TINDAK TUTUR DIREKTIF BAHASA ARAB DALAM FILM âUMAR

Abstract

The study of directive speech acts in Arabic in this final thesis is used in analyzing the film �Umar. This study is aimed at (1) describing the types of Arabic directive speech acts in this film, (2) describing the factors that influence the types of the acts, and (3) describing the functions of directive speech acts. This research was conducted in three steps, namely (1) data collection, (2) data analysis, (3) presentation of the results of the data analysis. The data collection was arranged by listening to the speech acts contained in that film and then inscribing them. For the data analysis, pragmatic approach was applied as the contextual method. The result of data analysis was presented by employing informal method. The result of this study shows that there are some types of directive speech acts in Arabic found in that film. They are described as directive speech acts in imperative tense and indirect speech acts in the forms of declarative sentences and interrogative sentences. Moreover, there are also some literal and non-literal speech acts. At last, this study also results in some factors that influence the types of acts, i.e. (1) the background of the participants including the social status, level of familiarity, and character of speakers (2) the color of emotions, (3) the situation of the speech, (4) the intent and purpose of speech, and (5) the genre. In accordance with this study, the directive functions of speech acts in Arabic in that film identify some acts: commanding, forbidding, asking, advising, encouraging, expecting, warning, challenging, and inviting. Keywords: Directive Speech Acts, Pragmatics, Arabic