Formulation of the problems Research objectives The significance of the study

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C. Formulation of the problems

In reference to the limitation of the problems above, the research questions are as follows: 1. What types of illocutionary acts are performed by Jokowi in his speeches? 2. Why did Jokowi perform the illocutionary acts viewed from the contexts of situation underlying the speeches? 3. What are the possible perlocutionary effects of the dominant illocutionary acts found in Jokowi’s speeches?

D. Research objectives

The language in speeches delivered by the president is different from the daily life language. One of the differences is that the language used in presidential speeches is well prepared by the president helped by a particular team in order to achieve certain intentions such as to get the addressee to know, to do something, to expect something and etc. Therefore, the first objective of this research is to describe the types of illocutionary acts found in Jokowi ’s selected speeches in reference to the Austin 1962 and Searle 2005 categorization of speech acts. They consist of assertives, commisives, directives, expressives and declaratives. The next objective is to describe the reasons why Jokowi performs the illocutionary acts. To meet this objective, the researcher deeply analyzes words, phrases, and sentences by considering the context of situation. By doing so, the speaker’s intentions in delivering speeches are expected to be explored. The illocutionary acts performed by the speakers of the language may have an effect on the hearers. The hearers may or may not perform the actions as PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 9 expected by the speakers. With regard to this, the last objective of this research is to describe the possible perlocutionary effects of the dominant illocutionary acts performed by Jokowi in delivering speeches.

E. The significance of the study

This study offers both theoretical and practical significance. Theoretically, the results of this study enrich the theories about the analysis of political language utilized by Jokowi in his speeches which are used to build image, persuade and influence people. Also, his language is characterized by the use of some terms in the field of economics since he delivers his speech in the world economic forum. Practically, this study can give the following significance: 1. The findings of the research help understand how a language is used to carry certain actions, why certain actions should be performed, and how it affects the hearers viewed from the analyses of speech acts. 2. This research is also beneficial for the linguistics lecturers and language learners since this research provides examples and analysis of illocutionary acts in speeches. Therefore, this model of speech acts analysis may become linguistics learning sources. 3. The findings about the speech acts on Jokowi ’s speeches may become reference for other researchers to conduct further studies. In this case, other researchers may refer to theoretical basis used to analyze the data and speech acts data analysis procedure to perform speech acts analysis on different contexts. 10

CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW