Naskah diterima: 4 Januari 2017.; direvisi: 20 April 2017; disetujui: 22 April 2017
ABSTRACT
The study proposes marriage ceremony backdrop for their negotiations with language
Minangkabau. Negotiations in this study aims to explain the culture of oral tradition in
particular illocutionary speech act. This research uses a qualitative approach with
methods of ethnography of communication. Illocutionary speech acts research results that
found three of the five types of speech act speech act. The three types of illocutionary
speech acts found in the form of speech acts assertive, directive, and expressive. Assertive
speech acts found be stating a fact or truth of something. Directive speech acts found be
sent (request), justifying, and asking permission to others. Expressive speech acts found be
thanked.
Keywords: illocutionary speech acts, proposed marriage ceremony, and the ethnography
of communication
ABSTRAK
Kata kunci: tindak tutur ilokusi, upacara meminang, dan etnografi komunikasi