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A Pragmatic Analysis of Speech Acts Used by the Main Character in Amc’S Tv Series the Walking Dead A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACTS USED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN AMC’S TV SERIES THE WALKING DEAD A THESIS BY MUHAMMAD KHAIRI ARMIS REG. NO. 170705016 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2021 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, MUHAMMAD KHAIRI ARMIS, STATE THAT I AM THE ONLY AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS TAKEN IN TERMS OF CONTEXT OF ITS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONDUCTS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN A WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSONAGE’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOLEDEMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN ANY PEDAGOGY ELEMENT OF EDUCATION Signed : Date : 2021 i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : MUHAMMAD KHAIRI ARMIS THESIS ENTITLED : PRAGMATICS ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACTS USED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN AMC'S TV SERIES THE WALKING DEAD QUALIFICATION : S-1 / SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH DEPARTMENT I AM DECLARING WILLINGLY THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE TO ANTICIPATE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed : Date : 2021 ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to thank to our only God; Allah SWT who has given us to be always in a good condition to create a research in linguistics which has been for the status quo of human being, and encourages me to finish the thesis by doing as such. Nevertheless, may peace and salutations be elevated upon the prophet Muhammad SAW, who has led all human being from the stupidity to become lightness which will never be forgotten as Muslim ummah I would also like to express my heart warmed and gratitude to those who have supported me in order to finish the study and applied research respectively: Your honorable The Dean of Faculty of Cultural Sciences, University of Sumatera Utara, Dr. T. Thyrhaya Zein, M.A; The Head of English Department Prof. T. Silvana Sinar M.A, Ph.D instantly to become my supervisor respectively who always directed me in completing my thesis and strengthening my spirit; and Secretary of the department Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A, Ph.D. without your outstanding material this will not be happened as it is; My examiners, Drs. Yulianus Harefa, M.Ed.TESOL, Prof. Syahron Lubis, M.A., and Dra. Roma Ayuni Lubis, M.A., assisted with lot of useful ideas, devoted a considerable amount of time, and made a significant contribution to the completion of my thesis until the end; All of the lecturers of English Department who have provided me with a wealth of information and trustworthiness of the research itself that can be seen by all the lecturers who are teaching on the same side of the faculty; To my beloved father Armis Abubakar S.H. and My undying love mother Midaiyana A.Md. who have supported me in different situation Thank you for your undying love, support, fidelity towards me; My eldest brother, Fadrilah Andre, my second older sister, Ardita Dwi Nuryanti, my third older sister Fauziyah Ardilla and my younger sister Afifah Armiya and my brother-in-law Faizal Al Marawi who has been helping me out to during college began until it ends here. They deserve to receive special appreciation due to their support to guide me all way to the finish of my thesis itself. They always encourage me to be a better personage in the distant future, iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA which can be seen through the glance of my success itself to become something more and who always be there to support me as such as material and immaterial. It's been a privilege to have you all in this reality. “You guys are always unbelievable people, awesome and very special to me as well. Without having you, this research won‟t be finished”. To my girlfriend, the most important girl who has encouraged me to do a good deed and spirit in order to finish the thesis, remove my boredom in doing so and she‟s the most precious thing to analyze together by not misspelling me as her guidance for me as well. I really worship your kindness from the time we were friends to the time we became lovers, and can't tell you how much you care for me. “You are such an incredible person who was trusted me to in every circumstance”. This deed can‟t be done without your existence by doing so, I‟ll still be lazy and boredom would come towards me in every direction. I hope we could complete our journey together by getting the jobs that we want the most, we could break the ice of challenges which can be prevented to block the aspiration that could cause some fandom for sort. My