ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS ANALYSIS IN PRESIDENT JOKO WIDODO’S SPEECH DEALING WITH COVID-19

Abstract

In this research, the researcher focuses on the types of illocutionary acts and the most frequently illocutionary employed by president Joko Widodo’s speech dealing with COVID-19. The researcher used to descriptive research to analyze the data. The researcher attempts to analyze the data using Pragmatics study especially speech acts, classification the types of illocutionary acts and the most frequently illocutionary employed by President Joko Widodo by Austin’s theory. Illocutionary acts can be categorized into several types. They included Vindictive, Exercitives, Commisive, Behabitives, and Expositives.The researcher took the data from President Joko Widodo’s speech in the Sidang Kabinet Paripurna on YouTube. The researcher found that was the most frequently illocutionary employed by President Joko Widodo’s speech was exercitives which contain 27 data. This research also found five functions of illocutionary acts such as command, order, proclaim, entreat, appoint. The most frequently of illocutionary acts found most in this category was command.