Abstract:
This study deals with the use of speech act analysis in novel ayat – ayat cinta by
Habiburahman El Shirazy’s. The source of data was the novel ayat – ayat cinta.
Descriptive qualitative research is applied to analyze the data in the form of the
text. There are: Illucotionary act, Lucotionary act, Perlocutionary act. The source
of the data in the study devided into two type, namely primary data (original data
obtained through first- hand research and specially collected by the researcher to
find answer to the research question), and secondary data (secondary data in this
study are data taken from books, journals, articles related to analysis speech act).
In this reaserch applied note-taking and reading novel to collect data technique,
and technique of data analysis collected from data reduction, data display,
conclusion drawing and verification and novel ayat ayat cinta by Habiburahman
El Shirazy.
The result of the data analysis show the researcher found and analyzed
Illucotionary act (89), Lucotionary act (54), Perlocutionary act (94). As a whole,
the dominant speech act in novel ayat – ayat cinta by Habiburahman El Shirzy is
perlocutionary act.
