A pragmatic study of speech as an instrument of power: Analysis of the 2016 USA presidential debate

Gusthini, Misyi; Sobarna, Cece; Amalia, Rosaria Mita

doi:10.24815/siele.v5i1.6906

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“…Grundy (2000) stated the phenomenon of politeness as one manifestation of a broader concept of etiquette or appropriate behavior in several aspects. The categories of directive politeness act are included in asking, inviting, questioning, investigating, governing, directing, prohibiting, allowing, suggesting, and encouraging (Behnam & Niroomand, 2011;Gusthini, et al, 2018; Zasko-Zielinska, 2014). For this reason, politeness in language must be controlled by all people who want to use language in communication, especially for politicians.…”

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Jokowi vs Prabowo: The Politeness and Its Violation in Political Communication of Indonesian President Candidates

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Lismalinda

Adnan

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Purpose of the study: The study aims are to investigate levels of language politeness and its violations in the political communication of Jokowi and Prabowo and to describe the types of politeness and its violations in political communication of Jokowi and Prabowo as Indonesian president candidates in 2019. Methodology: This research was used a qualitative approach with the descriptive method by paying attention to the Interactive Model theory to describe the object in analysis data through a pragmatic approach to identify the politeness principles and its violation following Leech’s (1983) theory. The subject of data on this research has conducted the utterances of Indonesian president candidates 2019 in the second debate session. Main Findings: The result of the study can be concluded that five principles of politeness seen in the utterances of the presidential candidate. They are tact, approbation, modesty, agreement, and sympathy maxim. Furthermore, in this research, Prabowo was more polite than Jokowi where he has produced utterances of approbation, agreement, and less violation of modesty, while Jokowi more violated the modesty maxim. Applications of this study: The study has an impact on political behavior. Other areas of study include social and political science and communication Novelty/Originality of this study: This research is the new way in the context of language politeness study where combined the language politeness principles with socio-political science especially political communication.

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Jokowi vs Prabowo: The Politeness and Its Violation in Political Communication of Indonesian President Candidates

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Lismalinda

Adnan

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“…Speech act has three types (Cruse, 2006;Gusthini et al, 2018) including the locutionary act, illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act. Austin (1962, p. 108) describes locutionary act as the meaning which is the same as the utterance that is uttered.…”

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What is maaf for in the Indonesian language? A study of its use in written sources

Sumarti

Sahayu

Triyono

2020

SiELE

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Apologizing, commonly, contains the word ‘sorry’ for the English language and other languages, has the meaning of ‘feeling regret or penitence’. In the Indonesian language, ‘sorry’ is similar to the word ‘maaf’. The study focuses on the use of ‘maaf’ in the Indonesian language. Its primary aim is to find out the functions of ‘maaf’ in the Indonesian language. The subject of this study is written data which is from three Indonesian novels. Meanwhile, the object is the functions of the use of the word ‘maaf’. Reading attentively method was used in collecting data specifically in noting technique. The technique used for data analysis is pragmatic (identity) method. The researchers used the framework by Kimura (1994) combined with Pratiwi and Hilaliyah (2018) in analyzing the functions of ‘maaf’ in the Indonesian language. Based on the analysis, it was found that the function of ‘maaf’ in the Indonesian language are for regret (63 occurrences) as the most used in the novels, followed by attention-getter (five occurrences), closing (four occurrences), request (three occurrences), and mocking or teasing (two occurrences ) as the least used function. Generally, the characters in the novel were displayed to produce apologies in different ways, depending on power (i.e. employee to employer), relationships (i.e. a nephew to his aunt, between friends), age (i.e. same age, young to old, and vice-versa) and situation (i.e. approaching strangers). These different ways bear various functions of ‘maaf’ in their conversations. The article further elaborates on the results and provides recommendations for future research in related studies.

