THE SPEECH ACT ON MARK TWAIN’S THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER

  • Cici Nur Indah Sari
  • Tuyami Tuyami
Keywords: Speech act, pragmatics, novel, locution, illocutionary

Abstract

This study has an objective to describe the form of locution and illocutionary speech act in Mark Twain’s novel, The Prince and the Pauper. Based on Austin’s theory, he distinguishes kinds of speech act, i.e., three ways of doing things with words; locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary. This study is qualitative and just analyzes locutionary and illocutionary. Qualitative research is a study using an assessment method or research method toward a problem. Source of this research applies for primary code and secondary code. The prime code is the novel The Prince and the Pauper, and the secondary code in this research applies for some articles and journal relate to this research about locution illocutionary speech act. Result of this research produces form of speech act in Mark Twain’s novel, The Prince and the Pauper.

Index terms: Speech act, pragmatics, novel, locution, illocutionary

Author Biography

Cici Nur Indah Sari

Editor in Chief: Dr. Sugeng Purwanto, MA.

Executive Editor (Off-line): Drs. Liliek Soepriatmadji, M.Pd. (Lay out)

Executive Editor (On-line): Bambang Sudarsono, SE., MM. (Upload)

Reviewers:

  1. Prof. Dr. Sukarno, M.Si. (Universitas Negeri Tidar Magelang)
  2. Endang Yuliani Rahayu, S.S, M.Pd. (Universitas Stikubank Semarang)
  3. Dr. Katharina Rustipa, M.Pd. (Universitas Stikubank Semarang)
Published
2017-07-01
How to Cite
Sari, C., & Tuyami, T. (2017). THE SPEECH ACT ON MARK TWAIN’S THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER. Dinamika Bahasa Dan Budaya, 12(2), 61-64. https://doi.org/10.35315/bb.v12i2.5116