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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis thesis discusses about the application of pragmatic theory. The writer
limits her discussion on locutionary and illocutionary act of the utterance which is
produced by " Ratrimo ".The functions of" Ratrimo " are to refreshing the mind
through its funny picture and criticizes the situation which happens in Indonesia
through its utterance.The creator of "Ratrimo", Leak only uses short utterances in
his caricature to express his idea. Thus, the understanding of locutionary and
illocutionary act is very useful to avoid misinterpretation of the creator's idea and
message. In this study, the writer wants to find out the most frequent type of
locutionary and illocutionary act which occur in " Ratrimo ". The writer uses
Langacker and Searle theory in analysing her data. Langacker divides locutionary
act into three types namely declarative, interogative and imperative while Searle
categorizes illocutionary act into five types namely representatives, directives,
commisives , expressives and declarations. The writer collects thirty data .In
analysing her data, the writer uses descriptive research to describe the types of
locutionary and illocutionary act which occur in " Ratrimo. Besides, the writer also
uses qualitative research to observe the particular setting or context of the data.
The writer puts the result of the analysis in the table in order to make easier in
counting the most frequent type of locutionary and illocutionary act which occur
in " Ratrimo". After doing her analysis, the writer finds that the most frequent type
of locutionary act which occur in " Ratrimo " are declarative type while the most
frequent type of illocutionary act which occur in "Ratrimo" are directives-requesting.
Besides, in her data, the writer does not find two types of illocutionary
act namely expressives and declarations.