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EXPRESSIVE ACTS USED BY THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN

THE MOVIE “THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE

VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER” BY C.S LEWIS

THESIS

Presented to

State Islamic Institute of Tulungagung in partial fulfillment of the

requirements for the degree of Sarjana Pendidikan Islam in English

Education

By

ANISA RAHMAWATI

NIM. 3213113048

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TARBIYAH AND TEACHER TRAINING

STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE (IAIN)

OF TULUNGAGUNG

2015

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ADVISOR’S APPROVAL SHEET

This is to certify that the Sarjana thesis of Anisa Rahmawati entitled Expressive

Acts Used by the Main Characters in the Movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: The

Voyage of The Dawn Treader” by C.S Lewis has been approved by the thesis

advisor for further approval by the Board of Examiners.

Tulungagung, 14th

July, 2015

Advisor,

IDA ISNAWATI, M.Pd

NIP. 19780816 200604 2 002

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BOARD OF THESIS EXAMINERS’ APROVAL SHEET

This is to certify that the Sarjana thesis of Anisa Rahmawati entitled Expressive

Acts Used by the Main Characters in the Movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: The

Voyage of The Dawn Treader” by C.S Lewis has been approved by the Board of

Examiners as the requirement for the degree of Sarjana Pendidikan Islam in

English Education

Board of Thesis Examiners

Chair, Secretary,

Dr. Erna Iftanti, M.Pd Dr.Sukarsono, M.Pd

NIP. 19720307 200901 2 002 NIP. 19710514 200501 1002

Main Examiner

H. Nursamsu, M.Pd

NIP.19780204 200901 003

Tulungagung, 14th

July, 2015

Approved by

The Dean of Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training

Dr. H. Abd. Aziz, M.PdI

NIP.19720601 200003 1 002

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MOTTO

Don’t Say It Is Impossible, You Just

Have To Work Little Hard

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DEDICATION

I dedicate this thesis to:

1. God who has given me the easy and, so that I can finish this thesis.

2. My beloved parents, my father Mamat and my mother Kartinah are always

support, attention, and pray for me every time.

3. Mrs. Hj. Ida Isnawati, M.Pd who guides me to be able finishes this thesis

patiently.

4. My beloved friends of KKN Margopatut 2 dusun Sembung Tercient: Adib

(Adaba), Alvin (Al tercient), Anang (Pak Anang), Rofik (Ravix Ahmad), Dian

(Sayoonk), Dyas (Miss Rempong), Anis zul (Juull), Datul (Mami Jayum), Desi

(Bundo), Anna (Erlingana), Diana (Dhea Tian), Firda, Dyah, Anis K. Thank

you so much for your inspiration, support, togetherness, prays,,, You are the

best guys. I always remember you and our sweet memories. I love you guys!!!

5. My best friends: Nikmatu, Rahma, Febri who always help, support and prays

for me. Thank you so much guys,, You are always in my heart, once again

thank you guuuyyyyss.

6. My beloved friends of TBI B, thank you very much for togetherness and

support.

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DECLARATION OF AUTHORSHIP

Name : ANISA RAHMAWATI

NIM : 3213113048

Department : Islamic Education Department

(Tarbiyah)

Program : English educational program (TBI)

Date of birth : Tulungagung, September 12th

1992

Address : Jalan Pangeran Diponegoro V/ 123,

Tamanan Tulungagung

States that the thesis I wrote to fulfill the partial of the requirement for the

degree of Sarjana Pendidikan Islam entitled: “Expressive Acts Used by The Main

Characters in The Movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn

Treader”. By: C.S Lewis is my original work. It doesn’t corporate and plagiarize

any material previously written or published by another person, except those

indicate in quotations and references. Due to the fact that I am the only person

who takes responsible for the thesis if there is any objection or clam.

Tulungagung, 14th July, 2015

ANISA RAHMAWATI

NIM. 3213113048

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ABSTRACT

Rahmawati, Anisa. Student’s Register Number. 3213113048. 2015. Expressive

Acts Used by The Main Characters in The Movie “The Chronicles of

Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader” by: C.S Lewis. Sarjana

Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and

Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Tulungagung.

Advisor: Ida Isnawati, M.Pd.

Keywords: Expressive act, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The

Dawn Treader Movie.

Expressive acts are those kinds of speech acts that state what the speaker

feels. Every people have different feeling in every day, and they show their

feeling from the utterance that their stated. Here, expressive acts have a function

to express psychological states of the speaker. This research focused on the

Expressive Act Used by The Main Characters in The Movie “The Chronicles of

Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader” by C.S Lewis.

