ILLOCUTIONARY ACT ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE USED IN CELEBRITIES CAPTIONS ON INSTAGRAM

SILVIA RAHMAYENI, IKA (2015) ILLOCUTIONARY ACT ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE USED IN CELEBRITIES CAPTIONS ON INSTAGRAM. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo.

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Abstract

Key words: Illocutionary act, Instagram, Celebrities
In this research the writer discussed the using of Illocutionary act in caption by
celebrities in Instagram. The aims of this research was identifying the types of
illocutionary acts and describing the context and the functions of each type of the
speech act in Instagram caption by top 10 Indonesian celebrities to understand the
interpretation of the caption which are selected by the writer.
The type of this research is descriptive qualitative research in which the
writer uses documentation and observation method as the method of collecting
data. The data of this research are written utterances made by top 10 Indonesian
celebrities. The writer collecting data from screenshot then described context and
classification of Illocutionary acts used. To focus on the study the writer limited
herself to analyze two celebrities with the most captions in English.
From the data analysis of chapter four, the writer classified illocutionary
acts that occurred in instagram captions they are assertive (stating, suggesting,
asserting, representing, describing, quote), directive (advising asking, command,
request), commissive (hope, promise), expressive (pride, thanking, praising,
express, congratulate), and declarative (declare). At the end of this research, the
researcher concluded that context and acts of each kind illocutionary act were
represented the photos uploaded in Instagram which sometimes the user mixed the
English and Indonesian in their caption. The variety of the captions found in the
collected data showed that people used language for different acts. Not only they
were expressing themselves but people were also defining their identities. It might
rise a new study in linguistics.

Item Type:	Thesis (Skripsi)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions:	Departement of Teacher Training and Education > Department of English
Depositing User:	Editor FKIP
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2015 03:58
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2015 03:58
URI:	https://eprints.umpo.ac.id/id/eprint/1427

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