AN ANALYSIS OF EXPRESSIVE SPEECH ACT USED BY SANTRI OF ROUDLOTUT THOLIBIN KADEMANGAN KOTA PROBOLINGGO

Abstract

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the use of expressive speech acts employed by santri at Roudlotut Tholibin Islamic Boarding School in Kademangan, Kota Probolinggo, particularly during Bahtsul Masail activities. The study is motivated by the importance of pragmatic studies in understanding utterances based on social and cultural contexts within Islamic boarding school environments. In addition, studies concerning expressive speech acts in real santri interactions remain limited because most previous research focused on films, media, or general illocutionary speech acts. This research employed a descriptive qualitative method. The data consisted of santri utterances containing expressive speech acts collected through observation, recording, and note-taking techniques. The data were analyzed using Geoffrey Leech’s speech act theory with a focus on the types of expressive speech acts. The findings reveal several types of expressive speech acts used by santri, namely criticizing, complaining, blaming, satire, praising, and apologizing. The most dominant types found were criticizing and complaining. The use of these speech acts was influenced by pesantren culture, social relationships among santri, and communication situations during discussion forums. This study concludes that expressive speech acts play an important role in maintaining social interaction, expressing emotional attitudes, and building communicative relationships within the Islamic boarding school environment.