The statement of the research problems are: (1) What are type of

expressive act that used by the main characters in the movie “The Chronicles of

Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader” by: C.S Lewis? (2) How are the

language mode of expressive act used in the utterances that used by the main

characters in the movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn

Treader” by: C.S Lewis?

In this research, the researcher used content analysis as qualitative

approach. The researcher observes the utterance that contains expressive acts used

by the main characters in the movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of

The Dawn Treader” by: C.S Lewis. The data of this research is the conversational

fragments containing of expressive acts and the data source is the movie scripts of

the main characters in the movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The

Dawn Treader” by: C.S Lewis. The data collecting method used is documentation.

From analyzed the utterance that used by the main characters in the

movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader” by: C.S

Lewis, the researcher present the types of expressive act. There are eight types of

expressive act are like, dislike, refusing, welcoming, thanking, praising, blaming,

and apologizing. The expression of like is interpreting a feeling speaker when he

or she enjoy with the something or someone from the utterance which is utter. The

expression of dislike is interpret what a speaker feel dislike to someone or

something from the utterance which is utter. The expression of refusing is express

that the speaker not accepts something. The expression of welcoming is

expressions that making someone feel welcome or can show if the speaker is

friendly. The expression of thanking is expressions to someone are grateful for

something that they have done. The expression of praising is expressions

admiration about the achievements of a person or thing. The expression of

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blaming express someone who did something wrong or it can said if someone

regret with their does. The expression of apologizing is expression someone that

sorry for having done something that caused the problem. The language mode of

the expressive act type like showed three utterance applied positive verbal

sentence, in type dislike showed one utterance applied positive verbal sentence.

There are five utterances applied negative verbal sentence in expressive act type

refusing. There are two utterance applied positive verbal sentence in expressive

act type welcoming. In type thanking also showed two utterance applied positive

verbal sentence. There are five utterance applied positive verbal sentence in

expressive act type praising. There are two utterance applied two positive verbal

sentence in expressive act type blaming and the last type apologizing showed one

utterance applied one positive verbal sentence.

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ABSTRAK

Rahmawati, Anisa. Nomor Induk Mahasiswa. 3213113048. 2015. Expressive

Acts Used by The Main Characters in The Movie “The Chronicles of

Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader” by: C.S Lewis. Sarjana

Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and

Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Tulungagung.

Advisor: Ida Isnawati, M.Pd.

Kata Kunci: Tindak Tutur Ekspresif, Film The Chronicles of Narnia: The

Voyage of The Dawn Treader.

Tindak tutur ekspresif adalah salah satu macam dari tindak tutur yang

menyatakan apa yang pembicara rasakan. Setiap orang mempunyai perasaan yang

berbeda disetiap hari, and mereka menunjukkan perasaannya dari ujaran yang

mereka nyatakan. Disini, tindak tutur ekspresif mempunyai fungsi untuk

mengekspresikan kondisi psikologis pembicara. Penelitian ini fokus pada tindak

tutur ekspresif yang digunakan oleh pemain utama pada film “The Chronicles of

Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader” by C.S Lewis.

Rumusan dari masalah penelitian ini adalah: (1) Apa tipe dari tindak tutur

ekspresif yang digunakan oleh pemain utama difilm “The Chronicles of Narnia:

The Voyage of The Dwan Treader” by: C.S Lewis? (2) Apa fungsi dari tindak

tutur ekspresif yang digunakan oleh pemain utama difilm “The Chronicles of

Narnia: The Voyage of The Dwan Treader” by: C.S Lewis?.

Dalam penelitian ini, peneliti menggunakan analisis isi dengan pendekatan

kualitatif. Peneliti meneliti ujaran yang mengandung tindak tutur ekspresif yang

digunakan oleh pemain utama difilm “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of

The Dwan Treader” by: C.S Lewis. Data dari penelitian ini adalah penggalan

percakapan yang mengandung tindak tutur ekspresif dan sumber data adalah

naskah film dari pemain utama “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The

Dwan Treader” by: C.S Lewis. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan

dokumentasi.

Dari analisa ujaran yang digunakan oleh pemain utama dalam film “The

Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader” by: C. S Lewis, peneliti

menghadirkan tipe dari tindak tutur ekspresif. Ada delapan tipe dari tindak tutur

ekspresif yaitu suka, tidak suka, menolak, sambutan, terimakasih, memuji,

menyalahkan, dan minta maaf. Ekspresi suka mengartikan perasaan pembicara

ketika dia senang dengan sesuatu atau seseorang dari ujaran yang mereka ujarkan.

