A SOCIO-PRAGMATICS ANALYSIS OF PROMISING UTTERANCES IN BARACK OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN SPEECHES
| Main Author: | RAHAYU, VEBRINA NUR |
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| Format: | Karya Ilmiah NonPeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2009
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.ums.ac.id/5463/1/A320050065.pdf http://eprints.ums.ac.id/5463/2/A320050065.pdf http://eprints.ums.ac.id/5463/ http://files.eprints.ums.ac.id/etd/2009/A320/A320050065.pdf |
Daftar Isi:
- This research is aimed to answer three problems. The problems are (1) what are the linguistic forms of promise utterances, (2) what are the intentions of the promise utterances, (3) what are the reasons of the using of promise utterances in Barack Obama’s campaign speeches. This data uses documentation and observation methods to get the data. The data are promising utterances used by Barack Obama’s campaign speeches. The source of the data is the manuscript of Barack Obama’s campaign speeches published in official website of United States of America Government. To answer those problems, this research employs qualitative research method and analyzed by using socio-pragmatics analysis, especially the form of promising utterances by using theory of sentence form, the intention of the speaker by applying speech act theory, and the reason of the speaker by applying SPEAKING theory. The result of the analysis shows that first, there is one form of utterance occurred in Barack Obama’s campaign speeches that is declarative sentence. Second, the intentions of promising utterances are giving response, stating purpose, assuring, persuading, affirming, describing, inviting, and requesting. And the third, the reasons of employing promising utterances are showing attention, showing regret, showing cooperative, showing responsibility, showing relationship, showing mercy, showing affection, and showing prestige.