Illocutionary Acts Used by Indonesian Athletes on Caption of Instagram in Asian Games 2018

Abstract

This thesis is entitled “Illocutionary Acts Used by Indonesian Athletes on Caption of Instagram in Asian Games 2018”. This thesis is aimed to find out the types of illocutionary acts and the functions of illocutionary acts that used by Indonesian athletes on their Instagram captions. The research method that is used in completing this thesis is descriptive qualitative method. In analyzing the data, the theory of Yule (1996) is used. The finding shows that there are four types of illocutionary acts found in this study: 14 (58.33%) representatives, 7 (29.17%) expressives, 2 (8.33%) directives, and 1 (4.17%) commissive, while declaration is not found. The functions of the illocutionary acts found on Indonesian athletes‘ Instagram captions are 10 (29.17%) representatives which have the function of asserting and 4 (20.83%) representatives which have the function of informing, 6 (25%) expressives which have the function of thanking and 1 (4.17%) expressive which has the function of wishing, 2 (8.33%) directives which have the function of suggesting, and 1 (4.17%) commissive which has the function of promising. The most dominant type of illocutionary acts used by Indonesian athletes on caption of Instagram in Asian Games 2018 is representative with the function of asserting. It implies that the athletes utter many statements of facts, information, assertions, and descriptions about Asian Games 2018 on their captions due to they themselves who experience Asian Games 2018 directly and the athletes state something about Asian Games 2018 clearly as the truth to be understood and believed by Indonesian people.

Skripsi ini berjudul “Illocutionary Acts Used by Indonesian Athletes on Caption of Instagram in Asian Games 2018”. Studi ini bertujuan untuk menemukan jenis tindak ilokusi dan fungsi tindak lokusi yang digunakan para atlet Indonesia pada caption Instagram mereka. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam menyelesaikan penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Dalam menganalisis data, teori Yule (1996) digunakan. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa ada empat jenis tindak ilokusi yang ditemukan dalam studi ini : 14 (58.33%) representatives, 7 (29.17%) expressives, 2 (8.33%) directives, dan 1 (4.17%) commisive, sementara declaration tidak ditemukan. Fungsi-fungsi dari tindak lokusi yang ditemukan dalam caption Instagram para atlet adalah: 10 (29.17 %) representatives yang memiliki fungsi ‗asserting‘ dan 4 (20.83%) representatives yang memiliki fungsi ‗informing‘, 6 (25%) expressives yang memiliki fungsi ‗thanking‘ dan 1 (4.17%) expressive yang memiliki fungsi ‗wishing‘, 2 (8.33%) directives yang memiliki fungsi ‗suggesting‘, dan 1 (4.17%) commissive yang memiliki fungsi ‗promising‘. Jenis tindak ilokusi yang paling dominan yang digunakan para atlet Indonesia dalam caption Instagram pada Asian Games 2018 adalah representatives dengan fungsi asserting (menegaskan). Ini menyiratkan bahwa para atlet mengujarkan banyak pernyataan fakta-fakta, informasi, penegasan dan deskripsi tentang Asian Games 2018 dalam caption-caption mereka disebabkan oleh mereka sendiri yang mengalami Asian Games 2018 secara langsung dan para atlet menyatakan hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan Asian Games 2018 secara jelas dan kuat sebagai kebenaran untuk dipahami dan diyakini oleh masyarakat Indonesia.