LOVE EXPRESSIONS FOUND IN TWILIGHT NOVEL LOVE EXPRESSIONS FOUND IN TWILIGHT NOVEL BY STEPHENIE MEYER: A PRAGMATICS ANALYSIS.

LOVE EXPRESSIONS FOUND IN TWILIGHT NOVEL
BY STEPHENIE MEYER: A PRAGMATICS ANALYSIS

RESEARCH PAPER

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department

by:
MILLA WIDYA HAPSARI
A 320 070 297

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
2011

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APPROVAL
LOVE EXPRESSIONS FOUND IN TWILIGHT NOVEL

BY STEPHENIE MEYER: A PRAGMATICS ANALYSIS

Written by:
MILLA WIDYA HAPSARI
A 320 070 297

Approved to be Examined
by consultant team:

Consultant I

Consultant II

(Prof. DR. Endang Fauziati, M.Hum.)

(Anam Sutopo, S.Pd, M.Hum.)

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ACCEPTANCE


LOVE EXPRESSIONS FOUND IN TWILIGHT NOVEL
BY STEPHENIE MEYER: A PRAGMATICS ANALYSIS

by:
MILLA WIDYA HAPSARI
A 320 070 297
Accepted by the Board of Examiner School of Teacher Training and Education
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
On April , 2011
Team of Examiner
1. Prof. DR. Endang Fauziati, M.Hum.

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(Chair Person)
2. Anam Sutopo, S.Pd.,M.Hum.
(Member II)
3. Drs. H. Maryadi, MA.
(Member III)

Dean,

Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M.Si.
NIK. 547

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TESTIMONY


Herewith, the writer states that in this research paper, there is no plagiarism of
the previous work which has been raised to obtain bachelor degree of University, nor
there are opinions or master pieces which have been written or published by others,
except those in which the writing are referred written in this research paper and
mentioned in the bibliography.
If it proved that there are mistakes in the writer’s statement above later in the
future, she will be wholly responsible.

Surakarta, April 2011

Milla Widya Hapsari

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MOTTO

B ismillahirrahmaanirrohim…
(Al Quran)

Betapa bany ak jalan k eluar y ang dat ang setelah rasa putus asa,

dan betapa bany ak k egembiraan datang setelah k esusahan.
(La Tahzan)

Your dream is y our f uture lif e.
(the writer)

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DEDICATION

Alhamdulillah… … … …
This research paper is dedicated to:

? H er beloved and her greatest father and mother
? H er beloved brothers
? H er dearest engage

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT


Assalamua’laikumwr.wb.
Alhamdulillaahirrabbil’aalamin. Glory to ALLAH SWT, the Lord of
the universe, the Supreme Being, the writer is so grateful to ALLAH for giving
her all the kindness, protection, power to complete this research as a partial
fulfillment of the requirements for getting bachelor degree of education in English
department. Then, peace be upon prophet Muhammad SAW, the messenger sent
by ALLAH who has changed this world from the darkness to the light.
The writer realizes that this research paper would never been possible
without other people’s help, so that the writer would like to express her gratitude
and appreciation to:
1. Drs. Sofyan Anif, M.Si, as the dean of School of Teacher Training and
Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta who gives the
legalization toward her research paper.
2. Titis Setyabudi, S.S., M.Hum., as the head of English Department of
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta for the agreement of finishing this
research paper.

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3. Prof. DR. Endang Fauziati, M.Hum., the first consultant, who guides and
helps the writer to finish this research paper. She thanks to the wonderful
guidance, correction and criticism given to her.
4. Anam Sutopo, S.Pd.,M.Hum., the second consultant, for the guidance,
suggest, and correct her research paper. She thanks for all his kindness and his
wisely advice given to her.
5. Anam Sutopo, S.Pd.,M.Hum., her Academic Consultant, who gives great
attention and advice during her study.
6. All lecturers of English Department of Muhammadiyah University of
Surakarta who teaches the writer and gives her the wonderful knowledge.
7. Her beloved parents, Bapak-I bu “you are the greatest parents that ALLAH
ever created. Thanks for your unstopping rain of love, pray, tears, and
perspiration for her, nothing she can do to pay back those all.”
8. Her beloved older brother, M as Wahyu

keep fight and we can do our

research paper well! Her younger brothers, Sonny and R ezza make our family
proud of you all!
9. Her dearest engage, M as Danu thanks for your love, pray, patient, advice,

motivation, support, and also your anger. We are going to live together ever
and after.
10. Her crazy friends “Pendawi”: ucup, nila, liliz, and nana thanks for our
laughing, supporting and praying. We are the success women forever.

