English Journal Literacy Utama
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2020): English Journal Literacy UTama

INVESTIGATING IMPLICATURE IN ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS EMPLOYED BY MUSEUM GUIDE AND ENGLISH SPEAKING TOURISTS

Ginanjar Legiansyah (Museum of the Asian African Conference)
Ida Zuraida Supri (Widyatama University)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Jun 2020

Abstract

This research aims at identifying types of implicature and analyzing types speech acts and the strategies employed by the speakers and hearers during the visit at the Museum Asian African Conference. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive analysis, where the data is collected, then sorted and categorized and finally analyzed based on the theory. The results show that 1) two types of implicatures are found; conversational implicature (91%) and conventional implicature (9%), 2) Four types of illocutionary acts encountered in the conversation; assertive (90%), directive (6%) commissive (93%) and expressive (1%) and 3) Both strategies are used in delivering illocutionary acts; direct strategies (94%) is more dominant than the indirect one (6%).

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ejlutama

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Other

Description

Study Program of English Language, Faculty of Languages, Universitas Widyatama, Indonesia. English Journal Literacy UTama (EJL-UTama) is published twice a year form October to March and from April to September. The scopes of this journal include, though not limited to the following topics, class ...