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INTRODUCTION
Since human beings are created in the earth, they need a tool to express what
they want and feel which is called language. The function of language is clear as a
conveying message from somebody to others. It is true that most people make
conversation using language during their lives. Clark (1977:7) stated that people
promises, and so forth. We realized that language production has very closed
through two basic human activities, speaking and listening. In speaking, people put
ideas into words, talking about perceptions, feelings and intentions. They want
other people to understand. In listening, they turn words into ideas, trying to
the mind and how it deals with perceptions, feeling, and intentions.
We are requested to use the good and the right language in order we can
basic unit of meaning or words, and rules to combine them to form new sentences.
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language, people have to know its grammar. But in conversation sometimes people
use utterances that grammatically have no connection with the previous or next
sentences. They use it to express their feeling or perform a certain sense, it is called
interjection.
usually has no grammatical connection to the rest of the sentence and simply
expresses emotion on the part of the speaker, although most interjections have clear
definitions. Interjections are uninfected function words that express the attitude or
emotion of the speaker. They are used when the speaker encounters events that
make the variation of interjection according to the sense of their emotion. Ouch
express more sense than Oh, although it is based on the same interjection and
expressed the same emotion. On the other hand, an interjection can express several
kinds of emotion. People use Oh my God to express several kinds of emotion such
situation of utterance.
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However, there is a journal than can be relevant research on interjection.
consisted of four TV and two radio interviews of Hillary Clinton that had coincided
with the publication of her book Living History (2003) and one TV interview of
Robin Williams by James Lipton. No evidence was found for articulatory isolation
had. It is suggested that the onset or initializing role of interjections reflects the
temporal priority of the affective and the intuitive over the analytic, grammatical,
and cognitive in speech production. Both this temporal priority and the spontaneous
In this study, the researcher will analyze interjections uttered by the students
in speaking English by using speech act theory and pragmatics approach. Knowing
the context of utterance is the basic need in understanding the function and meaning
of interjections those are uttered by the speaker. So, the most appropriate theories
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B. Problems Statement
Based on the explanation above, the problems of the study are formulated as
follows:
1. What are the types of interjections that are uttered by the students in
speaking English ?
2. What are the classifications of interjections that are uttered by the students
in speaking English ?
Based on the problems statement above, the objective of the study are:
speaking English.
Speaking.
The researcher focuses on the interjections that are uttered by the students
interjection function.
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E. Significances of the Study
Theoritically, the writer expects that this study will give contribution to
anyone who is interested in interjection or everything that deals with the topic that
especially that are used in students’ English Speaking, since it is not impossible that
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CHAPTER II
A. Theoretical Framework
The term ‘speech act’ was found by the linguist named Austin (1962) and it
was developed by another linguist named Searle (1969). They explain that people
language or words. When people communicate with others, they do not only
produce utterances which contain grammatical structure and words, but also
perform some actions via those utterances. He states that speech acts as the actions
what one does in saying, and what one does by saying it and dubs these a
The theory of speech acts judges that people do more things with words
rather than convey information and when people convey information, they often
convey more than their words encode. Further, Aitchison (2003: 106) defines
speech act as a number of utterances that behave somewhat like actions. He states
that when a person utters a sequence of words, the speaker often tries to achieve
some effects with those words; an effect which may in some cases has been
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2. Classification of Speech Act
Austin (1962) identifies three distinct levels of actions beyond the act of
utterance, namely:
1. Locutionary Acts
to uttering a certain utterance with certain sense and reference, which again
locutionary is act of saying. Yule (1996 : 48) defines locutionary acts as the
(1996: 199) formulates the locutionary act as s says to h that x, s refers to the
speaker, h refers to the hearer, and x refers to a certain word spoken with
certain sense and reference. Further, Austin (1962: 108) describes three
2. Illocutionary Acts
(Leech, 1996: 199). Furthermore, Austin (1962: 150) distinguishes five more
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general classes of utterance according to the illocutionary force. Those
jury, arbitrator, or umpire. However, he need not be final, they may be, for
certain about.
not only commit the hearer to do something, but also include declarations
siding with.
d) Behabitives, are very miscellaneous group and have to do with attitudes and
e) Expositives, are difficult to define. They make plain how utterances fit into
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3. Perlocutionary Acts
(2005: 3) clarifies that the term of perlocutionary acts or effects, arguing that
saying something will often or produce certain consequential effects upon the
To make clear about the meaning from the utterance, Searle (1976)
proposed that speech act could be grouped into general categories based on the
relation of word and world. There are five basic kinds of actions that one can
1. Assertive / Representative
The assertive refers to the dimension of assessment which includes true and
false. Therefore, this speech act describes states or events in the world such as
stating, claiming, reporting, announcing, etc. Testing an assertive speech acts can
be done by giving questions that are categorized as true and false. According to
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Yule (1996: 53) assertive / representative is a kind of speech acts that states what
the speaker believes to be the case or not. In using assertive or representative, the
speaker makes the words fit the world. The examples of assertive / representative
The two examples above represent the world’s events as what the speaker believes.
