Direct and Indirect Speech Acts in the Drama “A Streetcar named Desire” written by Tennessee William
Abstract
A drama is a work filled with figurative languages that are full of implied meanings. The purpose of writing a drama, of course, is to entertain the reader. However, a drama text can also be a source of pragmatic learning that is rich in expression. This research is one of pragmatic research on drama texts. Using content analysis techniques, the researchers attempted to portray the use of speech acts, both direct and indirect, used by Tennessee William in her play "A Streetcar named Desire". There are at least ten data collected by the researchers and interpreted briefly based on the rules of speech acts in the pragmatic concept. The conclusion drawn from the interpretation of the data is that there are various uses of indirect speech acts in the drama and also changes in the types of speech acts that show how dynamic the language used in the drama is.
Downloads
References
Grainge, Karen dan Mills, Sara. 2016. Directness and Indirectness across Culture. New York: Palgrave macmillan.
Huang, Yan. 2007. Pragmatics. United State: Oxford University Press.
Sudaryanto. 2015. Metode dan Aneka Teknik Analisis Bahasa; Pengantar Penelitian Wahana Kebudayaan Secara Linguistis. Yogyakarta: Sanata Dharma University Press.
Thomas, Jenny. 2013. Meaning in Interaction: an Introduction to Pragmatics. New York: Routledge
Wijana, I Dewa Putu dan Muhammad Rohmadi. 2009. Analisis Wacana Pragmatik: Kajian Teori dan Analisis. Surakarta: Yuma Pustaka.
Williams, Tennessee. 1947. A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: A New Direction Books.
Yule, George. 1996. Pragmatics. Oxord: Oxford University Press.
Copyright (c) 2021 Mahdi Ahmad, Z Zainurrahman
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with Langua Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Education agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in Langua.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in Langua.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
