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Commissives speech acts in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Husain, Abdulloh (2018) Commissives speech acts in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim.

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Abstract

ENGLISH:

This study investigates the commissive speech acts used by the characters in “Death of a Salesman” drama. Commissive Speech Act function to state the action of guarantee, offer, promise, refusal, threat, and volunteer. The problem investigated was how are the commissives speech acts used by the main characters in Death of a Salesman? It aims to find some commissive speech act which are produced by the characters happen in the drama. In conducting this research, the researcher uses qualitative method. The data are taken from the utterances of the words in the drama. The data were obtained by analyzing and describing. To get the valid data, the researcher read the drama, collected the characters utterances, and analyzed them by describing the deep meaning of the utterances. The researcher analyzed it based on Searle’s theory that is the six types of commissive speech acts. The finding of this research show that there were 14 data were found in the drama. Mostly the utterances of commissive speech acts which are produces by the characters in the drama are promise whereas the felicity condition mostly used by the characters in the drama are fulfilled.

INDONESIA:

Penelitian ini meneliti kata ujaran komisif yang digunakan oleh para pemeran yanag ada did drama “Death of a Salesman”. Kata ujaran komisif berfungsi untuk mengetahui tindakan atau ujaran dari guarantee, offer, promise, refusal, threat dan volunteer. Permasalahan masalah yang ditimbulkan adalah bagaimana kata ujaran komisif di gunakan oleh pemeran drama Death of a Salesman? Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan beberapa kata juaran komisif yang diucapkan oleh pemeran drama Death of a Salesman. Dalam melakukan penelitian ini, peneliti menggunakan mtode kualitatif. Data yang diambil berasal dari ucapan berupa kata yang terdapat di dalam teks drama. Data didapatkan dengan cara menganalisa dan mendeskripsi. Untuk mendapatkan data yang valid, peneliti membaca teks drama, mengumpulkan seluruh ucapan pemeran yang berupa kata ujaran komisif, dan menganalisanya dengan cara mendeskripsikan makna yang dimaksud yang terdapat dalam ucapan. Peneliti menganalisa berdasarkan teori Searle yang berpendapat terdapat 6 jenis kata ujaran komisif. Hasil penelitian mengatakan bahwa terdapat 14 data yang ditemukan didalam drama. Kebanyakan kata ujaran komisif yang diucapkan oleh pemeran drama adalah promise sedangkan kebanyakan felicity condition yang digunakan pemeran drama tersampaikan.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Supervisor: Budianto, Langgeng
Contributors:
ContributionNameEmail
UNSPECIFIEDBudianto, LanggengUNSPECIFIED
Keywords: Commissive; Death of a Salesman; Arthur Miller; Komisif
Departement: Fakultas Humaniora > Jurusan Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Depositing User: Heni Kurnia Ningsih
Date Deposited: 26 Feb 2019 15:58
Last Modified: 26 Feb 2019 15:58
URI: http://etheses.uin-malang.ac.id/id/eprint/13198

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