A SOCIO-PRAGMATICS ANALYSIS ON PROMISING UTTERANCES IN SOME MOVIE MANUSCRIPTS A Socio-Pragmatics Analysis On Promising Utterances In Some Movie Manuscripts.

A SOCIO-PRAGMATICS ANALYSIS ON PROMISING UTTERANCES
IN SOME MOVIE MANUSCRIPTS

RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as Partial Fulfillment on Requirement
for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department

by:
HERDINI PUDJILESTARI
A 320 060 283

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
2012

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A SOCIO-PRAGMATICS ANALYSIS ON PROMISING UTTERANCES
IN SOME MOVIE MANUSCRIPTS


by
HERDINI PUDJILESTARI
A 320 060 283
Accepted and Approved by the Board of Examiners
School of Teacher Training and Education
Muhammadiyah Universiry of Surakarta

Team of Examiners:
1.

Drs. H. Maryadi, M.A.
(Chair Person)

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)

2.

Dra. Malikatul Laila, M.Hum.

(Member I)

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)

3.

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

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)

Dean,

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


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MOTTO
Allah will never change the person’s destiny untill they change it by themselve.
(Ar Rad : 11)

QUANTITATIVE vs QUALITATIVE
“Pertemanan dan Persahabatan bukan diukur dari ‘berapa’ banyak kita sering berkomunikasi
tapi bagaimana kita bisa menciptakan rasa nyaman”
(The friend’s of writer)

All about Friendship is Spice Girl’s songs
(the writer)
“KARMA”
According to
A. Beyonce feat Shakira “Beautiful Lier”
B. Simple Plan “Thank You”
C. Eminem “when I am Gone”

I’m not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
(Brithney Spears)
We are free to choose our action, but
we are NOT free to choose the consequence of our choice
(Stephen R. Covey)
Keep your promise as it would measure your honesty
(no name)

Kemenangan bukan pada AKHIR, tapi pada PROSES
(Mahatma Gandhi)

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DEDICATION

The writer dedicates this research paper to:
Her lovely parents (Her father Rudjiadi and Her mother Sumiyati)
for the greatest sacrifice in all aspects
Her lovely brothers and sister
(mz Prast, mz Ari, mz Adi and m’ Erna, and their couple)

for the support and pray
Her cute and dearest “comel-comel”
(Khansa, Fattah, Raffa, Ilyas and Rangga)
for the reason of her laugh
Her beloved “TTM”
(Krisna Ari Rasyidi, A.Md.)
for the reason of her smile
who always stands beside her in every moment
Her “best” friends
(Oktisa Istariyandari and Sandhitya Kusuma)
for the reason to her to believe that there is a “friendship”
And
Her amazing friends

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LIST OF ABBREVATION
Ext

: Exterior


Int

: Interior

HTYD

: How to Train Your Dragon

IAS

: I Am Sam

KP

: Kung Fu Panda

O.S

: Off Screen


Q

: Quotation

S

: Swodfish

TNTD

: The Next Three Days

VS

: Vanilla Sky

V.O

: Voice Over


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LIST OF TABLE
Table 1 : The Forms of the Data ..................................................................

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Table 2 : The Intentions of the Data ............................................................

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Table 3 : The Reasons of the Use of Promising ...........................................

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Assalamu’alaikum Wr.Wb

Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin, all praise belongs to Allah SWT due to
blessing and mercies that have been given to the writer, so she can complete this
research paper entitled A Socio-Pragmatics Analysis on Promising Utterances in
Some Movie Manuscripts as the requirement for getting the bachelor degree in
English Department of Muhammadiyah of Surakarta.
The writer should like to express her deepest gratitude and appreciation to
the people who given their help in form of motivation, suggestion, information,
even critic, so the writer is able to complete this research paper in a good way. In
this occasion, the writer gives her deepest gratitude and appreciation to:
1.

Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M.Si, as the Dean of School of Teacher Training and
Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta,

2.

Titis Setyabudi, S.S., M.Hum, as the Head of English Department for the
agreement of finishing this research paper,

3.


Drs. H. Maryadi, M.A, as the first consultant and the spinning person for
giving her great help, advice, guidance, and patience, so that the writer is
motivated and courageous to finish the research paper. He has guided the
writer patiently,

4.

Dra. Malikatul Laila, M.Hum, as the second consultant for giving her time to
examine and correct this research paper,

5.

Dr. Phil. Dewi Candraningrum, M.Hum, as the academic consultant for her,

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6.

All lecturers of English Department of Muhammadiyah University of

Surakarta. Thanks for the sharing, guidance, motivation and helps for this
research paper,

7.

Her lovely mom Sumiyati and dad Rudjiadi who sacrifice anything for the
writer and always support with tremendous love, praying, cares, support and
trust, the words can not express her feeling, excepts so much thanks mom and
thanks dad.

8.

Her lovely older-brothers and older-sister and their couple mz Prast-m’Atin,
mz Ari-m’Ima, mz Adi (Rahmat)-m’Ratih and m’Erna-mz Wanto, who
advice, pray and always give support for her,

9.

