A study on speech acts used by fruit sellers at Sambi market in Kediri

ABSTRACT

Language is very important for our life. As human being we can communicate with other people by using language. By using language people are able to share idea and construct community, because language is one of convey term to create communication. People have their own manner to express their ideas and their feeling to other people by using their own language.

In this writing, the writer is going to discuss a sub-field studies of pragmatics namely, speech act in that is observed from locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary acts. The problem to be discussed here are : 1) what utterances do fruit sellers at Sambi Market of Kediri mostly use; 2) Why do the sellers use those utterances or speech acts; 3) How do the sellers perform in selling fruit.

In this study, the writer explains briefly the aspects dealing with speech acts. The writer also intends to explain and to answer the problem above satisfactorily by giving detailed explainations in order to know ; 1) to describe the utterances which are used by fruit sellers; 2) to classify the analysis of utterances and sentences based on locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary acts; 3) to descrbe how to perform speech acts on selling fruits.

In dong this thesis the writer uses descriptive-qualitative research because it attempts to describe how the seller offer the fruits to the buyer. So that, the buyer interest to buy it.

This research is done at Sambi Market in Kediri. The researcher interviewed three of the fruit sellers at Sambi market. Many kinds of way to sell the fruit so that buy it. But also it can be offered lower. Because most of them, sometimes offer their trade with the highest price.

In analyzing the data, the writer classified and identified words, sentences and symbols of the data resources, the problems which deal with the purpose of the study. After writing down the data, researcher described the data based on the research problems and the last was drawing conclusion of the data gained.

Another process that the writer used as a test of validity is triangulation. In this case the writer collected the data from a variety of informants and a variety of setting under variety of conditions. Here, the writer attempted to apply structures and unstructured interview that has several advantages for obtaing complete data.

The result of this study gives evidence that every seller is not always the same in offering their fruits. Because it is based on their speaking fluently or cheaper than other.

Finally, the writer suggests that the seller has to have a good performance, tidy and interest because most of them like the highest price.