The Use Of Acrolect In The Assertive Speech Of Hitam Putih Talk Show

Abstract

This study aims to describe the use of acrolect on the assertive speech function of the presenters and speakers or informant in the Hitam Putih talk show, especially in the online site of YouTube. Specific purpose of this study is to describe the assertive speech function of presenters and speakers on the Hitam Putih talk show. The variation theory of acrolect hold on to the theory stated by Searle and Lonie Agustin and the theory that used as the reference for the assertive speech, of which speech is used as the reference of this study, namely Searle theory. This study used descriptive approach. The type of study was qualitative. Descriptive analysis was used as the method of this study. The data sources of this study were the presenters and speakers or informants. The data were in the form of assertive speechs of the presenters and speakers. The data analysis used Flow model by means of three stages of activities, namely data collection, data selection, data explanation, and deduction (drew the conclusion). The results of this study indicated that the students used assertive function including of: (1) the assertive speech act of stating, (2) the assertive speech act of bragging, (3) the assertive speech act of offering suggestion, (4) the assertive speech act of giving compliment, and (5) the assertive speech act of boasting.