However due to the investigation in the teaching activities of kitab kuning, beside directive speech acts, I also found the meaning levels used by the Islamic
priests. I found not only literal meaningsentence meaning but also nonliteral meaningspeaker meaning.
Kittay explained two layers of meaning: i first-order meaning, and ii second-order meaning 1987:42. The first-layer is that
the lexical meaning of a word and the second-layer is that the functions of first-order meaning
. Additionally, she described there are some forms of second-order meaning such as
metaphor, simile, indirect speech acts, and connotative meaning 1987:147. So, I try to investigated the meaning levels and the illocutionary points used
by Islamic priests in the teaching activities of kitab kuning at Pondok Pesantren Al Muhammad Cepu Blora.
1.2. Research Problem
According to the background of the study above, I formulate some problems of the study as follows:
a. What are the illocutionary points used by Islamic priests in the teaching
activities at Pondok Pesantren Al Muhammad Cepu Blora? b.
What are the meaning levels used by Islamic priests in the teaching activities at Pondok Pesantren Al Muhammad Cepu Blora?
1.3. Objective of the Study
Based on research problems above, I can explain the objectives of the study as follows:
a. To identify the illocutionary points used by Islamic priests in the teaching
activities at Pondok Pesantren Al Muhammad Cepu Blora? b.
To explain the meaning levels used by Islamic priests in the teaching activities at Pondok Pesantren Al Muhammad Cepu Blora?
1.4. Significance of the Study
In this sub chapter, I will explain the significances of the study as follows:
a. For Teachers
The result of this study can be used as reference for teachers in delivering teaching messages and purposes, so that teachers can regard it as new teaching
pattern.
b. For the Researcher
The result of this research can enrich the researcher’s knowledge of pragmatics
study in teaching learning process.
c. For the Next Researchers
The findings in this study can be used for next researchers which focus on informal model of teaching activities like in pesantren.
1.5. Scope of The Study
The scope of the study is Islamic priests and teaching activities of kitab kuning at Pondok Pesantren Al Muhammad Cepu Blora. I investigated three Islamic priests.
They are subjects of the research. The study concerns with illocutionary points and meaning levels used by Islamic priests in the teaching activities of kitab
kuning at pondok pesantren. As foundation of the study, I use some theories such as: a speech acts
classification by Searle 1969, b illocutionary force indicating devices by Yule, c directive speech acts by Vandervaken, d theory of felicity conditions by
Searle, e cognitive view of metaphor by Lakoff and Johnson, f theory of meaning orders by Kittay.
1.6. Organization of Writing
