Santhet: (Jurnal Sejarah, Pendidikan Dan Humaniora)
Vol 7 No 2 (2023): Santhet : Jurnal Sejarah, Pendidikan dan Humaniora

THE FUNCTIONS OF POLITICIANS’ SPEECH ACTS IN THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN FOR MAYOR AND DEPUTY MAYOR OF TOMOHON CITY: FUNGSI TINDAK UCAPAN POLITIKUS DALAM KAMPANYE PEMILU UNTUK MAYOR DAN WAKIL WALIKOTA TOMOHON CITY

Yoppie A. T. Pangemanan (Universitas Kristen Indonesia Tomohon)
James Edward Lalira (Universitas Kristen Indonesia Tomohon)
Jane Elvira Scipio (Universitas Kristen Indonesia Tomohon)
Vivi Nancy Tumuju (Universitas Samratulangi Manado)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Jul 2023

Abstract

This research aims to describe the assertive and commissive functions of politician speech acts in the election campaign for mayor and deputy mayor of Tomohon city. This research is a qualitative descriptive with content analysis study. Primary data was taken by recording politicians’ speeches during the campaign. The recording was then transcribed and analyzed. This study is based on speech act theory by Searle. The research findings show that the assertive and commissive functions have several subfunctions. Those were claiming, stating, suggesting, acknowledging, convincing, ensuring, supporting and supposing for assertive function and promising, giving hope, threatening and praying for commissive function. It can be recommended that the result of this study can be used by political parties in the context of their participation in the political contestation, including regional head election

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santhet

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Humanities Environmental Science Other

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The aim of this journal publication is to disseminate conceptual thoughts or ideas and research results that have been achieved in the field of history Santhet: (Journal of Education, History and Humanities) mainly focuses on the main problems in the development of the field of history as follows: ...