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11. Her beloved close friends in K ostN awiyuma: mbN uri, mbUmi, N indy,
Dian, M aya, Amel, R ina, Santi, I ndah, Uci, T anti, I da, R atna and Y utik

thanks for our togetherness and madness.
12. Her truly friend, R iger thanks for the time to share each other about the
mood. And for the togetherness in judging of a kind man.
13. AD 2282 DE for his faithful in accompanying every road that she rides.
T OSH I BA and ASUS thanks for the place to write and share all about the

amazing things. You are my extraordinary partners.
14. All of the people, whose name cannot be mentioned one by one, thanks for
everything.
Deep down on the writer’s heart, the writer realizes that this research

paper is still far from being perfect, so all suggestions and criticism for improving
this research are accepted widely and happily. Hopefully, this research paper will
be useful for the readers and prospective researchers.
Wassalamualaikumwr.wb .

Surakarta, April 2011

Milla Widya Hapsari

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TABLE OF CONTENT

TITLE ...........................................................................................................

i

APPROVAL ..................................................................................................

ii


ACCEPTANCE .............................................................................................

iii

TESTIMONY ...............................................................................................

iv

MOTTO .........................................................................................................

v

DEDICATION ...............................................................................................

vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..............................................................................

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TABLE OF CONTENT .................................................................................

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ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................

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CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the study .................................................

1

B. Previous study .................................................................

5

C. Limitation of the study ....................................................

7

D. Problem statement ...........................................................

7

E. Objective of the study .....................................................

8

F. Benefit of the study .........................................................

8

G. Research paper organization ...........................................

9

CHAPTER II : UNDERLYING THEORY
A. Pragmatics ........................................................................
1. Notion of Pragmatics …………………………………

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2. Principles of Pragmatics ……………………………...

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B. Speech Acts .....................................................................

13

1. Notion of Speech Acts ................................................

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2. Level of Speech Acts ..................................................

14

3. Types of Speech Acts ...................................................

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C. Love Expressions ............................................................

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D. Types of Sentence ...........................................................

22

E. Twilight Novel ................................................................

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CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHOD
A. Types of Research ...........................................................

25

B. Data and Source of Data ................................................

26

C. Technique of Collecting Data ..............................................

27

D. Technique for Analyzing Data ........................................

27

CHAPTER IV : DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
A. Data Analysis ...................................................................

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1. Type of sentence for Love Expressions ...................

29

2. Function of Love Expressions ..................................

51

B. Discussion .........................................................................

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1. Type of sentence for Love Expressions....................

80

2. Function of Love Expressions .................................

81

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CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion ........................................................................

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B. Suggestion ........................................................................

84

BIBLIOGRAPHY ...........................................................................................

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APPENDICES ................................................................................................

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ABSTRACT

MILLA WIDYA HAPSARI. A.320.070.297. LOVE EXPRESSIONS FOUND IN
TWILIGHT NOVEL BYSTEPHENIE MEYER: A PRAGMATICS ANALYSIS.
ResearchPaper.Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. 2011.
This study deals with: (1) the type of sentence for love expressions in Twilight novel,
and (2) the function of love expressions in Twilight novel.
The type of this research is descriptive qualitative research, by which the object is
love expressions Twilight novel by Stephenie Meyer. In order to collect the data, the
writer must, firstreading the novel. Second, finding the words or sentences of Love
Expressions.Third, underlying the words or sentences of Love Expressions.Fourth,
collecting the words or sentences that related with the speech act of Love
Expressions. And the last giving codes the data.
The results of the study shows that, (1) there are three types of sentence for love
expressions, they are declarative sentence (as long as you want me, ”he assured me),
interrogative sentence (do you swear you won’t leave me? “I whispered ), and
imperative sentence (don’t worry about me, “I urged). (2) there are six functions of
love expressions, namely showing affection (I love you, “I whispered), showing care
(take care, “Billy warned me), showing engagement (I’ll be there, “I promised),
showing persuasion (don’t worry about me, “I urged ), showing eagerness (you really
should stay away from me, “he warned ), and showing praise (that’s really nice, Dad,
“I really appreciate it).
Keywords: love expressions, twilight, pragmatics.

Consultant I

Consultant II

Prof. DR. Endang Fauziati, M.Hum.
NIK. 274

Anam Sutopo, S.Pd.,M.Hum.
NIK. 849
Dean

Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M.Si.
NIK. 547
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