CONGRATULATING UTTERANCES OF THE ENGAGEMENT OF CONGRATULATING UTTERANCES OF THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE PRINCE OF ENGLAND (A SOCIO-PRAGMATICS APPROACH).

CONGRATULATING UTTERANCES OF THE ENGAGEMENT OF
THE PRINCE OF ENGLAND (A SOCIO-PRAGMATICS APPROACH)

RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for getting the
Bachelor Degree of Education in English Department

by
May Ana Putri Aryani
A 320 070 296

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
2011

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APPROVAL

CONGRATULATING UTTERANCES OF THE ENGAGEMENT OF
THE PRINCE OF ENGLAND (A SOCIO-PRAGMATIC APPROACH)


RESEARCH PAPER
By
May Ana Putri Aryani
A 320 070 296

Approved to be Examined
By Consultant Team

Consultant I

Consultant II

(Dra. Siti Zuhriah A., M.Hum)

(Dra. Siti Khuzaimah)

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ACCEPTANCE

CONGRATULATING UTTERANCES OF THE ENGAGEMENT OF
THE PRINCE OF ENGLAND (A SOCIO-PRAGMATIC APPROACH)

By
May Ana Putri Aryani
A 320 070 296
Accepted by the Board of Examiners School of Teacher Training and
Education
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
on Juli 2011
Team of Examiners:
1. Dra. Siti Zuhriah Aryatmi, M.Hum

(……………………)

Chair Person
2. Dra. Siti Khuzaimah

(……………………)


Secretary
3. Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M.Hum

(……………………)

Member
Dean

Drs. Sofyan Anif, M. Si
NIK.547

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TESTIMONY
Herewith, I testify that in this research paper, there is no plagiarism of the
previous literary work, which has been raised to obtain bachelor degree of the
university. Nor there are options or masterpieces which have been written or
published by others, except those in which writing are referred in the manuscript
and mentioned in literature review and bibliography.
Hence, later, if it is proven that there are some untrue statements in this

testimony; hence I will hold full responsibility.

Surakarta, Juli 2011

May Ana Putri Aryani

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MOTTO

Forgiveness is t he at t ribut e f or t he st rong (M ahat ma Gandhi)

Success is a journey, not a dest inat ion (Ben Sweet land)

L if e never been easy t o me but also never hard enough t o make me
down

Fait h keeps us moving f orward

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DEDICATION

T his research paper is great ly dedicat ed t o:

H er beloved M om and D ad

H er lovely sist ers and brot hers

H er best f riends, and

H er soulmat e t o be

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Bismillahirohmanirrokhim
Assalamu’alaikum wr wb
In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the almighty whose blessing has

made all possible for the writer to finish this research paper, however, there are
many forms of help are gratefully received from particular individuals.
The researcher would like to express her deepest gratitude and
appreciation to the people who have given their help in form of motivation,
suggestion, information even critic, so the researcher is able to complete this
research paper. Hence, the researcher gives her deepest gratitude to:
1. Drs. Sofyan Anif, M.Si, as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education
Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
2. Titis Setyabudi, S.S., M.A, as the head of English Department for the
agreement.
3. Dra. Zuhriah Aryatmi, M.Hum, as the first consultant, for her support,
guidance valuable advices during the process of writing this research
paper.
4. Dra. Siti Khuzaimah, as the second consultant who give her time to
examine and correct this research paper.

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5. Drs. Anam Sutopo, M.Hum, her academy consultant who gives great
attention and advice during study.

6. All lecturer of English Department for their teaching during her study.
7. Her beloved mom “Ibuk Maryati” and dad “Bapak Sarwono”. Thanks for
your love, support, and everything you gives for the researcher during
living in this world.
8. Her lovely brothers and sisters. Mbak wien-mas mul, Mas wawan, mas
agung- mbak “nyunyik” Anik Setyaningsih, SH, and si nylepoor “sari”.
Thanks for love, support, laugh, and togetherness.
9. Mbak Siti and family, and not except for her big family. Thanks for the
support and the solidarity.
10. Tri Winarno, thanks for love, laugh, cry, and everything.
11. Her beloved friends, “Weny, Lia “si editor”, Atik, Nina, Nury, and
Anggro” thanks for the friendship and togetherness during studying at
UMS and the journey in many places of the world 
12. Susi, Iam, Candra, Indah, Yeni, si jelek, and Damon of course, thanks for
the love and togetherness.
13. Her friends at English Department ’07.
14. Everyone who have helped and support the researcher to finish this
research paper.
Nevertheless, the researcher consciously realizes that this research
paper is far from being perfect even though she has entirely explored her


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knowledge. In order to make this research paper better, the researcher
welcomes the positive criticism.
Finally, the researcher still hopes that this research paper can
contribute to useful reading for the esteemed readers.
Wassalamu’alaikum wr. Wb