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“…Dalam pidato tersebut, Prabowo berusaha meyakinkan lawan bicaranya bahwa dirinya memiliki sumberdaya yang diperlukan sehingga tindak tuturnya bisa dianggap mempunyai kredibilitas. Ini juga merupakan upaya guna "menggeneralisir" keadaan di mana tindak tutur (speech act) bisa menjadi bagaikan "api", atau "salah tembak" (Altikriti, 2016;Dylgjeri, 2017;Gusthini, Sobarna, & Rosaria Mita, 2018;Hashim, 2015;Searle, 1969 Tetapi, terlepas dari serangan "frontal" yang dilemparkan Prabowo pada lawan politiknya (Jokowi), keduanya sering kali menunjukkan pada masyarakat bahwa persatuan dan kesatuan jauh lebih penting dibandingkan perhelatan lima tahunan (Pemilu). Artinya, rivalitas di antara keduanya masih terbatas pada kontestasi demokrasi, tidak dalam pengertian vis a vis.…”

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Orasi Politik Joko Widodo dan Prabowo Soebianto dalam Pilpres 2019

Wardani

2019

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Orasi politik (pidato) merupakan momen bagi seorang kandidat untuk bisa memperlihatkan kualitasnya baik sebagai pribadi (ramah, hangat, optimis, dan lain sebagainya), pemikir (lewat berbagai ide serta inovasi yang ditawarkan), maupun sebagai manager (kecakapan mengelola pemerintahan jika kelak terpilih sebagai presiden). Asumsi yang dibangun dalam penelitian ini adalah tidak maksimalnya pemanfaatan orasi politik (pidato) sebagai saluran komunikasi politik antara sang kandidat dengan konstituennya. Seharusnya, orasi politik bisa menjadi momentum antara kandidat dan pendukungnya untuk menyelesaikan ragam persoalan bangsa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis orasi politik kedua calon presiden pada Pemilihan Presiden 2019. Pendekatan yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Pengumpulan data dilakukan lewat studi literatur. Teknik analisis isi yang digunakan dilakukan terhadap berbagai dokumen, yang meliputi dokumentasi debat kandidat, berita pada portal media online serta orasi politik kedua kandidat pada Pemilihan Presiden 2019. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) orasi politik yang disampaikan oleh Prabowo dan Jokowi cenderung menggeneralisir permasalahan hingga menimbulkan kontroversi; (2) strategi yang digunakan kedua kandidat politik ialah legitimasi dan delegitimasi; (3) kedua kandidat bisa memperlihatkan wajah “positif” dan “negatif” yang menjadi unsur penyeimbang sehingga konflik sosial tak mudah meletup di tengah masyarakat.Kata Kunci: Orasi politik, legitimasi, delegitimasi, Pilpres 2019 ABSTRACTPolitical oration (speech) is a good moment for candidate to be able to show his quality both as a person (friendly, warm, optimistic, etc.), thinker (through various ideas and innovations offered), and as a manager (ability to manage government if one is elected as president). The assumption built in this research is that the use of political speeches (speeches) is not optimal as a channel of political communication between the candidate and his constituents. Supposedly, political speeches can be a momentum between candidates and supporters to solve various national problems. This research aims to analyze the political speeches of the two presidential candidates in the 2019 Presidential Election. This research use desciptive qualitative approach. Data collection was carried out through literature studies. The content analysis technique used was performed on various documents, which included documentation of candidate debate, news on online media portal and political speeches of both candidates in the 2019 Presidential Election. The results showed that (1) political speeches delivered by Prabowo and Jokowi tended to generalize the problem and causing controversy; (2) the strategies used by the two political candidates are legitimacy and delegitimation; (3) both candidates can show a “positive” and “negative” face which is a balancing element so as to reduce social conflict.Keywords: political oration, legitimation, delegitimation, Presidential Election

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A pragmatic study of speech as an instrument of power: Analysis of the 2016 USA presidential debate

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Jokowi vs Prabowo: The Politeness and Its Violation in Political Communication of Indonesian President Candidates

Jokowi vs Prabowo: The Politeness and Its Violation in Political Communication of Indonesian President Candidates

What is maaf for in the Indonesian language? A study of its use in written sources

Orasi Politik Joko Widodo dan Prabowo Soebianto dalam Pilpres 2019

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