best pals, Tantawi Zauhari Siregar, Ridho Rambe and Vico Prasetyo Thank you for always being there for me, for all of your attention and motivations to support the situation within me, so that I could finish this without any hesitation. Thank you for being such a close friend, and I sincerely hope that we will be able to realize our dream and that our friendship will lead us to Allah SWT heaven or we should call it as “Jannah” in afterlife. Amen Eventually, this thesis is far from being pitch perfect, so I thank all of you who have given ideas, stigmas and support to complete this fundamental research thesis. Medan, 11th of July 2021 Muhammad Khairi Armis Reg. No. 170705016 iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT The research thesis is entitled as “PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACTS USED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN AMC’S TV SERIES THE WALKING DEAD”. The aims of this thesis are to identify types of speech acts which are prominently used by the main character in the data source TV series from season 1-2, and to find out the dominant items of Illocutionary acts found in the data. The research study is a qualitative descriptive method and applies documentation type of data collection method. The researcher intentionally used qualitative method to describe and analyze of the data of selected utterances which are said in script without any hesitation to enhance the capability throughout words scattered in the sayings. The researcher emphasizes on the Illocutionary acts of speech acts could come into main concern as types, functions and context situation would be for Illocutionary acts as the most spoken statements based on what the main character could‟ve said in the story, nevertheless Illocutionary acts are distributed as follows; Representative, Directives, Commisives, Expressives, Declaratives. The results of the study are stated as follows: 1) the 84 utterances stated by the main character from season 1 and season 2 are regarded of types of Illocutionary acts could come into the movie script itself; 2) over than 39 times of utterances in the Illocutionary acts are dominated by directives type which are uttered. Keywords: Speech acts, Illocutionary speech acts, The Walking Dead Movie script, Context of language v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul “ANALISIS PRAGMATIKA TINDAK TUTUR YANG DIUCAPKAN OLEH KARAKTER UTAMA DALAM SERIES TV AMC THE WALKING DEAD”. Tujuan dari skripsi ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasi jenis tindak tutur yang paling menonjol digunakan oleh karakter utama dalam serial TV dari musim 1-2, peneliti mencoba mengidentifikasi item di seluruh naskah film yang disediakan. Tindak tutur dibedakan menjadi 3 jenis, yaitu tindak lokusi, tindak ilokusi, dan tindak perlokusi. Dalam penelitian ini, perhatian utama adalah tindak ilokusi yang menerapkan maksud pembicara untuk berbicara dengan pembicara lain. desain penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif dan menggunakan metode pengumpulan data jenis dokumentasi. Sumber data dikumpulkan melalui tuturan dari tokoh utama sendiri yang ada dalam naskah. Penulis sengaja menggunakan metode kualitatif untuk mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis ucapan terpilih yang diucapkan dalam naskah yang ada untuk meningkatkan kemampuan seluruh kata yang tersebar dalam ucapan, kemudian peneliti mengklasifikasikan menurut teori John Searle (1969) yang menekankan pada definisi bagaimana tindak ilokusi dapat diklasifikasikan seperti itu dan bagaimana tindak tutur dapat menjadi perhatian utama sebagai jenis, fungsi dan situasi konteks untuk tindak ilokusi sebagai pernyataan yang paling diucapkan berdasarkan apa yang bisa dikatakan karakter utama dalam cerita, namun demikian Tindak ilokusi didistribusikan sebagai berikut; Representatif, Direktif, Komisi, Ekspresif, Deklaratif. jelas bahwa Ilokusi akan ketat masing-masing menurut Austin (1962). Hasil penelitian dinyatakan sebagai berikut; peneliti menemukan 84 pernyataan yang dikatakan oleh karakter utama dari musim 1 hingga akhir musim 2 yang dianggap jenis tindakan ilokusi dapat masuk ke dalam naskah film itu sendiri. Studi ini membutuhkan banyak usaha untuk dianalisis karena massa item itu sendiri. Pernyataan berdasarkan tindak ilokusi yang paling banyak diucapkan adalah direktif yang diucapkan lebih dari 39 kali. Kata Kunci: Tindak tutur, Tindak tutur Ilokusi, Naskah Film The Walking Dead, Konteks Berbahasa vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR‟SDECLARATION............................................................. i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION......................................................... ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT...................................................................
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