AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACT ON GENDER AS FOUND IN JANE AUSTEN’S PERSUASION

Abstract

This research entitled An Analysis Speech Acts on Gender as Found in Jane Austen's Persuasion.This research applied Searle’s theory and his five classifications, which are declaration, representative, directive, expressive and commisive. This research used a qualitative method and technique of data analysis that used in this research is data reduction, data display and conclusion. The objectives of this analysis was to prove that the illocutionary act could also be applied in pragmatic, especially to find out the types illocutionary act and the dominant types that used in Jane Austen’s Persuasion. The results showed that there were 92 illocutionary acts. They were found in the novel with the classification as follows: declaration, representative, directive, expressive and commisive. The total number of declaration for woman doesn’t exist and man 1 utterance (1%). The total number representative doesn’t exist. The total number of directive for woman 8 utterances (9%) and man 6 utterances (7%). The total number of expressive for woman 55 utterances (60%) and man utterances 18 (19%). The total number of commisive for woman 2 utterances (2%) and man 2 utterances (2%). The most dominant classification of illocutionary acts each gender was expressive act. The total number of expressive for woman 55 utterances (60%) and man utterances 18 (19%).