Abstract

This study aimed to investigate types of speech acts found in the text of Cupak Grantang. The text of Cupak Grantang is the text that has moral value. The theory of pragmatics in speech acts was used in analyzing the data. The data were collected based on the types of speech acts found in the text of Cupak Grantang. The data were collected based on the problem formulation in the research. Data collection methods and techniques related to types of speech acts and analysis of social context are explained as follows. In the data collection process, the author read, recorded and wrote data related to speech acts and sociopragmatic studies. After obtaining data about the types of speech acts contained in the Cupak and Garantang texts, the types of speech acts were then grouped. The results indicated that the types of illocutionary acts found in the texts are directive, commissive, and assertive. I Cupak was described as a person who always complained about what happened to him.

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