Abstract:
This study deals with locutionary and illocutionary acts in the Traditional
Market. It was aimed to analyze the types of locutionary and types of illocutionary
act used by buyers and sellers. This study was conducted by using descriptive
qualitative research. The subject of data was daily transactional communication in
Pulo Brayan’s Traditional Market. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis
technique, by describing the types of locutionary and illocutionary acts. The result
showed that there were 3 concepts of locutionary act used by buyers and sellers
namely: statement form it consist of 11 findings, question form there were 15
findings, and for imperative 4 findings. Meanwhile, the types of illocutionary
namely: representative 13 findings, directives 11 findings, commissive 5 findings
and expressive 5 findings, declarative not found in this research. It can be
concluded that question form was dominantly used in locutionary and
representative was dominantly used in illocutionary by buyers and sellers in
Traditional Market.
