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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE ................................................................................................................ i
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ......................................................................................... ii
ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................... iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................ v
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ..................................................................... vii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1
1.1 Background of The Research .............................................................. 1
1.2 Statements of Problems ........................................................................ 5
1.3 Purposes of The Research .................................................................... 5
1.4 Research Methods ................................................................................ 5
1.5 Clarifications of Key Terms ................................................................. 8
1.6 Organization of The Research .............................................................. 8
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FOUNDATION ................................................. 10
2.1 Speech Acts Theories ......................................................................... 10
2.1.1 The Genesis of Speech Act Theory .......................................... 11
2.1.2 Speech Act Speech Act Schema (SAS) ................................... 16
2.1.3 A Taxonomy of Communicative Illocutionary Acts ............... 21
2.2 Review of Previous Studies................................................................ 24
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODS ............................................................ 27
3.1 Formulation of Problems .................................................................... 27

3.2 Research Design ................................................................................. 27
3.3 Data Source ........................................................................................ 29
3.4 Data Collection ................................................................................... 30
3.5 Data Analyses ..................................................................................... 33
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ............................................... 36
4.1 Kinds of Speech Acts ......................................................................... 36
4.1.1 Constatives ................................................................................ 37
4.1.2 Acknowledgments .................................................................... 39
4.1.3 Directives .................................................................................. 40
4.2 Variations of Specch Acts .................................................................. 41

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4.2.1 Constatives Variations .............................................................. 43
4.2.2 Acknowledgments Variations ................................................... 48
4.2.3 Directives Variations ................................................................ 50
4.3 Discussions ......................................................................................... 54
CAPTER V CONCLUSIONS DAN SUGGESTIONS ........................................ 58
5.1 Conclusions ........................................................................................ 58
5.2 Suggestions......................................................................................... 61

REFERENCES...................................................................................................... 62
APPENDIX ........................................................................................................... 65
ABOUT THE WRITER.........................................................................................89

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