Abstract

The research aims at describing (1) Friday Prayer’s Sermon as a discourse and (2) discourse structure in Firday Prayer Sermon delivered in Indonesia that is connected to the Islamic ordinance rule context and the preacher’s speech style. The source of data are obtained from (1) Friday sermons held in seven islands: Sumatra, Java, Bali, Maluku, Kalimantan, Nusa Tenggara, and Papua that is recorded audio-visually; (2) Friday sermons’ transcripts; (3) informant and resource persons; (4) events or occasions which directly or indirectly influence the Friday sermon’s speech. The research concludes that Friday sermon is an integral discourse and consists of two sermons. The first sermon is khutbah ula , which includes (1) the opening or iftitah such as salam, azan, hamdalah, syahadat, s a lawat , wasiat takwa , and Koran citation, (2) the content of the sermon, and (3) the closing prayer. The second sermon or khutbah tsaniyah consists of (1) opening that includes hamdalah, syahadat, selawat, wasiat takwa , (2) the content that includes sermon’s conclusion, and (3) the closing or ikhtitam that includes closing prayer.  . Keywords : Friday sermon, Indonesia, the structure, sociopragmatic, preacher, and language use

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