Abstract:
This research dealt with the type of Assertive Utterances of Nadiem Makarim in
Tech in Asia Interview. The objectives of reserach were to investigate the types of
assertive utterances of Nadiem Makarim in Tech in Asia Interview, and analyze
the important of assertive utterance in Nadiem Makarim in Tech in Asia
Interview, and it was applied by descriptive method. The source of data was
obtained by script of Nadiem Makarim interviewe and it was collected by
watching the video and transcribing the utterance, and underlining the assertive
utterances that found in Nadiem Makarim Interviewe. The data were analyzed by
some steps that they are ; data reduction, data display, drawing and verifying
conclusion. The finding showed eleven types of assertive utterances that there
were 113 assertive utterances consist of 23 informing, 5 asserting, 11 claiming, 2
assuring, 18 arguing, 2 complaining, 5 concluding, 29 describing, 0 predicting, 0
reporting, 18 stating. It meant that the dominant type of assertive utterances in
Nadiem Makarim interview was concluding.
