Content analysis on speech acts strategy in English version of Holy Qur’an Sura Maryam by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Zulfa, Millatuz (2018) Content analysis on speech acts strategy in English version of Holy Qur’an Sura Maryam by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. Undergraduate (S1) thesis, UIN Walisongo Semarang.

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Abstract

This study aims to find out the using of speech acts’ types and strategy’s based on Searl theory on English version of Holy Qur’an Sura Maryam by Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s Translation, especially on the story about Maryam and her son; prophet Isa, start from verse 16 to 40. This study was library research and designed as descriptive qualitative study. The data was conducted by documentation technique from Yusuf Ali’s version (1997) in The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an: New ed. with rev. translation. commentary. and newly compiled index. The writer analyzed the data using content analysis. The result of this study showed that: firstly, Only four types of speech act functions found in the data, representative, directive, expressive, commisive and the writer did not found declaration types in the data analyzed. The highest percentage is representative up to 56% (14) data with some types, such as, informing, stating, asserting, recounting, explaining, blessing, clarifying. Then, directive 32% (8) data with various types such as asking, commanding, ordering, prohibiting and praying. In the third position was expressive in the form of complaining and complementing 8% (2) data. The last was commisive in the form of promising, only 4% (1) datum from the total of data analysis (25 verses). Secondly, the data used direct and indirect strategy. The dominant percentage of speech acts strategy is direct speech act 88% (22). It was in 4 types of sentences, declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamation which appropiate with it function. Declarative has the fuction as statement or assertion, imperative has the function of request, order or command, interrogative has the function as asking question, and exclamation has the function as express a feeling. While there are only 12% 9 (3) data used indirect speech act, such as: the sentence in declarative form but it has function to asking and requesting, and interrogative form but functioning as ordering.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate (S1))
Uncontrolled Keywords: Content analysis; Speech act; Holy Qur’an; Tata bahasa Inggris
Subjects: 400 Language > 420 English and Old English > 428 Standard English usage
Divisions: Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > 88203 - Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Muhammad Khozin
Date Deposited: 15 Apr 2019 09:28
Last Modified: 15 Apr 2019 09:28
URI: https://eprints.walisongo.ac.id/id/eprint/9286

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