The Analysis of Searles Theory (Directives and Expressive) and the Implementation of Islamic Value in Novel Minaret by Leila Abou Lela: Speech Act

Abstract

Linguistic is the scientific study of language applying the scientific method to conduct formal speech sounds and gestures, grammatical structure, and meaning it is one of the most important factors for understanding language. The research objectives are to analyze the Searles theory (Directives and Expressives) and the implementation of Islamic value in the novel Minaret by Leila Abou Lela. Based on Labov (1972) the first and most important step is to distinguish between what is said and what is done. That analysis should fundamentally be concerned with the functional rather than formal features. The term functional is the remark of language function with speech act concerned with the functional, communicative, and value of utterance. The method used in this study is the descriptive qualitative method. Which is looking at the phenomena and social experience. The researcher used library research for collecting the data by looking at previous studies, documentation techniques, and observation. They analyze data in three steps: data condensation, presenting data (data display) and drawing conclusions or verification (conclusion drawing and verification). The primary source data is the novel Minaret by Leila Abou Lela. The result of this study shows in the novel Minaret by Leila Abou Lela there are many directives and expressive speech acts from the figure and there is a lot of Islamic value inside, which will be explained in detail further.