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Language functions used by Hillary Clinton in the Presidential Debates of United State of America in 2016
Eka Sartika
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Abstract
This research investigates about language function used by Hillary Clinton in The Presidential Debates of United State of America in 2016. The problem of this study are analyze the kinds of language functions which are used by Hillary Clinton and the meaning behind language functions of Hillary Clintonin The Presidential Debates of United State of America in 2016. The objective of this study are to explain the kinds of language functions that are used by Hillary Clinton and to describe the meaning behind language functions of Hillary Clinton in The Presidential Debates of United State of America 2016. The method which is applied by the researcher is qualitative because the data collected are in the form of words. The data were collected from Hillary Clinton’s utterances and those were analyzed by using Roman Jakobson (1960) theory of language function. The result of this study is shows six language functions used by Hillary Clinton in The Presidential Debates of United State of America in 2016, such as 147 referential functions, 18 conative functions, 17 emotive function, 11 phatic function, 1 poetic function and there is no metalinguistic function. The language function that is mostly used by Hillary Clinton is referential function. Besides, there are several meanings behind language function of Hillary Clinton’s utterances. First, the meanings behind referential function of Hillary Clinton’s utterances are to inform or describe about object, situation and problem in America. Hillary Clinton also wants to share her opinions, ideas argumentations, etc. Second, the meaning behind conative function of Hillary Clinton’s utterances is to persuade the listeners to do something, join, believe and vote her in America presidential election. Third, the meaning behind emotive function is to express her feeling or emotion to the listeners. Fourth, the meaning behind phatic function of Hillary Clinton’s utterances to accost Donald Trump and the listeners in this debate. Fifth, the meaning behind poetic function of Hillary Clinton’s utterances is to give positive message to the listeners. Sixth, there is no meaning behind metalinguistic function of Hillary Clinton’s utterances because the researcher did not found the metalinguistic function of language that used by Hillary Clinton.
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