Abstract
This research aimed to investigate (1) the form of direct sentences on short story entitled The Lost �Beautifulness�, (2) analyze the purpose of the direct utterances in the short story, (3) show the kind of direct utterances in short story The Lost �Beautifulness�. The object used in this research are direct utterances of short story The Lost �Beautifulness�. The data were collected by observation method. The writer selecting the direct utterances which can be found in the short story. The result of the research showed that: (1) three forms of the direct utterances are declarative, interrogative and imperative sentence; (2) purposes of the utterances depend on the four factors; locution, illocution, perlocution and social context; (3) seven kinds of speech acts are assertive, performative, verdictive, expressive, directive, commisive and phatic utterances.Keywords: Speech act, Direct Utterance, Short Story
Highlights
Direct utterance is one of some ways of speech act
The point or object in this study is the direct utterances appears in short story “The Lost of Beautifulness”
The research choose this short story because there are a lot of direct utterances used in this short story
Summary
Direct utterance is one of some ways of speech act. Speech acts refers to what is done when something is said (for example, warning, threatening, promising, requesting) (Toolan, 1997: 250). The meaning of speech act are these basic units of linguistic interaction such as give a warning to, greet, apply for, tell what, confirm an appointment (Griffiths, 2006:148). Kreidler (1998: 183) said that there are seven basic kinds of speech acts. The direct illocution of an utterance is the illocution most directly indicated by a literal reading of the grammatical form and vocabulary of the sentence uttered (Heasly, 1996: 291). Direct utterance is used to talk directly. Kreidler states that the form of direct utterance is divided into three (Kreidler 1998: 176). The form of direct utterance is declarative utterance, interrogative utterance and imperative utterance
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