EXPRESSIVE SPEECH ACTIONS IN CHILDREN'S CHARACTERS IN THE NOVEL IYAN BUKAN ANAK TENGAH BY ARMARAHER AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF INDONESIAN LANGUAGE LEARNING IN HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

This study examines expressive speech in child characters in the novel Iyan Bukan Anak Tengah by Armaraher’s and the implications of Indonesian language learning in high school. The purpose of this study is to describe the form of expressive speech in the child characters in the novel Iyan Bukan Anak Tengah by Armaraher and describe the implications of the research results on Indonesian language learning in high school grade XII semester 1 of novel material.

This research uses a qualitative approach. This data research provision technique uses reading techniques to analyze data and recording techniques to draw conclusions from the final results. The data analysis used is a descriptive method. The presentation of the results of this research data analysis uses an informal method as the final result of the research.

The results of this expressive speech research are 35 expressive speech data which are divided into 6 forms of expressive speech. 7 data (20%) expressive speech acts of thanks, 16 data (45.7%) expressive speech acts of apologizing, 1 data (2.8%) expressive speech acts of condolences, 6 data (17.1%) expressive speech acts of blaming, 2 data (5.7%) expressive speech acts of praise, and 3 data (8.5%) expressive speech acts of congratulations. The speech and speech conveyed to the child character in Armaraher's novel Iyan Bukan Anak Tengah contains expressive speech according to the form in it.