Open AccessThe Humanist Expressive Speech Acts of Journalists in the Covid-19 Outbreak
Author(s) -
Areni Yulitawati Supriyono,
Ida Zulaeha,
Tommi Yuniawan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
seloka/seloka: jurnal pendidikan bahasa dan sastra indonesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2502-4493
pISSN - 2301-6744
DOI - 10.15294/seloka.v9i3.41945
Subject(s) - indirect speech , interrogative , humanism , citizen journalism , mode (computer interface) , outbreak , linguistics , computer science , covid-19 , psychology , communication , political science , world wide web , medicine , philosophy , human–computer interaction , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , virology , disease
This research aims to analyze the humanist expressive speech acts of journalists in the covid-19 outbreak. The data collection technique was carried out by using the free non-participatory technique. The sources of data are the journalists’ utterances on YouTube in the covid-19 Outbreak. The humanist expressive speech act forms used by journalists, is 58% used the direct speech act forms with imperative, interrogative, and declarative modes; and 42% forms of indirect speech acts were declarative-imperative and declarative-interrogative modes. Results of this study shows that journalists use the forms of direct speech acts with declarative mode mostly. The form of indirect speech acts with the declarative-imperative mode are mostly used by the journalists. This research is important to be a journalist's guide so that the utterances spoken can be accepted by the society in the covid-19 outbreak