ILLOCUTIONARY ACT IN SONG LYRICS OF ED SHEERAN’S DIVIDE ALBUM A THESIS By: NONI NOVYANTI REG. NO. 140705106 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2019 v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ILLOCUTIONARY ACT IN SONG LYRICS OF ED SHEERAN’S DIVIDE ALBUM A THESIS BY NONI NOVYANTI REG. NO. 140705106 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dr. Masdiana Lubis, M.Hum. Dra. Roma Ayuni Aminoeddin Lubis, M.A NIP. 19570626 198303 2 001 NIP. 19680122 199803 2 001 Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2019 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination. Head, Secretary, Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D NIP. 19540916 198003 2 003 NIP. 19750209 200812 1 002 vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on April 5th, 2019 Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. NIP.19600805 198703 1 001 Board of Examiners Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D Dr. Deliana, M.Hum. Dr. MasdianaLubis, M.Hum. viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, NONI NOVYANTI DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : Date : April 5th, 2019 v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : NONI NOVYANTI TITLE OF THESIS : ILLOCUTIONARY ACT IN SONG LYRICS OF ED SHEERAN’S DIVIDE ALBUM QUALIFICATION : S-1/SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed : Date : April 5th, 2019 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty God, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta‟ala for all of the love, blessing and mercy that has given to me that guided me in completing this thesis, without whom I would never complete this thesis. In addition, may peace and salutation be given to the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu „Alayhi Wassalam, thanks for all his guidance in my life. I would like to express the deepest gratitude and appreciation to the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S., the Head of Department of English Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A. Ph.D., and the Secretary of Department of English Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D. for all of the facilities, opportunities, advices and suggestions I have obtained during my study in this faculty and be able to accomplish this thesis. I would like to express a great appreciation and sincere thanks to my Supervisor Dr. Masdiana Lubis, M.Hum, and my Co-Supervisor Dra. Roma Ayuni Aminoeddin Lubis, M.A. who have guided me in completing this thesis by giving me their valuable comment, suggestions, advises and given me knowledge as the great contribution in completing this thesis. Sincere thanks are also devoted to all the lecturers of English Literature for the valuable knowledge that they have given to me during my study in English Departement, thanks to Bang Kirno as the admin of English Department who helped me in the stages of completing this thesis. I also devoted my special thanks to my beloved parents, Tiar Sono and Sry Tiem who always give me supports, help, patience, love, pray and all of countless vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA material and immaterial supports that I need. Thank you for not pressing me to complete my thesis in time, thank you for understanding me. They are the biggest supporter in my life. And also, thanks to my family members, my older sister Tiara Winda Asri who also gives me material and immaterial support, my younger sisters Anisa Rahma Wati and Adinda Zulaiha who keep me entertain, and my older brother Angga Prasetya who gives me good advices. Big thanks to my great friends THE BANGKE, Anisa Pujianti, Dheanita Gusridya, Dessy Arisanti Tarigan, Sabrina Ginting, Tetty Marlina Manurung, and Titian Sinambela for the supports all of this time. I sincerely thank them for hearing my stories, letting me sharing my problems, giving me countless love, advices, suggestions and strength. Thank you so much for the precious time that we share together, crying and laughter that will never faded from my memory. Thank you so much for always be there for me through my ups and downs, with you guys my life becomes colorful, and I do not forget to convey my thanks to my classmates for the moment that has been created for 3.5 years of college. Finally, I realize that this thesis is still far from being perfect. For every suggestions and advices from the reader will be pleasantly accepted. Hopefully, this thesis will be useful for the reader and future researchers. Thank you so much. Medan, April 2019 The writer Noni Novyanti Nim: 140705106 viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This thesis entitled “Illocutionary Act In Song Lyrics Of Ed Sheeran’s Divide Album” aims to analyze Illocutionary Act and function of Illocutionary Act in song lyrics of Ed Sheeran‟s „Divide‟ Album. This research is conducted by using a descriptive qualitative method. The data are collected from „Divide‟ Album which are in the form of clauses, and sentences which comes from one lyric or combine lyrics. After being collected, the data is analyzed based on the theory of Illocutionary Act by Searle (1996) and Functions of Illocutionary Act by Leech (1983). This study shows that there are four categories of Illocutionary Act found in the song lyrics. They are Representative, Directive, Commissive, and Expressive. Representative act was found as the most dominant categories of Illocutionary Act with 135 data (68.2%), followed by Directive with 33 data (16.7%), Expressive with 16 data (8.1%), and Commisive with 14 data (7%). Ed Sheeran employs Representative act to deliver his ideas. Moreover, there are four types of Functions of Illocutionary Act found in the song lyrics. They are Collaborative, Competitive, Convivial, and Conflictive. Collaborative function is found as the most dominant function with 135 data (68.2%), followed by Competitive function with 33 data (16.7%), Convivial function with 28 data (14.1%), and Conflictive function with 2 data (1%). Collaborative function becomes the most dominant function because it is intended to tell the truth committed by Ed Sheeran. Keywords: speech acts, illocutionary acts, song lyrics. ix UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Skripsi yang berjudul “Tindak Ilokusi Dalam Lirik Lagu Album Ed Sheeran Divide” bertujuan untuk menganalisis tindak Ilokusi dan fungsi tindak Ilokusi dalam lirik lagu album „Divide‟ Ed Sheeran. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Data dikumpulkan dari Album „Divide‟ yang berbentuk klausa, dan kalimat yang berasal dari satu lirik ataupun lirik gabungan. Setelah dikumpulkan, data tersebut dianalisis berdasarkan teori tindak Ilokusi oleh Searle (1996) dan fungsi tindak Ilokusi oleh Leech (1983). Di dalam penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa ada empat kategori tindak Ilokusi yang ditemukan dalam lirik lagu, yaitu: Representatif, Direktif, Komisif, dan Ekspresif. Tindak Representatif ditemukan sebagai kategori tindak Ilokusi yang paling dominan dengan jumlah 135 data (68.2%), diikuti Direktif dengan 33 data (16.7%), Ekspresif dengan 16 data (8.1%), and Komisif dengan 14 data (7%). Ed Sheeran menggunakan tindak Representatif untuk menyampaikan gagasannya. Selain itu, ada empat jenis fungsi ilokusi yang ditemukan di dalam lirik lagu, yaitu: Kolaboratif, Kompetitif, Konvivial, and Konfliktif. Fungsi Kolaboratif ditemukan sebagai fungsi yang paling dominan dengan jumlah 135 data (68.2%), diikuti oleh fungsi Kompetitif dengan 33 data (16.7%), fungsi Konvivial dengan 28 data (14.1%), dan fungsi Konfliktif dengan 2 data (1%). Fungsi kolaboratif menjadi fungsi yang paling dominan karena fungsi tersebut dimaksudkan untuk mengatakan kebenaran yang diyakini oleh dirinya. Kata Kunci: tindak tutur, tindak ilokusi, lirik lagu x UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION……………………………………………………..v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION…………………………………………………..vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS………………………………………...……………..vii ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………………ix ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………….x TABLE OF CONTENTS………..…………………………………………………xi LIST OF FIGURE………………………………………...……………………....xiv LIST OF TABLE…………………………………………………………………..xv CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study…………………………………1 1.2 Problem of the Study……………………………………..5 1.3 Objective