SPEECH ACTS IN MADIHIN OF BANJAR TRIBE TRADITION

Abstract

Monica, Al Afyuri Yano NPM : 1702050040 “Speech Acts in Madihin of Banjar Tribe Tradition.” Skripsi, English Education Program of the Faculty of the Teachers Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara. Medan. 2021. Speech act is one of the most important things in doing communication. It contains not only meaningful information but also instruction for someone to do something. This research tried to analyze about speech acts. The aims of this study were to describe the types of speech acts, the most dominant types in utterances of Madihin Tradition performance by H. Muammar as Pamadihinan (Madihin artist) about wedding. This research was conducted by applying descriptive qualitative method with ethnography approach. So, the researcher used documentation method to collect the data. The data were the utterances containing speech acts which found from H. Muammar utterances in his Madihin tradition performance. From the data that has been analyzed, the researcher found three types of Illocutionary acts based on Searle theory. There were 35 speech acts uttered by a Madihin performance with the frequencies as follow : Assertives 66 %, Directives 17 %, and Expressive 17 % respectively. The most dominant types of Illocutionary act is assertives. Finally, the findings showed that almost all types of Illocutionary acts contained statements, suggestions, claims, and complains from H. Muammar utterances as Pamadihinan in performing Madihin show.