Bombongan: Expressive Speech Act Ethnic Java of Panaragan in the Art of Reyog

Abstract—Ethnic Java of Panaragan is an ethnic group in
Ponorogo society. In Ponorogo society has a customary figure
named warok, in the art of reyog, warok as the leader of the
reyog community. As an art that requires courage, many warok
use expressions speech act to express a flattery as an
appreciation of courage to generate motivation. It is very
interesting to be studied through the approach of Pragmatic
science by specializing the theory of expressive speech acts
Searle to know the purpose of speech based on the context of
the speech situation so that it can be understood as a form of
wealth of wisdom in the arts reyog Ponorogo.