Communicative Functions on the Conversation of Tourist Guide in Bukit Lawang

Abstract

This study investigates communicative functions used in conversation between tour guide and foreign tourist in Bukit Lawang. The objectives are to identify the types of communicative functions used in conversation between tour guide and foreign tourist, and also to found what is the dominant types of communicative functions that realized on conversation. This study was conducted by applying a qualitative research design. The researcher used Roman Jakobson theory in this research. The data were collected from the video conversation of tour guide and foreign tourist become a script. The researcher has found source of the data on 29 dialogues between tour guide and foreign tourist and found 34 utterance as the data to analyzed. The procedure of data collection are collecting the data from watching video conversation of tour guide and foreign tourist, then reading scripts, identifying the data, then analyzing each of their utterances. Among 34 utterances, based on the analysis of data, There were 17 (50%) for Referential Function, 6 (18%) for Emotive Function, 7 (20.5%) for Conative Function, 3 (9%) for Phatic Function, 1 (3%) for Metalinguistic Function, and 0 (0%) for Poetic Function. The most dominant types of communicative functions that realized used by tour guide and foreign tourist at bukit lawang was Referential Function is 17 (50%). The process of communicative function on the conversation between tour guide and foreign tourist are realized that every sentence on the conversation has a function. In fact that communicative function is important to learn, because each language has a function. this shows that the language produced generally comes from its function. we must understand in advance about its function to be able to produce the right language and good to the other person. from the explanation above shows that communicative function is very important to learn to make it easier for humans to communicate with other people, and make it easier for humans to understand what the intent and purpose of the language has been spoken