Illocutionary acts used by Syaikh Ahmed Deedat and Pastor Stanley Sjoberg in a great open debate “Is Jesus God?”

This research investigates the illocutionary act in utterances made by Syaikh Ahmed Deedat and Pastor Stanley Sjoberg in a great open debate "Is Jesus God?" Based on Austin theory illocutionary act is speaker meaning behind what he is uttered.

In data analysis the researcher began with finding the transcription of the utterances made by Syaikh Ahmed Deedat and Pastor Stanley Sjoberg. Then the data are discussed into speech act based on Austin theory. To limit the data, researcher only focused on section giving opinion or presented messages. The researcher focuses on illocutionary act including constantives, directives, commisive and acknowledgment. It uses descriptive qualitative method to describe each sentences or utterances.

The instrument of this research is the researcher himself because the data of this research is the transcription of the debate of Syaikh Ahmed Deedat and Pastor Stanley Sjoberg. This research found that generally the utterances of Syaikh Ahmed Deedat and Pastor Stanley Sjoberg contain constantives, directives, commisive and acknowledgment.

At last the utterances made by Syaikh Ahmed Deedat and Pastor Stanley Sjoberg in a great open debate are mostly dominated by constantives.