Types of Assertive Illocutions in the Dawah of Dai in the City of Medan

Zulfan, T. Silvana Sinar, Eddy Setia, Mulyadi

2018

Abstract

Language plays a critical role in Islamic preaching (dawah). The language used by a dai (a person who gives dawah) in his preaching comprises a range of illocutionary acts which convey different meanings and is designed to produce an effect and impact onto his jamaah (congregants). Until today, there has been no research conducted to describe the types of illocutions of a dai when he preaches. Particularly, the type of assertive illocutionary act. According to that finding, the present study attempts to propose the types and subtypes of assertive illocutions of dai when he preaches. The method of this research is descriptive qualitative. The data of this research are dai speeches in the forms of words, phrases and sentences when he is preaching in the City of Medan. The data were collected using observation method supported by notetaking technique. The collected data were then analyzed using contextual analysis method and identity method with paraphrase technique. The results of the study highlight that the type of assertive illocutions of the dai is based on his belief in the truth of Quran proposition, hadith and ijma’ or agreed opinions amongst the ulama (Islamic scholars) and the opinion of the dai himself. The types will then have different meanings, among others the sub-type of explaining, sub-type of predicting, sub-type of asserting, sub-type of proving, sub-type of suspecting, sub-type of approving, sub-type of concluding, sub-type of denying, and sub-type of telling and sub-type of establishing

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Zulfan., Sinar T., Setia E. and Mulyadi. (2018). Types of Assertive Illocutions in the Dawah of Dai in the City of Medan.In Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR, ISBN 978-989-758-449-7, pages 1352-1359. DOI: 10.5220/0010074413521359


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@conference{icosteerr18,
author={Zulfan and T. Silvana Sinar and Eddy Setia and Mulyadi},
title={Types of Assertive Illocutions in the Dawah of Dai in the City of Medan},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,},
year={2018},
pages={1352-1359},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010074413521359},
isbn={978-989-758-449-7},
}


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TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,
TI - Types of Assertive Illocutions in the Dawah of Dai in the City of Medan
SN - 978-989-758-449-7
AU - Zulfan.
AU - Sinar T.
AU - Setia E.
AU - Mulyadi.
PY - 2018
SP - 1352
EP - 1359
DO - 10.5220/0010074413521359