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THE ANALYSIS OF COMMISSIVE SPEECH ACT IN THE MOVIE

ENTITLED ICE PRINCESS: PRAGMATICS APPROACH

THESIS

Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of Requirement

For the Sarjana Sastra Degree of the English Department

Faculty of Cultural Sciences

Sebelas Maret University

By:

RATNA JUWITA

C0307047

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF CULTURAL SCIENCES

SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY

SURAKARTA

2015


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PRONOUNCEMENT

Nama : Ratna Juwita

Number : C0307047

In the name of God, I pronounce that I myself work and complete this thesis titled

The Analysis of Commissive Speech Act in the Movie Entitled Ice Princess.

Nothing in this thesis is a plagiarism product. All the things that related to other

people’s work are presented in quotation and attached in thebibliography.

If in the future I am proved to be cheating, I will take the consequence.

Surakarta, February 4, 2015

Ratna Juwita


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MOTTO

Successful indeed are those who offer prayers (The Quran 23:02)

Strive always to excel in virtue and truth (Prophet Muhammad (PBUH))

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot (MichaelAlthsuler)

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory (William Hazlitt)

God will entrust you when you are devoted


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DEDICATION

This thesis is dedicated to:

My hero of father, Mr. Yusup,

My guardian angel of mother, Mrs. Wasirah,

My leader of life to be, Mr. Leader,

and all people who support me in accomplishing this research.


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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Alhamdulillahhirabbil’alamin… All best praise goes to Allah SWT who

gives His bless and mercy for me to complete this research, without Him, all my

effort and struggle in finishing this thesis is nothing. The success of completing

this thesis comes along with all the support I received from many people, hence I

would like to send my deep gratitude to:

1. Drs. Riyadi Santosa, Ph.D, the Dean of Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts for his

approval to this thesis.

2. Drs. Agus Hari Wibowo, M.A., Ph.D, the Head of S1 Regular Program of English

Department for his approval to this thesis.

3. Prof. Dr. Djatmika, M.A, my thesis supervisor for his guidance, advice,

motivation, time, patience, and willingness. This statement of gratitude is not

sufficient to express my true thankfulness of his merit in guiding me to complete

this thesis.

4. Dyah Ayu Nila Khrisna S.S, M.Hum, my academic supervisor for her motivation

and advice in my study.

5. All the lecturers and staffs in English Department, Faculty of Letters and Fine

Arts for the useful knowledge and dedication.

6. My heroic father, Mr. Yusup, for his love, care and faith in me to work and

complete this thesis. His never ending struggle which motivates me greatly to be a

true fighter in anything is so much priceless.


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7. My wonderful mother, Mrs. Wasirah, for her love, care, hope, encouragement and

understanding on me which are the best motivation for completing this thesis.

8. Wahyu Hadi Purwanto, my big brother, for his support and understanding on me

which motivate me to work harder in finishing this thesis.

9. Rafferty Keimicha Sabrina, my adorable and smart little sister who keeps me

cheerful and confident to accomplish this thesis.

10. All my precious friends in Censi and Swida, and also my friends outside my

second home,but definitely not outsiders, who are like my own family in Solo.

These people never stop in supporting and helping me out to complete this thesis.

Keep creating the dream! Conquer the time to make it come true. Banzai us!!!

11. All my supportive friends in English Department, especially Dyah Subekti, Yuni

Hastuti S.S., and Praria Arintyas Sari who share their precious time with me in

campus, also support and help me to finish this thesis.

12. TVXQ! We are T!! My long term pain killer who keep me happy and contented

every time the storm of life decides to visit me. Their struggle never fails in

showing me the true meaning of life.

Finally, the writer hopes this thesis to be beneficial for the future

development especially in study field.

Surakarta, February 3, 2015

Ratna Juwita


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE…………………………………………………………………… i

APPROVAL BY THESIS CONSULTANT…………………………… ii

APPROVAL BY THESIS BOARD OF EXAMINERS……………….. iii

PRONOUNCEMENT………………………………………………….... iv

MOTTO………………………………………………………………..... v

DEDICATION………………………………………………................. vi

ACKNOWLEDGMENT……………………………………………….. vii

TABLE OF CONTENT………………………………………………... ix

LIST OF TABLES…………………………………………………….... xi

ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………. xii

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

A. Research Background………………………………………....... 1

B. Research Question…………………………………………….... 3

C. Research Objectives…………………………………………..... 3

D. Research Significance………………………………………….. 4

E. Scope of Study………………………………………………… 5

F. Thesis Organization…………………………………………….. 5

CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW

A. Pragmatics…………………………………………................... 6

B. Context………………………………………………............... 6

C. Speech Act………………………………………….................. 9

D. Commissive…………………………………………................. 13

E. Politeness Strategy………………………………...................... 15

F. Review of Related Study………………………….................... 21

G. Synopsis of the Movie Ice Princess……………….................... 23

H. The Characters of Ice Princess Movie…………….................... 24


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CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. Type of Research………………………………………........ 29

