Abstract:
This research dealt with the types of Assertive utterances of Dr. Zakir Naik’s
speech in Oxford University. The objectives of research were to investigate the
types of assertive utterances of Dr. Zakir Naik’s speech in Oxford University, and
to describe the meaning potential of assertive utterances that found in Dr. Zakir
Naik’s speech, and it was applied by descriptive method. The source of data was
obtained by script of Dr. Zakir Naik’s speech and it was collected by watching the
video and transcribing the utterance, and underlining the assertive utterances that
found in Dr. Zakir Naik’s speech. The data were analyzed by some steps such as;
data reduction, data display, drawing and verifying conclusion. The finding
showed eleven types of assertive utterances that there were 109 assertive
utterances consist of 12 informing, 16 asserting, 5 claiming, 15 assuring, 0
arguing, 14 complaining, 20 concluding, 4 describing, 0 predicting, 14 reporting
13 stating. It meant that the dominant type of assertive utterances in Dr. Zakir
Naik’s speech was concluding