Ekspresi dari tidak suka mengartikan apa yang pembicara rasakan kepada

seseorang atau sesuatu dari ujaran yang mereka ujarkan. Ekspresi dari menolak

mengungkapkan bahwa pembicara menolak sesuatu. Ekspresi dari sambutan

mengungkapkan bahwa seseorang merasa menerima atau dapat menunjukkan jika

pembicara ramah. Ekspresi dari terimakasih mengungkapkan bahwa seseorang

berterimakasih untuk sesuatu yang telah dilakukan. Ekpresi dari memuji

mengungkapkan tentang pujian atau prestasi dari seseorang atau sesuatu. Ekspresi

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dari menyalahkan menyatakan bahwa yang seseorang lakukan salah. Ekspresi dari

meminta maaf menyatakan bahwa seseorang meminta maaf telah melakukan

sesuatu yang menyebabkan masalah. Mode bahasa dari tindak tutur ekspresif tipe

suka menunjukan tiga ujaran yang menggunakan kalimat verbal positif, pada tipe

tidak suka menunjukan satu ujaran yang menggunakan kalimat verbal positif. Ada

lima ujaran yang menggunakan kalimat verbal negative dalam tindak tutur

ekspresif tipe menolak. Ada dua ujaran yang menggunakan kalimat verbal positif

dalam tipe tindak tutur ekspresif tipe sambutan. Pada tipe terimakasih juga

menunjukkan dua ujaran yang menggunakan kalimat verbal positif.Ada lima

ujaran yang menggunakan kalimat verbal positif pada tindak tutur tipe memuji.

Ada dua uajaran yang menggunakan dua kalimat verbal positif pada tindak tutur

ekspresif tipe menyalahkan dan terakhir tipe meminta maaf.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

In the name of Allah SWT The Most Beneficent and The Most Merciful. All

praises are to Allah SWT for all the blesses so that the writer can accomplish this

thesis. In addition, may peace and salutation be given to the prophet Muhammad

(pbuh) who has taken all human being from the Darkness to the Lightness.

The writer would like to express her genuine gratitudes to:

1. Dr. Abd. Aziz, M.Pd.I., the Dean of Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher

Training of IAIN Tulungagung for his permission to write this thesis.

2. Arina Shofiya, M.Pd, the Head of English Education Departement who

has given me some insight so the writer can accomplish this thesis.

3. Hj. Ida Isnawati, M.Pd, as the writer’s thesis advisor, for her invaluable

guidance, suggestion, and feedback during the completion of this thesis.

4. My beloved parents who support and prays for me to complete this thesis.

The writer realizes that his research is far from being perfect. Therefore, any

constructive criticism and suggestion will be gladly accepted.

Tulungagung, 14th

July, 2015

The writer

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TABLE OF CONTENT

Cover………………………………………………………………………. i

Advisor’s Approval Sheet………………………………………………… ii

Board of Examiners’ Approval Sheet…………………………………….. iii

Motto……………………………………………………………………… iv

Dedication………………………………………………………………… v

Declaration of Authorship………………………………………………… vii

Abstract…………………………………………………………………… viii

Acknowledgment…………………………………………………………. xi

Table of Content………………………………………………………….. xii

CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Research………………………… 1

B. Research Problems………………………………….. 5

C. Objectives of the Research …………………………. 5

D. Significance of the Research………………………… 6

E. Scope and Limitation of the Research………………. 7

F. Definition of Key Terms…………………………….. 7

CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

A. Pragmatics…………………………………………… 9

1. Definition of Pragmatics………………………….. 9

B. Context………………………………………………. 11

C. Speech Acts………………………………………….. 11

1. Direct and indirect Speech Acts….……………… 14

2. Speech Acts Classification……………………….. 15

3. Expressive Acts……………………………………20

D. Movie script…………………………………………...22

E. Review of Previous Studies…………………………. 22

CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHOD

A. Research Design……………………………………... 26

B. Data and Data Source………………………………... 27

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C. Technique of Data Collection..………………………..28

D. Technique of Data Verification…………………….. 28

E. Data Analysis…….……………………………………30

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS

A. Data Finding………………………………………… 32

B. Analysis……………………………………………… 32

CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion…………………………………………… 65

B. Suggestion……………………………………………. 66

REFERENCES……………………………………………………………. 68

LIST OF TABLE

LIST OF APPENDICES

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LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

Table 2.2.2..……………………………………………………………19

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1 : The script of movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of

The Dawn Treader” by: C.S Lewis

Appendix 2 : Curriculum vitae

Appendix 3 : Thesis guidance card