| dc.description.abstract | The rise of verbal sexual harassment cases in the form of catcalling in public
spaces shows that language is not only a means of communication, but can also
be a means of psychological oppression, especially against women. This
phenomenon is important to study because the utterances made by catcalling
perpetrators are often considered as a joke, even though they have a serious
impact on the psychological condition of the victim. This thesis examines the form
and impact of illocutionary speech in catcalling verbal sexual harassment through
psychopragmatic approach. The purpose of the research is to describe the types
of illocutionary speech used by catcalling perpetrators and analyze its impact on
the psychological condition of the victim, with a focus on female students at the
Faculty of Humanities, University of North Sumatra. The method used is
descriptive qualitative with data collection techniques in the form of interviews
and observations. The results showed that the dominant illocutionary utterances
include expressive, directive, and assertive. These utterances cause psychological
impacts in the form of fear, discomfort, anger, shame, and decreased selfconfidence. This finding confirms that language in the context of catcalling has a
significant psychological impact, and needs attention as part of social and
linguistic issues. From the results of this study, it can also be concluded that all
catcalling perpetrators feel that it is not sexual harassment. They feel that the
words they say are jokes or ordinary jokes. All perpetrators have almost the same
response, namely laughing and smiling when they see the victim experiencing the
impact of catcalling. | en_US |
