Illocutionary Acts Performed in Hillsong’s Selected Song Lyrics

Abstract

A Research Paper, Faculty ofLanguage and Cultural Studies, Undergraduate Program of Stikubank University.Supervisor: Agnes Widyaningrum, S.E, S.Pd, M. Pd.  This research paper isentitled Illocutionary Acts Performed in Hillsong’s Selected Song Lyrics. Inthis research, the researcher would like to identify the meaning and functionof utterances within six Hillsong’s selected song lyrics in terms of speechact. It has objectives, which are aimed to find out the taxonomies of illocutionaryacts andspeech functions performed in six Hillsong’s Selected Song Lyrics. Then, theanalysis is based on pragmatics that is to discuss illocutionary acts. In orderto analyze the lyrics, the writer uses descriptive qualitativemethod. The taxonomies of illocutionary acts are performed in 123utterances namely: 115 representative utterances: 95 statement(77.2%), 20 confession (16.3%); 4 declarative utterances: 4 declaration (3.3%);4 expressive utterances; 4 gratitude (3.3%). The illocutionary act whichmostly performed is statement (77.2%). It means that the speaker wants to statehis or her appraisal and faith to the Lord. Then, the types ofspeech functions are performed in 123 utterances are mostly statement (95.1%) and request (4.9%). It means the speaker wantsto give his or her faith and appraisal by stating something to the Lord. Key words: Illocutionary Acts, Speech Function,Illocutionary Force, Song Lyrics.