ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS REALIZED
IN GUY DE MAUPASSANT’S SHORT STORY “THE NECKLACEâ€
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Universitas Stikubank
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Ruaida, Nurul
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2012-08-10 05:54:09
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The thesis entitled the illocutionary acts realized in Guy de Maupassant?s short story ?The Necklace?. In this thesis, the research would like to identify the meaning of utterances within dialogue in terms of speech act. The research is aimed to finding out the taxonomies of acts realized in Guy de Maupassant?s short story, and explaining the reasons for the characters to use their own selected illocutionary acts. The types of illocutionary acts realized i n 80 utterances are: 16 representative utterances: 6 information (7.5 %), 6 statement (7.5 %), 1 conclusion (1.25%), assertion 2 (2.5%) and 1 confession (1.25%); 36 directive utterances: 5 commands (6.25%), 15 requests (18.75%), 10 questions (12.5%), 1 suggestion (1.25%), 1 beg (1.25%), and 4 tell (5 %); 17 commissive utterances: 4 promises (5%), 4 refuse (5%), 8 accept (10%), and 1 pledge(1.25%); 10 expressive utterances: 1 disappointed (1.25%), 1 like (1.25%), 1 dislike (1.25%), 1 displeasure (1.25%), 1 impossibility (1.25%), 1 possibility (1.25%), 1 certainty (1.25%), 1 regret (1.25%), and 1 pleasure (1.25%). 1 declarative utterance: 1 denial (1.25%). The illocutionary act most frequently realized is requests (18.75%). It means one of the main characters want the other for some services. Those services may be closely related to the betterment of some moral values approved between the main characters.
The thesis entitled the illocutionary acts realized in Guy de Maupassant?s short story ?The Necklace?. In this thesis, the research would like to identify the meaning of utterances within dialogue in terms of speech act. The research is aimed to finding out the taxonomies of acts realized in Guy de Maupassant?s short story, and explaining the reasons for the characters to use their own selected illocutionary acts. The types of illocutionary acts realized i n 80 utterances are: 16 representative utterances: 6 information (7.5 %), 6 statement (7.5 %), 1 conclusion (1.25%), assertion 2 (2.5%) and 1 confession (1.25%); 36 directive utterances: 5 commands (6.25%), 15 requests (18.75%), 10 questions (12.5%), 1 suggestion (1.25%), 1 beg (1.25%), and 4 tell (5 %); 17 commissive utterances: 4 promises (5%), 4 refuse (5%), 8 accept (10%), and 1 pledge(1.25%); 10 expressive utterances: 1 disappointed (1.25%), 1 like (1.25%), 1 dislike (1.25%), 1 displeasure (1.25%), 1 impossibility (1.25%), 1 possibility (1.25%), 1 certainty (1.25%), 1 regret (1.25%), and 1 pleasure (1.25%). 1 declarative utterance: 1 denial (1.25%). The illocutionary act most frequently realized is requests (18.75%). It means one of the main characters want the other for some services. Those services may be closely related to the betterment of some moral values approved between the main characters.
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