Research on Communication Ethnography in Toba Batak Communities in Samosir District, North Sumatera Province Regarding Analysis Speech Act in Death Saurmatua Ceremony

Abstract

This study aims to determine the type of speech acts used in the death ceremony saurmatua Toba Batak customs and interpret the cultural values in it. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method. Data collection techniques carried out using literature study, observation and interviews. Data analysis techniques are preparing the object of study, identifying and translating data into Indonesian, observing words or sentences, classifying data, and then making conclusions. The results were obtained as many as 41 types of illocutionary speech acts data, which includes the types of: directive utterances (speech requests, orders, invite, force, suggest, push, order, collect, order, order, request, challenge, give an order) of 21 data (51.22%), representative speech (speech demands, acknowledges, shows, reports, gives testimony, mentions, speculates) of 16 data (39.02%), and expressive speech (speech thanks, complains, congratulates, flatters, praises, blames, and criticizes) of 4 data (9.76%). Speech acts in the Batak Toba Saurmatua Death Ceremony are dominated by directive speech acts.

Keywords: Speech Analysis, Saurmatua, and Pragmatics.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-32-07

Publication date: November 30^th 2019