SPEECH FUNCTION IN THE COMIC ENTITLED 'DETECTIVE CONAN'

DIKA, SP ANUGRATAMUR (2013) SPEECH FUNCTION IN THE COMIC ENTITLED 'DETECTIVE CONAN'. Skripsi,Fakultas Ilmu Budaya.

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Abstract

The thesis entitled Speech Functions in the comic entitled “Detective Conan” has two objectives. First is to find the types of speech functions found in the comic of “Detective Conan”. The second is to find the role relationships are expressed in the comic of “Detective Conan”. This research used qualitative research. The researcher took the dialogue used by detective Conan in its comic. The data of this study were analyzed by using three steps; first, reading the comic; second, identifying clauses and categorizing the speech functions, and then the last step is interpreting the dialogue into speech function. There are 247 clauses in the dialogue; the speech functions identified in the dialogue are Statement (33, 66%), Command (19%) and Question (11, 41%). Acknowledgement (18, 88%), Contradiction (8, 16%) minority, Answer (6, 65%), Compliance (2%), and Disclaimer (1, 82%). These numbers show that the speech produced by Conan and other characters depict that the conversation is in formal situation. In the dialogue, Conan is more dominant in using the typical in realizing the speech functions, because he is the main character in the comic who has function to give information of his experiences to other characters.

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