Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Language and Arts (ICLA 2020)

Illocutionary Speech Acts in the Discourse of Advertisements in Sindo Newspaper

Authors
Rafles Eko Putra, Ermanto, Agustina, Kharisma Thahira
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Rafles Eko Putra
Available Online 26 March 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210325.037How to use a DOI?
Keywords
illocutionary speech act, speech strategy, context, advertising language, Sindo newspaper
Abstract

This study aims to describe (1) the types of illocutionary speech acts used in the advertisement discourse in Sindo newspaper; (2) the story strategy contained in the advertisement discourse in Sindo newspaper; and (3) the background context, participants, objectives, action sequences, keys, tools, norms, types in the use of illocutionary speech acts contained in the advertisement discourse in Sindo newspaper. This research is qualitative research with a descriptive design. The data of this research were illocutionary speech acts in the discourse of Sindo’s daily advertisements which were grouped based on the type, strategy, and context of the speech act. The results of this study were in the form of classification. The dominant illocutionary speech act found in the advertisement discourse in Sindo newspaper is directive speech acts. Then the dominant speech strategy in the advertisement discourse in Sindo newspaper is the strategy of speaking pleasantly with positive politeness. Furthermore, the advertisement discourse in Sindo newspaper uses the context of SPEAKING, but not all of it exists because advertisements take the form of written advertisements. The situation and place (setting and scene) cannot be determined because the ad is not an audio-visual ad that can be seen from the situation and place where the ad is displayed. The psychological situation of speech cannot be seen because advertisements are in written language, the psychological situation of ad speakers is not visible.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Language and Arts (ICLA 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
26 March 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-358-5
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210325.037How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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