PERFORMATIVE VERBS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACT IN DONALD TRUMP’S TWITTER ACCOUNT

JUNIANTI, ESTERIA (2018) PERFORMATIVE VERBS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACT IN DONALD TRUMP’S TWITTER ACCOUNT. Skripsi thesis, Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing JIA.

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Abstract

This research is a pragmatics research. This study is aimed to explain the performative verbs of illocutionary act. The source data of the research is Donald Trump’s twitter account. The research uses descriptive qualitative methodology research. This research combined theory from Senft (2014), Fraser (1974) and Vanderveken (1990) as the main theory. Total data in this research is twenty five, they are four data of directives, five data of representatives, five data of expressives, five data of commisives, and six data of declarations. The process of analyzing the data is: (1) collecting the data from Donald Trump’s twitter account, (2) identifying the data based on the identification and lists of performative verbs which can be found in book of Fraser and Vanderveken, (3) classifying the performative verbs based on classification of illocutionary act, (4) concluding the data analysis. The results of the paper shows that there are directives (16%), representatives (20%), expressive (20%), commisives (20%), and declarations (24%).

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