CONCEPT
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2019): January - June 2019

The commissive speech act in Adele songs

Syahidah Nurul Alam (Unknown)
Dila Charisma (Unknown)
ER Winarto (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2020

Abstract

The objectives of the research are to analyze speech act classification and the form of commissive speech act used in the Adele song. The approach of this study was descriptive qualitative. The researchers found 49 data based on the analyzed data, the most frequently occurring in speech act classification is commissive. Commssive occured 26 times (53, 06%), followed by expressive 13 times (26, 53 %), then representative 5 times (10, 20 %), directive 3 times (6, 12%) and declaration 2 times (4, 08 %). Then the researchers found and analyzed Adele lyric songs, based on form of commissive speech act, there are threat, refusal, promise, offer, warning, and volunteering. The researchers found and analyzed 26 data, based on the analyzed; the most frequently occurring commissive speech act is promise. Promise occured 10 times (38, 46 %), followed by offer as much 6 times (23, 07 %), then warning 4 times (15, 38%), threat 3 times (11, 53%), refusal 2 times (3, 84%) and volunteer occurs 2 times (7, 69%) Keywords: Pragmatic; Speech Act; Speech Act Classifications by Searle form of Commissive; Song

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Journal Info

Abbrev

CJU

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Concept: Community Concern for English Pedagogy and Teaching is a blind peer-reviewed and open-accessed journal which welcomes both local and global scientists to share and raise principled approach to research on English language teaching and learning. Contribution in such areas of linguistics, ...