Illocutionary Acts in the Traditional Market Exchanges at Gambir Tembung

Abstract

This study deals with illocutionary acts in the Traditional Market. It was aimed at investigating the kinds of illocutionary acts, and the most dominant of illocutionary acts used by buyer and seller. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative research. The subjects of data from daily routines in the Traditional Market.The instrument in this study was video recording. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis technique, by describing the kinds of illocutionary acts, and the dominantly directives of . The result showed that there were 5 concepts illocutionary act used by buyer and seller in the Traditional Market, namely: declaration, representatives, expressive, directives and commisives. It consist of 1 (2.06%) for declaration, 11 (22.44%) for representatives, 9 (18.36%) for expressive, 25 (51.02%) for directives and 3 (6.12%) for commisives. It can be concluded that directives dominantly was used by buyer and seller transaction in the Traditional Market