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DISCOURSE ANALYISIS OF INTERJECTIONS USED IN THE FILM “TAHUN 2012”

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This research paper is written to know the meaning and function of interjections used in the film “Tahun 2012”. The writer wants to find the actual meaning of interjections that are uttered by the characters in the film “Tahun 2012” and knowing what are their functions. The object of this study is the interjections that are uttered by the characters in the film “Tahun 2012”. Data of this study is the interjections that are taken from the character’s conversation in the film “Tahun 2012”. The data source of this study consists of two sources. The primary data is the character’s conversation in the film “Tahun 2012”. The secondary data is the translation text that is written in Indonesian language.
In analyzing the data the writer uses theories of discourse analysis. By using speech act, he finds the intention of the speaker in using interjection then describes the actual meaning of such interjection using pragmatic approach, and classifies their meaning concerns to the categorization of illocutionary act by Searle. He uses the categorization of language function that adopted from Jacobson’s framework to know the function of interjections uttered by the character in the film “Tahun 2012”. In this study the writer uses descriptive analysis method.
After analyzing the data, he finds out the conclusion that the interjections uttered by the character in the film “Tahun 2012” represent all of the meaning categorization based on illocutionary act by Searle that are assertive, directive, commisive, expressive and declarative meaning. He also finds that those interjections have emotive, conative, metalingual, phatic, poetic and referential functions of language.

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study
Human beings spend a large part of their lives engaging in conversation and for most of them conversation is among their most significant and engrossing activities. In conversation, language has important role in conveying message from some body to others.