Surakarta, Juli 2011

May Ana Putri Aryani

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TABLE OF CONTENT

COVER ........................................................................................................i
APPROVAL .................................................................................................ii
ACCEPTANCE ............................................................................................iii

TESTIMONY ...............................................................................................iv
MOTTO........................................................................................................v
DEDICATION..............................................................................................vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................vii
TABLE OF CONTENT ................................................................................x
LIST OF TABLE ..........................................................................................xiv
ABTRACT ...................................................................................................xv
CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study ............................................1
B. Previous Study ...........................................................3
C. Problem Statement .....................................................5
D. Objective of the Study ................................................5
E. Limitation of the Study...............................................5
F. Benefits of the Study ..................................................6
G. Research Paper Organization ......................................7

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CHAPTER II

UNDERLYING THEORY
A. Socio-Pragmatics .......................................................8
1. The Notion of Socio-Pragmatics... ........................8
2. Principles of Pragmatics. ......................................8
3. Speech Act. ..........................................................11
4. Congratulating Utterances. ...................................14
B. Sociolinguistics ..........................................................15
1. The Notion of sociolinguistics. .............................15
2. Address terms. ......................................................16
3. Social Stratification. .............................................17
4. Formal Address Term of British Royalty and
Aristocracy. ..........................................................19
5. Prince William and Kate Middleton Profile. .........21

CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHOD . .................................................23
A. Type of the Research ..................................................23

B. Object of the Study ....................................................23
C. Data and Data Source ................................................23
D. Method of Collecting Data ........................................24
E. Technique of Analyzing Data .....................................25

CHAPTER IV

DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION. ........................25
A. Data Analysis .............................................................25
1. The Intention of Congratulating Utterances ..........25

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a. Congratulation followed by Wish ...................25
b. Congratulation followed by Pray.....................33
c. Congratulation followed by Wish and Pray .....36
d. Congratulation followed by Compliment. .......38
e. Congratulation followed by Compliment and
Wish. ..............................................................42
f. Congratulation followed by Hope. ..................42
g. Congratulation followed by Happiness
Expression. .....................................................44
h. Congratulation preceded by Wish. ..................44
i.

Congratulation preceded by Insult. ..................46

j.

Congratulation preceded by Happiness
Expression. .....................................................47

2. The Types of Address Form of Congratulating
Utterances ............................................................48
a. Addressing by Aristocratic Title .....................49
b. Addressing by Name .......................................57
c. Addressing by Title+Name .............................61
d. Addressing by Nickname ................................68
e. Does not used Address Form ..........................69
B. Discussion ..................................................................70
CHAPTER V

CONCLUSION................................................................75
A. Conclusion .................................................................75

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B. Suggestion..................................................................76
BIBLIOGRAPHY .........................................................................................
VIRTUAL REFERENCES ...........................................................................
APPENDIXES ..............................................................................................

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LIST OF TABLE

Table 1 The Intentions of Congratulating Utterances …………………...70
Table 2 The Types of Address Form……………………………………..72

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ABSTRACT

May Ana Putri Aryani. A 320070296. CONGRATULATING UTTERANCES
OF THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE PRINCE OF ENGLAND (A SOCIOPRAGMATIC APPROACH). Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
Research Paper. 2011.
This research is aimed at describing of the intention of congratulating
utterances and the types of address form used by the addressor to the addressee
in the congratulating utterances of the Prince of England.
In achieving the objectives, the researcher uses descriptive qualitative as the
type of the research. The data source of this research is facebook Prince of
Whales. In collecting the data, the researcher uses documentation method, and
the steps are Searching for congratulating utterance of the engagement of the
Prince of England from the internet, Gathering the data of congratulating
utterances, Classifying speaker’s intention and the types of address form of
congratulating utterances.
The result of the data shows first, the intention of congratulating utterances of
the engagement of the prince of England are congratulation followed by wish
(34, 3%), congratulation followed by pray (14, 3), congratulation followed by
wish and pray (5, 7%), congratulation followed by compliment (17, 1%),
congratulation followed by compliment and wish (2, 9%), congratulation
followed by hope (5, 7%), congratulation followed by happiness expression (2,
9%), congratulation preceded by wish (8, 5%), congratulation preceded by insult
(2, 9%), and congratulation preceded by happiness expression (5, 7%). Second,
the address form that used by addressor to the addressee (Prince William) are
addressing using aristocratic title (37, 1%), addressing using name (22, 6),
addressing using title plus name (28, 6%), addressing using nickname (8, 6%),
and does not use address form (2, 9%).
Key words: Congratulating utterance, socio-pragmatic

Consultant I

Consultant II

(Dra. Siti Zuhriah A., M. Hum)

(Dra. Siti Khuzaimah)

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