Background of the Study

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F. Significance of the Study

In accordance with the formulation of the problems and the objectives of the research, this study is expected to give contribution to the following parties: 1. Students of the study program of English Language and Literature majoring in linguistics study. This study is expected to give some contributions to pragmatic study, especially in adjacency pairs. 2. The English Teachers. This study is expected to give an alternative idea to teach by using film in language learning. 3. Other researchers. This study expected that the result of this research is used as a starting point to conduct further research. 6

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW

Chapter II is divided into four sections. The four sections namely theoretical reviews, conceptual framework, previous study and the synopsis of the Romeo and Juliet movie. In theoretical reviews, the researcher describes several theories related to the research objective. The theories are pragmatics, context, language and conversation, adjacency pairs, and movie. Meanwhile, in conceptual framework, the researcher will explain boundaries of how far she conducts the study. Then, the researcher provides some previous studies which are similar to the researcher’s work. At the end of Chapter 2, the researcher will give the synopsis of the Romeo and Juliet movie.

A. Theoretical Reviews 1. Pragmatics

Pragmatics is defined as the study which deals with the relationship between form of linguistics and the users of it. According to Levinson 1983:9, pragmatics concerns with the study of relationship which includes language and the context and becomes the basis in understanding language meaning. Referring to this statement, pragmatics can be defined as the study which concerns with the links between language and context have relevance to writing grammar. It describes the use of language as well as its relationship between language forms and language uses. Meanwhile, Leech 1983: x defines pragmatics as the study of meanings of utterances in any situation where the utterance occurs. 7 Yule 2006: 112 in The Study of Language states “Communication clearly depends on not only recognizing the meaning of words in an utterance but also recognizing what speakers mean by their utterances. The study of what speakers mean, or ‘speaker meaning’, is called pragmatics”. Furthermore, Yule 2006:112 reveals pragmatics in a broader definition with four important points. First, pragmatics is defined as the study of speaker‘s meaning. It relates to the study of meaning which is communicated by a speaker or writer and then interpreted by a hearer or reader. Second, pragmatics refers to the study of contextual meaning including the interpretation of what speaker intends in a given situation and context and the way the context influences what is said by the speaker. In addition, pragmatics also considers of how speakers organize what they want to say in relation to whom they are talking to, where, when, and under what circumstances. Third, pragmatics is defined as the study which observes how the unsaid is understood as a part of what is communicated. It attempts to identify how a hearer makes assumption of what is said in order to interpret the meaning intended by the speaker. Last, pragmatics refers to the study about the relation between linguistic forms and their users. In short, pragmatics refers to the study of how language is used when communicating. It is concerned with how people speak a certain the language within a context and the reason of using the language in particular ways.