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Kamis, 15 Januari 2009

PRAGMATIC STUDY ON JAVANESE USED IN WEDDING CEREMONIES

ABSTRACT

This thesis entitled ‘Pragmatic Study on Javanese Used in Wedding Ceremonies’ is aimed at finding out the types of figures of speech and the levels of speech acts in the Javanese wedding ceremony.

The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method. The writer does not use any calculation or statistical procedure. The object of the research is figures of speech used in Javanese wedding ceremonies. The data collecting techniques of this research are observation (recording technique) and documentation (noting technique). The figures of speech are classified based on the types of figures of speech and the levels of speech acts.

The research finding shows that the types of figures of speech that are found are schemes and tropes. The schemes categories include alliteration and hyperbole. Meanwhile, the tropes categories cover simile, personification, and litotes. The levels of speech acts found in this research are locutionary act, illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act.

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