2. Directive
Directive refers to a speech act that has a function to make the hearer to do
to Yule (1996: 53), directive is a kind of speech acts that speakers use to get
make the world fit the words (via the hearer). It can be concluded that directive
expresses what the speaker wants. The examples of directive are shown below:
Example 1 shows that the speaker gives command to get the hearer acts what the
has an intention to perform a request that has a function to get the hearer to do what
speaker wants.
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3. Commisive
(1996: 53) states that commisive is a kind of speech acts that the speakers use to
commit themselves to do some future actions. He also adds that in using commisive,
the speaker makes the world fit the words (via the speaker). It express what the
The modal ‘will’ or to be ‘going to’ in certain rules, contexts, and situation signifies
a promise in which it will do in the future. Therefore, these examples are considered
as commisive.
4. Expressive
In using expressive speech acts, the speaker expresses feelings and attitudes
about something. Yule (1996: 53) states that expressive is a kind of speech acts that
states what the speaker feels. It expresses psychological states and can be
statements of pleasure, pain, like, dislike, joy or sorrow. In this case, the speaker
makes the words fit the world, which incorporates his/her feeling. The examples of
expressive are:
(1) Congratulation!
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Example 1 is used to congratulate someone and example 2 is an expression of
sympathy.
5. Declarative
Declaration refers to a speech act which changes the state of affairs in the
christening. According to Yule (1996: 53) declarative is a kind of speech acts that
change the world via the words (utterance). This is a very special category of speech
special institutional role in specific context that provides rules for their use. The
Utterance 1 and 2 bring about the changes in reality. They are not just statements.
Utterance 1 is used to perform the act of ending the test and utterance is used to
3. Pragmatics
As quoted from George Yule at his book Pragmatics (1996:3) states that
and interpreted by a listener that consequently to do more with the analysis of what
people mean by their utterances. This research applied pragmatics theory in order
to get the meaning of the interjection through the students utterances that found in
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their English speaking. So in the end, it is clearly seen that pragmatics theory have
concerned with, the first one is pragmatics is the study of speaker meaning.
(or writer) and interpreted by a listener (or reader). It has consequently more to do
with the analysis of what people mean by their utterances than what the words or
particular context and how the context influences what is said. It requires a
consideration of how speakers organize what they want to say in accordance with
who they are talking to, where, when, and under what circumstances (Yule 1996:3).
Third, pragmatics is the study of how more gets communicated than is said.
He states that pragmatics also necessarily explores how listeners can make
intended meaning. This type of study explores how a great deal of what is unsaid is
distance. Yule explains that this perspective then raises the question of what
determines the choice between the said and the unsaid. The basic answer is tied to
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the notion of distance. Closeness, whether it is physical, social, or conceptual,
implies shared experience. On the assumption of how close or distant the listener
4. Interjection
which can stand on its own and have their own word class found in any languages.
“It is perhaps true that apart form nouns and verbs, interjections–those little words,
gestures (or more generally linguistics gestures) which express a speaker’s mental
could also called as a filled pause, a part of speech that usually does not have
grammatical connection to the rest of the sentence that simply expresses emotion
of the speaker to the hearer or the listener. Interjection is uninflected function words
that express the attitude or emotion of the speaker. Besides being self-oriented
a. Types of Interjection
Ameka states that interjections can be divided into two types there are
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1). Primary Interjections
on its own and do not normally include in other word classes such verb,
noun, adjective, etc. For example, Ouch!, Wow!, Gee!, Oho!, Oops!, etc.
