Abstract:
Monica, Al Afyuri Yano NPM : 1702050040 “Speech Acts in Madihin of Banjar
Tribe Tradition.” Skripsi, English Education Program of the Faculty of the
Teachers Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera
Utara. Medan. 2021.
Speech act is one of the most important things in doing communication. It
contains not only meaningful information but also instruction for someone to do
something. This research tried to analyze about speech acts. The aims of this study
were to describe the types of speech acts, the most dominant types in utterances of
Madihin Tradition performance by H. Muammar as Pamadihinan (Madihin artist)
about wedding. This research was conducted by applying descriptive qualitative
method with ethnography approach. So, the researcher used documentation method
to collect the data. The data were the utterances containing speech acts which
found from H. Muammar utterances in his Madihin tradition performance. From
the data that has been analyzed, the researcher found three types of Illocutionary
acts based on Searle theory. There were 35 speech acts uttered by a Madihin
performance with the frequencies as follow : Assertives 66 %, Directives 17 %, and
Expressive 17 % respectively. The most dominant types of Illocutionary act is
assertives. Finally, the findings showed that almost all types of Illocutionary acts
contained statements, suggestions, claims, and complains from H. Muammar
utterances as Pamadihinan in performing Madihin show.
