Research Article

Male Characters’ Expressive Speech Act on Romantic Speech Events in New Moon

Authors

  • Ihyak Mustofa Student, Linguistics Department, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia
  • M.R. Nababan Lecturer, Linguistics Department, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia
  • Djatmika Lecturer, Linguistics Department, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

This study is a sociopragmatics study. It aimed at describing types of expressive speech act uttered by male characters on romantic speech event on New Moon novel written by Stephanie Meyer. To collect the data, this research used descriptive qualitative method. The data are obtained from male characters’ utterances on romantic speech events. The romantic speech event is described by context when the male characters do the speech acts. Before the data are analyzed, they are validated by 3 raters through FGD (Focused Group Discussion). The result of this study showed that there are 15 types of expressive speech act, they are: showing dislike, caring, regretting, surprising, apologizing, greeting, loving, mocking, showing relief, giving a compliment, confessing, encouraging, showing anger, and thanking

Article information

Journal

International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation

Volume (Issue)

2 (4)

Pages

70-79

Published

2019-07-31

How to Cite

Mustofa, I. ., M.R. Nababan, & Djatmika. (2019). Male Characters’ Expressive Speech Act on Romantic Speech Events in New Moon. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, 2(4), 70–79. Retrieved from https://al-kindipublisher.com/index.php/ijllt/article/view/1254

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Keywords:

Linguistics, Sociopragmatics, Expressive Speech Act, Speech Act, New Moon