Speech Function Used by Donald Trump in His Speeches About Coronavirus

Tambajong, Daniel Aaron (2020) Speech Function Used by Donald Trump in His Speeches About Coronavirus. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Widya Kartika.

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This study was mainly intended to analyze speech functions found in Donald Trump speeches about coronavirus. The objectives of the study are to find speech functions are used by Donald Trump in his speeches about coronavirus and to describe the context of speech functions that used by Donald Trump in his speeches about coronavirus. This study uses descriptive qualitative approach. It is categorized as discourse analysis because this study focuses on analysis the phenomena of utterances in speech. The data are collected from the utterances of Trump in his speeches about coronavirus. The researcher uses Holmes’s theory to analyze speech functions and Hymes’ theory to describe the context of the speech functions. The result of this study shows there are only seven from eight types of speech functions categorized by Holmes that found in Trump’s speeches about coronavirus. They are expressive, directive, referential, metalinguistic, phatic, poetic and commissive functions of language.

Item Type: Thesis (Skripsi)
Additional Information: SK.ING Tam 98 2020
Uncontrolled Keywords: Discourse analysis, Speech function, context, Donald Trump
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PE English Language > PE1-3729 English
Divisions: Fakultas Sastra dan Pendidikan Bahasa > English Department
Depositing User: Perpustakaan UWIKA
Date Deposited: 16 Mar 2021 08:17
Last Modified: 16 Mar 2021 08:17
URI: http://repository.widyakartika.ac.id/id/eprint/1025

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