Open AccessTHE SPEECH ACT ANALYSIS OF DIRECT UTTERANCES ON SHORT STORY "THE LOST BEAUTIFULNESS� BY ANZIA YEZIERSKA
Author(s) -
Satiul Komariah
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
edulite/edulite: journal of english education, literature, and culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2528-4479
pISSN - 2477-5304
DOI - 10.30659/e.2.1.347-360
Subject(s) - interrogative , direct speech , utterance , linguistics , sentence , indirect speech , performative utterance , context (archaeology) , speech act , computer science , psychology , history , philosophy , archaeology
This research aimed to investigate (1) the form of direct sentences on short story entitled The Lost Beautifulness, (2) analyze the purpose of the direct utterances in the short story, (3) show the kind of direct utterances in short story The Lost Beautifulness. The object used in this research are direct utterances of short story The Lost Beautifulness. The data were collected by observation method. The writer selecting the direct utterances which can be found in the short story. The result of the research showed that: (1) three forms of the direct utterances are declarative, interrogative and imperative sentence; (2) purposes of the utterances depend on the four factors; locution, illocution, perlocution and social context; (3) seven kinds of speech acts are assertive, performative, verdictive, expressive, directive, commisive and phatic utterances.Keywords: Speech act, Direct Utterance, Short Story