28 up by the police. The text writer conveys the information so that the readers believe
him. b.
Interrogative 3
TB.26 Smoking is indeed a nasty habit. What would happen if our own wives fell
into the nicotine trap? First she could keep it secretly from her dear husband, but the urge for
nicotine would surely give her away eventually.
Wouldn’t any passing good-looking woman drive him crazy? His wife with a cigarette in her mouth would call him matakeranjang womanizer, while
her husband would call her back: keranjangmata air bucket of tears. The
best way to stop smoking? Don’t start. The text writer uses interrogative sentences in the text. In the second
sentence, the interrogative sentence is used in order to ask the effect of smoking in the future for women. Looking at the function of the sentence, the text writer
commits to the truth of proposition. He wants to know what will happen in the future. He wants to gain the information about that. Therefore, the text writer shows
his assertive category through his interrogative sentence.
2. Commissive Category
Commissive category is “a type of utterance where the speaker makes a
commitment to a future course of action” Crystal, 2003, p. 84. The speaker wants something to be changed and other people to believe his commitment. From the
analysis of the text, the researcher found out 5 commissive categories see Table 4.17. The text writers showed commissive category through declarative and
imperative types. Here are the examples of researc her’s findings in the following
page. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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a. Declarative
4 TE.37
There is not much the government can do about the thick haze because the haze in Indonesia is just part of the global warming happening in all
countries, and in certain countries the conditions are getting worse. In developed countries this phenomenon is not easy to overcome. What we
can do is make the least of it, that’s all. In the end of the text, the text writer uses the declarative sentence. This
declarative sentence is used to show his commissive category. The text writer makes the commitment together with the readers. He invites himself and other
people to solve the problem. b.
Imperative 5
TA.3 For everything has its own limit; so does foreign coverage. We decide
The text has two speech act categories. The text writer uses assertive and commissive categories. The second sentence shows the text writer
’s imperative sentence. Using the imperative sentence, the text writer is in order to invite the
readers and himself to decide something to solve the issue. On the other words, the text writer wants other people and himself make the commitment to do an action. It
is clear that the text writer shows commissive category through his imperative sentence.
6 TN.95
Will these Chinese trains be of the same high quality as those famous Chinese Transjakarta buses that were in the news some time ago? Let us
wait and see.
It is clear that the text writer uses imperative sentence in the last sentence. The clue is the words ‘let us’. The imperative sentence shows the text writer’s
30 commissive category. The text writer is in order to invite himself and other people
to wait and see the progress in the last sentence. Therefore, we can see the result later. The text writer invites other people to do the action together. He and other
people make the commitment.
3. Directive Category
Searle 1976 says that directive speech act is that the speaker requests the hearer to do something
. The speaker wants the readers to do the speaker’s willingness. The researcher found out 50 directive categories in TYS column see
Table 4.17. The text writer used declarative, imperative, and interrogative sentences to show the category.
Here are the examples of researcher’s findings: a.
Declarative 7
TE.41 The haze has caused numerous emergency situations. It brings about
enormous economic, social and environmental losses. Again and again, due to a lack of courage, bringing forest and land-burning perpetrators to court
is not easy. Officers should embrace the community and ask them to actively report on
every land clearing activity. The offenders should be forced to restore environmental conditions, and
they should be required to pay heavy fines.
The text has two speech act categories. Those are assertive and directive categories. In the last two sentences, the text writer shows directive speech act
category. He shows the category through declarative sentence. The text writer suggests that the officers ask the society to report actively. Then, the offenders are
asked to pay heavy fines and restore the environmental condition. It is clear that the text writer uses period in the end of the sentence.