B. Data and Source of Data……………………………............ 30

C. Technique of Collecting Data…………………………........ 30

D. Technique of Coding Data……………………………......... 31

E. Technique of Analyzing Data…………………………........ 32

CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION

A. Introduction………………………………………............... 33

B. Data Analysis……………………………………................. 33

C. Discussion…………………………………………….......... 96

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion………………………………………….............. 124

B. Suggestion………………………………………….............. 130

BOBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX


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LIST OF TABLES

Table 4.1 Classification of Commissive Speech Act................................. 34

Table 4.2. Types of Commissive Speech Act…....................................... 97

Table 4.3 Politeness Strategy of Promising………………...................... 100

Table 4.4 Politeness Strategy of Threatening…………………............... 101

Table 4.5 Politeness Strategy of Offering……………………………… 103

Table 4.6 Politeness Strategy of Refusing……………………………… 104

Table 4.7 Politeness Strategy of Inviting………………………………. 107

Table 4.8 Politeness Strategy of Betting……………………………….. 108

Table 4.9 Politeness Strategy of Guaranteeing…………………............. 108

Table 4.10 Politeness Strategy of Agreeing……………………………… 110

Table 4.11 Reasons of Exploiting Bald on record Strategy…………… 112

Table 4.12 Reasons of Exploiting Positive Politeness Strategy……….. 116

Table 4.13 Reasons of Exploiting Off record Strategy………………… 120

Table 4.14 Reasons of Exploiting Negative Politeness…………............ 121


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ABSTRAK

Ratna Juwita. C0307047. 2015. The Analysis of Commissive Speech Act in

the Movie Entitled Ice Princess. Thesis: English Department of Faculty of

Letters and Fine Arts. Sebelas Maret University

This research is conducted to analyze the commissive speech act type

employed by the characters of Ice Princess movie. The research inspects the types

of commissive speech act, the strategy to deliver the commissive, and the reason

of choosing the strategy.

The research employs pragmatics study to analyze the commissive speech

act. The descriptive qualitative research is used in this research. All of

commissives utterances in the Ice Princess movie taken are as the data of this

research. There are 32 data which are analyzed by Searle’s theory of commissive

speech act and Brown and Levinson theory of politeness strategy.

The findings of this research can be seen in the following result: first, there

are eight types of commissive speech employed by the Ice Princess movie

characters. These types are promising, threatening, offering, refusing, inviting,

betting, guaranteeing, and agreeing. Offering is the type which employed

dominantly by the characters of Ice Princess movie.

Second, there are 4 strategies which are exploited by the movie characters

in delivering commissive speech act. These strategies are bald on- record strategy,

positive politeness strategy, off- record strategy, and negative politeness strategy.

Third, there are nine reasons which motivate the characters of Ice Princess

movie to choose certain strategy in delivering commissive speech act.

This research is expected to be useful and beneficial for the readers in

learning commissive speech act, especially English Department students. It is

suggested that other researcher who intend to conduct research on the similar

topic to take different source of data, for example are reality show or novel in

order to find broader types of commissive speech act.


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ABSTRAK

Ratna Juwita. C0307047. 2015. Analisis Tindak Tutur Komisif dalam Film

yang Berjudul Ice Princess. Skripsi: Sastra Inggris Fakultas Ilmu Budaya.

Universitas Sebelas Maret.

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menganalisa tipe-tipe tindak tutur komisif

dalam film Ice Princess. Hal yang diteliti dalam penelitian ini adalah tipe-tipe

tindak tutur komisif, stratergi untuk menyampaikan komisif, dan alasan dalam

pemilihan strategi.

Penelitian ini menggunakan kajian pragmatik untuk menganalisa tindak

tutur komisif. Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Data yang

digunakan dalam penelitian ini diambil dari segala tuturan komisif dalam film Ice

Princess. Terdapat 32 data yang dianalisis menggunakan teori tindak tutur komisif

oleh Searle dan strategi kesopanan oleh Brown dan Levinson.

Hasil dari penelitian ini disajikan sebagai berikut: (1) Terdapat 8 tuturan

komisif yang digunakan oleh karakter film Ice Princess, yaitu: menjanjikan,

mengancam, menawarkan, menolak, mengundang, mempertaruhkan, menjamin,

dan menyetujui. Menawarkan adalah tipe yang paling banyak digunakan oleh

karakter dalam film Ice Princess. (2) Terdapat 4 strategi yang dipakai oleh

karakter dalam film ini dalam menyampaikan tindak tutur komisif, yaitu: strategi

bald on- record, strategi positive politeness, strategi off- record, dan strategi

negative politeness. (3) Terdapat 9 alasan yang menyebabkan karakter dalam Ice

Princess untuk memilih strategi-strategi tersebut dalam menyampaikan tindak

tutur komisif.

Penelitian ini diharapkan akan dapat bermanfaat bagi para pembaca,

terutama mahasiswa Jurusan Sastra Inggris dalam mempelajari tindak tutur

komisif. Serta, menjadi bahan rujukan bagi para peneliti lain terutama yang

meneliti topic serupa dengan menggunakan data, contohnya: reality show, atau

novel untuk memperluas tipe-tipe tindak tutur komisif yang lain.

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