Her cute and dearest “comel-comel” Khansa Firdausa Alifia Saputra, Fattah
Naufal Saputra, Raffa Akhsan Adi Pratama, Ilyas Naufal Saputra, and Rangga
Putra Adiansyah who always make her smile and laugh with their cute rol and
the joke,

10. Her beloved “TTM” Krisna (c-jonk) Ari Rasyidi, A.Md. (Tehnik Komputer),
who always monitors her in doing this research paper, gives her great
attention in all his time and for the reason of her smile who always stand
beside her in every moment. He is a real man whose sacrifice his time,
patience and love for her. So many thanks to you for helping her, borrowing
the netbook, join the printer and papers. Everything what we have plan, just
do it to be better than other! ,

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11. Her beloved friends in SMP N 15 Ska ‘03, the “GABUS” community
(GenerAsi BirU Seru), Septi Wulandari, Marta Tasya, Sonya and Risa. Thank
you for still to be my friend, until this time, girls,
12. Her “best” friends Oktisa Istariyandari “marizol” and Sandhitya Kusuma
“tendhy”. Thanks for nice togetherness, kindness, advices, being good
listeners, joke, share, and laugh. You are the “best” friends that her ever has,
13. Her nice friend, Johanes Marsudihono (Bang Jo or Jo-jo) who gives spirit and
motivation in all aspect, especially in getting “income”. “I always try to do
the best, Jo”,
14. Her amazing friends in campus, Rinawati, Frida, Henny, Megan, Reni,
Papang, Ereka, Nurul, Iim, Shofa, m’Endang, Joko Mertani, Andang, mz Tri
Kurniawan, mz Re”, Arif Rahman, and all that can not mention one by one. I
miss you!
15. Her new friends when she accompany other friends to finish their research
paper, Silih, Indrawati, Andi Novita (Pi”), I knew you guys, and I hope I will
always remember you in all time of my life,
16. Her friends in Butterfly English Course Education Centre “BECEC” for the
cooperation to finish the SLPD program,
17. Her friends in PPL in SMA N 2 Sukoharjo 2009,
18. Her new friends: Dwi Widatiningrum (Wi”t), Tutik Winarni (Uty), Dyah
Trisnawati, Nuryanti (Nur), m’Aldise and m’Retno who accompany her to
finish this research paper.
19. Her students in SMA N 2 Sukoharjo 2009,

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20. Her other family in Purwonegaran and Klaten, thanks for your attention,
21. Those who cannot be mentioned one by one, who have give her spirit in
everywhere, every time and every day, thank you so much.
The writer deeply realizes that this research paper is far from perfection.
The writer welcomes any endorsing and critiques. The writer hopes that this
research paper will be useful and able to give information and contribution to the
academic study. Last, hopefully Allah S.W.T blesses those who like to conduct
research and it can be useful to the reader and other researcher.
Wassalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.

Surakarta,

April 2012

HP

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TABLE OF CONTENT

COVER .........................................................................................................

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

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

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

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

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

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LIST OF ABBREVIATION ........................................................................

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LIST OF TABLE .........................................................................................

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

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

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SUMMARY ..................................................................................................

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

1

B. Previous of the Study ....................................................

4

C. Problem of the Study .....................................................

6

D. Objective of the Study ...................................................

6

E. Benefit of the Study .......................................................

7

F. Research Paper Organization ......................................

8

CHAPTER II : UNDERLYING THEORY
A. Pragmatics and Socio-Pragmatics ...............................

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B. Speech Act ......................................................................

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C. Notion of Promising .......................................................

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D. Form ...............................................................................

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E. Dell Hyme’s Ethnography of Communication ...........

21

F. Key Term Used in Movie Manuscript .........................

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CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHOD
A. Type of the Research .....................................................

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B. Object of the Research ..................................................

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C. Data and Data Source ...................................................

25

D. Technique of Collecting Data .......................................

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E. Technique of Data Analysis ..........................................

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

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

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

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

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
VIRTUAL REFERENCES
APPENDIXES

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SUMMARY
HERDINI PUDJILESTARI. A 320 060 283. A SOCIO-PRAGMATICS
ANALYSIS ON PROMISING UTTERANCES IN SOME MOVIE
MANUSCRIPTS. RESEARCH PAPER: SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING
AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA.
2012.
This research paper has three problem statements. There are (1) the syntactic
form of promising utterances, (2) the intention of promising utterances and (3)the
reason of promising utterances. The aims of this research paper are to describe
syntactic form, to identify the type of the sentence, to examine the intentions of
utterances and to explain the reasons of utterances.
The writer employs the descriptive qualitative as the type of the research.
The object of the research is promising utternces in How To Train Your Dragon,
Kung Fu Panda, I Am Sam, The Next Three Days, Vanilla Sky. The data source of
this research is How To Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda, I Am Sam, The Next
Three Days, Vanilla Sky, and Swordfish movie manuscripts. The method of
collecting the data is observation. The analysis of the type of the sentences is by
using Frank’s theory. The analysis of the intentions is by using socio-pragmatics
and specch act: locution, illocution and the perlocution act.
The results of the research paper are: (1) there are three kinds of type of
sentence. They are 81,8% of declarative sentences, 13,6% of imperative sentence
and 4,5% of interrogative sentence. (2) there are five intentions of the speakers.
They are 13,6% of intention to command, 4,5% of intentions to request, 22,8% of
intention to assure, 50% of intention to affirm and 13,6 of intention to describe.
(3) there are eight reasons of the speakers. They are 22,8% of showing
responsibility, 18,2% of showing angry, 13,6 of showing relationship, 4,5% of
showing affection, 22,8% of showing hope, 4,5% of showing teasing, 4,5% of
showing misunderstanding and 9,2% of showing attention.
Keywords: socio-pragmatics, promising utterances, syntactic forms, speech act,
SPEAKING formula, movie manuscripts.
First Consultant

Second Consultant

Drs. H. Maryadi, M.A.
NIP. 19580304 198603 1 001

Dra. Malikatul Laila, M.Hum
NIK. 409

Teacher Training and Education Faculty
Dean,

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

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