Example in sentence:
sequences that are not found in other parts of the language such as tut-tut,
2).Secondary Interjections
interjections are alarm calls and attention getters like Help!, Fire!, Careful!,
etc. Swearing and taboo words like Damn!, Hell!, Heavens!, Christ! And
other emotively used words such as Shame!, Bother! And Drats! Are also
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Besides those examples, according to Ameka (1992:111) there also
multiword expressions, phrases, which can be free utterance units and refer
to mental acts, such as, bloody hell!, dear me!, My Goodness!, Thank God!,
b. Classification Of Interjection
(a) Emotive Interjections are those that express the speaker’s state with
respect to the emotions and sensations they have at the time. For
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2) Conative Interjections are those expressions which are directed at an
For example, sh! ‘I want silence here’, eh? ‘I want to know something’.
express a speaker’s mental attitude towards the ongoing discourse, that is back
c. Function of Interjection
opponents, the speakers need to know the context to whom the message is sent
and the text can be handled by opponents in both oral and other forms. The
these factors gives birth to different linguistic functions like the following:
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1. Referential
To show things or facts, the refential function is the most obvious function of
language: for example: “The earth is round.”, “Water boils at 100 degrees.”
2. Emotive
‘addresser’. This function comes out when we want to express our emotions
communicate for ourselves more than other people who hear us or not. For
example: the interjections, which are words or phrases used to express sudden
changes in the sound shape of the same two words ( like “this evening” ), we
expressive tint.
3. Conative
and it helps us to make people do something and it includes orders and prayers.
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4. Phatic
channel works or whether the contact is still there. Our purpose in this function
firstly to maintain the contact with the person we are talking to. For example:
It is also the first verbal function which is acquired by infants before they are
5. Metalingual
addresser and the addressee need to check whether they use same code and
when the language is used to speak about language. For example: “What do
metalingual actions.
6. Poetic
The poetic function which is orientation toward “message” and “the focus
on the message for its own sake”. This function includes more than poetry,
linguistics cannot limit itself just to the field of poetry. When we say “John and
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instead of “ terrible Harry , dreadful Harry” which have same meaning, we use
When we analyze the functions of language for a given unit such as a word,
class or type this unit belongs and which characteristics these functions have
regarding hierarchical and other relations that can operate between them.
studies have been conducted to find the interjection. The first is a study conducted
by Neneng Yuniarty, M.Hum (2018: 63). Her study entitled “Interjection In Student
Conversation” had shown that interjection words that are often used are primary
interjections and are followed by secondary interjections, and the frequently used
Next study is from Yan Widi Anggoro (2013: 23). In his study entitled
“Interjection In English Comic Books Scooby-doo Where Are You”, he found that
based on type of interjection that used in that comic, had found 20 primary
interjection and 10 secondary interjection and also found interjection based on its
The third is study from Vladimir Z. Jovanovic (2004: 12). In his study
entitled “The Form, Position and Meaning of Interjections in English” had shown
that The paper is concerned with the most important aspects of English
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interjections, giving a more detailed account of the difference between
sentence position and the meaning implications of this part of speech. The analysis
The previous researchers above are similar to the research that the
previous researchers are in the focus and object of the research. The researcher
English speaking.
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C. Conceptual Framework
RECORDING STUDENTS’
CONVERSATION CONVERSATION
TYPES CLASSIFICATION
FUNCTION
STUDENTS’
INTERJECTION
researcher will give some clues like treatment about interjection and then the
student will be asked to speak or do a conversation and the researcher will record
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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHOD
A. Research Design
use to describe life experiences and give them meaning. (Mujib, 2018)
experiences rather than measurements, statistics and numerical figures. In this case,
the researcher will identify the students’ interjection. The data will be collected
from the students’ conversation to analyze what types, classification and function
B. Research Participants
at Grade 10, whereas the object of this research is words, phrases and sentences in
C. Research Instrument
Burns (1994: 925) states that the role of the researcher in qualitative approach
is as an instrument. The researcher acts as the planner, data collector, analyst, the
data interpreter and the reporter of the research findings (Moleong, 2001: 121). In
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this research, the researcher uses documentation instrument in conducting the data,
in this case the researcher will record students’ English speaking in conversation
form
Data is the object of the research target and its context. The data in this study
are all words, phrases and sentences containing interjections in students’ English
recording and finds the available interjection. After the interjections are found, the
interjections are collected and analyzed based on its type, classifications and
1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6
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No : Number
1. Primary
2. Secondary
1. Expressive
2. Conative
3. Phatic
1 .Emotive
2 .Conative
3. Referential
4. Phatic
5. Metalingual
6. Poetic
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E. Procedures of Data Analysis
The process of data analysis was started when the researcher collected the
data. The researcher collected the data step by step. The process of the data
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