THE CHARACTERISTIC OF CARETAKER SPEECH

OF NATIVE SPEAKER OF ENGLISH:

CONVERSATION FOUND IN IMAGINE THAT MOVIE

RESEARCH PAPER

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements

for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education

in English Department

By:

DEWI SRI PAMBUDI

A320100086

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA

2015

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MOTTO

If there is a difficulty, there must be away to finish it. (Q.S. Alam Nashah:

6)

A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often,

dream big, laugh alot, and realize how blessed you are. (The Writer)

Dreaming is the first step that you have make. While, the act is the next

step that you. (The Writer)

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DEDICATION

This research paper is dedicated to:

My beloved mother and father,

My beloved sister, and brother

My beloved in my heart and

All of my friends who always support me.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Assalamu’alaikumWarahmatullaahiWabarakaatuh.

The writer expresses her greatest gratitude to the Almighty Allah SWT for

His blessing and His guidance, so she can finish his research paper. The writer

realized that without the help of others, it is impossible to complete this research

paper; she would like to express her gratitude to the following persons:

1. Prof. Dr. Harun Joko Prayitno., M. Hum, as Dean of School of Teacher

Training and Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta,

2. Mauly Halwat Hikmat, Ph. D., as Chief of English Department,

3. Prof. Dr. Endang Fauziati, M.Hum., as the first consultant for her valuable

guidance, ideas, patience, ant helpful encouragement until completing this

research paper,

4. Dr. Dwi Haryanti, M.Hum.,as the second consultant for her wisdom,

correction, guidance, patience, help and kindness from beginning until

completing this research paper,

5. Agus Wijayanto, Ph.D., as the examiner who has guided and advised her in

finishing this research paper,

6. All lecturers at English Department of Muhammadiyah University of

Surakarta, for the useful knowledge and wisdom,

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TABLE OF CONTENT

TITLE ................................................................................................................. i

APPROVAL ........................................................................................................ ii

ACCEPTANCE ................................................................................................... iii

TESTIMONY ...................................................................................................... iv

MOTTO ............................................................................................................... v

DEDICATION ..................................................................................................... vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................. vii

TABLE OF CONTENT ...................................................................................... ix

SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... xii

CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study .................................................... 1

B. Limitation of the Study ....................................................... 4

C. Problem of the Study .......................................................... 4

D. Objective of the Study ........................................................ 5

E. Benefit of Study .................................................................. 5

F. Research Paper Organization .............................................. 6

CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

A. Previous Study .................................................................... 7

B. Underlying Theory .............................................................. 13

1. Notion of Caretaker Speech .......................................... 14

2. Characteristic of Caretaker Speech ............................... 16

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3. Function of Caretaker Speech ....................................... 18

4. Notion of Language Form ............................................ 18

5. Notion of Language Function ....................................... 23

CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHOD

A. Type of the Research .......................................................... 26

B. Object of Research .............................................................. 26

C. Subject of Research ............................................................ 27

D. Data and Data Source ......................................................... 27

E. Data Collecting Technique ................................................. 27

F. Technique for Analyzing Data ............................................ 28

CHAPTER IV : RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION

A. Research Finding ............................................................... 29

1. Language Form of Characteristic of Caretaker Speech .. 29

a. The Use of Name ........................................................ 29

b. Tone of Voice ............................................................. 32

c. Addressing What Children are Doing ....................... 35

d. Many Ways of Saying Different Things ..................... 38

e. Using Simple Utterance .............................................. 41

2. Type of Language Function ............................................ 44

a. The Instrumental Function.......................................... 44

b. The Personal Function ................................................ 45

c. The Interactional Function .......................................... 46

d. The Regulatory Function ............................................ 47

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e. The Heuristic Function ............................................... 49

f. The Imaginative Function ........................................... 49

B. Discussion .......................................................................... 51

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION

A. Conclusion .......................................................................... 53

B. Pedagogical Implication ..................................................... 54

C. Suggestion .......................................................................... 54

BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................... 56

APPENDIX .......................................................................................................... 58

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SUMMARY

Dewi Sri Pambudi A.320100086 THE CHARACTERISCTIC OF

CARETAKER SPEECH OF NATIVE SPEAKER OF ENGLISH:

CONVERSATION FOUND IN IMAGINE THAT MOVIE. Research

Paper.School of Teacher Training and Education. Muhammadiyah University of

Surakarta. 2015.

This research aims at describing the types of language form found in Imagine

That movieand the types of language function found in Imagine That movie. The

type of this research is descriptive qualitative research.Theobjects of the research

are only focuses on speech adults of caretaker on native speaker. Subject of this

research are the caretakers found in Imagine That movie such as father, mother,

etc. The data to be analyzed in this research paper are utterances produce by

caretaker speech on native speaker. The data source is the movie entitled Imagine

That and its manuscript.The writer used the manuscript of conversation Imagine

Thatfilm of the caretaker speech method of collect data.The steps are: the writer

watched the original film and read the movie script of Imagine That movie. After

that the writer underlined the caretaker utterances then wrote down into the paper.

The result of this research show there four characteristic of caretaker speech: tone

of voice, addressing what children are doing, many ways of saying different

things, simple utterance and the use of name. Then, there are seven kinds of

language function: instrumental function, interactional function, regulatory

function, imaginative function, personal function, representational function, and

heuristic function.