A SPEECH ACT ANALYSIS OF DIRECT UTTERANCES ON SHORT STORY THE LOST “BEAUTIFULNESSâ€IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND COMMUNICATION TOWARD LANGUAGE

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate: (1) the form of direct sentences on short story entitled The Lost “Beautifulnessâ€, (2) analyzing the purpose of the direct utterances in the short story in order to understand the communication toward language, (3) show the kind of direct utterances as a part of language utterances in short story The Lost “Beautifulnessâ€. The object used in this research are direct utterances which is smallest unit of speech on short story The Lost “Beautifulnessâ€. The data were collected by observation method. The writer selecting the direct utterances which can be found in the short story. The results of the research showed that: (1) form of the direct utterances are divided into three; declarative, interrogative and imperative sentence; (2) purposes of the utterances depend on the four factors; locution, illocution, perlocution and social context; (3) kinds of speech acts are divided into 7:  assertive, performative, verdictive, expressive, directive, commisive and phatic utterances.

Keywords: Speech act, Direct Utterance, Short Story