Translation Technique Analysis of Expressive Speech Act in Indonesian Horror Game Pamali: Indonesian Folklore Horror

Abstract

This research aims to identify the type of speech acts in the Indonesian Horror Game named Pamali: Indonesian Folklore Horror. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method that focuses on the speech act only. To collect the data, we used two methods; there are document analysis and FGD. FGD consists of the researcher and two raters. The rater has been chosen by several criteria before. This research uses four series from Pamali: Indonesian Folklore Horror. The researcher uses Spradley's theory to analyze the data. The result reveals that in Pamali 1 (The White Lady), there is 39 speech with the directive as the dominant speech act; in Pamali 2 (The Tied Corpse), there is 41 speech with expressive as the dominant speech act; Pamali 3 (The Little Devil) there is 16 speech with expressive as the dominant speech act, and Pamali 4 (The Hungry Witch) there is 43 speech with assertive as the dominant speech act.