Abstract :
The object of the study is titles of English church song lyrics taken from internet sites. The objectives of the study are to identify the forms of the titles of English church song lyrics based on linguistics form and to describe the intentions on the titles of English church song lyrics by pragmatics study.
The researcher employs the descriptive qualitative research as the type of the study. The data is the titles of English church song lyrics. The technique of collecting data is documentation. The techniques of analyzing data are that the writer tries to identify the forms of the data based on linguistics form and uses speech act theory to know the intention of the data.
Based on the analysis, the writer draws two conclusions. First, based on the forms of the data, the writer found that 80% of all data analyzed are sentences in the form of declarative sentence, imperative sentence, interrogative sentence, and exclamatory sentence. Second, based on the intentions of the data, the writer found that there are three intentions based on speech act classification, they are representative, directive, and expressive. Representative consists of affirming and confirming. Directive consists of requesting, ordering, commanding, and begging. Expressive consists of apologizing, praising, admiring, and thanking.