Abstract:
This study deals with the analysis of Speech Act in Donald Trump’s Speech in
The presidential Candidacy. The objectives of this study were to describe the
types of speech act in Donald Trump’s Speech in The Presidential Candidacy. to
realization types of speech act that found in Donald Trump’s Speech. to analyze
reasons Donald Trump used speech act. Descriptive qualitative method was used
in this study. Source of data was obtained from Transcription Donald Trump’s
Speech, 100% of the 9 pages was taken as the sample of data. In collecting the
data, the researcher Downloading Transcripion Donald Trump’s Speech From
Internet, Reading transcript Donald Trump’s Speech, Underlining the speech acts
found in Script Donald Trump’s Speech, Analyzing the meaning of each speech
act that found. Identifying each types of Speech Act. The data were analyzed in
some steps, Classifying the data on the types of speech acts, Describing the data
on the types of speech acts, calculating the percentage of the types of speech acts,
Drawing the conclusion of the data. The finding showed the occurrences four
types of speech act in Donald Trump’s Speech in the Presidential Candidacy, they
were 213 assertive or 77.8%, 9 directive or 3.2%, 51 commisive or 18.5%, 2
expressive or 0.72%, the reasons of performing speech acts viewed from the
context of situation included making his speech attractive, giving an emphasis on
a certain issue, showing optimism, buiding rapport to the audience, showing his
seriousness to the audience that could bring america into better nation, and
showing his dislike to muslim
