. 13

2.5 Speech Act Classification on Function ................................ 15

25.1 Assertive............................................................................. 15

2.5.2 Directive ............................................................................. 16

2.5.3 Commissive ........................................................................ 16

2.5.4 Expressive ......................................................................... 16

2.5.5 Declarative ......................................................................... 17

2.6 The Interview ..................................................................... 18

2.7 Biography of Barack Obama .............................................. 18

2.8 Previous Study .................................................................... 20

2.9 Theoritical Framework........................................................ 21

CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH

3.1. Design of The Research ...................................................... 22

3.2. Data and Data Source ......................................................... 22

3.3. Data Collection ................................................................... 23

3.4. Data Analysis ..................................................................... 23

CHAPTER IV FINDING AND DISCUSSION

4.1. Speech Act Classification on Function in The Interview

Script of “Obama on Partisanship and Getting Things

Done in Washington” Between Michael Scherer and

Obama on August 30th, 2012 .............................................. 25

4.2. Illocutionary Act found in Interview Script of “Obama on

Partisanship and Getting Things Done in Washington”

Between Michael Scherer and Obama on August 30th,

2012 ……………………………………………………......49

CHAPTER V DISCUSSION

5.1. Speech Act Classification on Function Found in The

Interview Script of “Obama on Partisanship and Getting

Things Done in Washington” Between Michael Scherer

and Obama on August 30th, 2012 ........................................ 79

5.2. Illocutionary Act Found in The Interview Script of

“Obama on Partisanship and Getting Things Done in

Washington” Between Michael Scherer and Obama on

August 30th, 2012 ............................................................... 83

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

6.1 Conclusions ...................................................................... 86

6.2 Suggestions....................................................................... 87

BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................. 89

APPENDICES ........................................................................................ 91

STATEMENT……………………………………………………………..99

CURRICULUM VITAE………………………………………………….100

LIST OF TABLES Table Page 4.1 Speech Act Classification on Function in The Interview Script of “Obama

on Partisanship and Getting Things Done in Washington” Between Michael Scherer and Obama on August 30th, 2012……………………………………………………………………...25

4.2 Illocutionary Act found in Interview Script of “Obama on Partisanship and

Getting Things Done in Washington” Between Michael Scherer and Obama on August 30th, 2012……………………………………………49

APPENDICES

Appendix

1. Interview Script of “Obama on Partisanship and Getting Things Done in Washington” Between Michael Scherer and Obama on August 30th, 2012…………………………………………………………………… 88