Research Article
Speech Acts on Promoting Covid-19 Vaccination Program in Manggaraian Language
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.21-10-2022.2329702, author={Tobias Gunas and Ferdinandus Daar and Yosefina Helenora Jem}, title={Speech Acts on Promoting Covid-19 Vaccination Program in Manggaraian Language}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, Humanities, Health and Agriculture, ICEHHA 2022, 21-22 October 2022, Ruteng, Flores, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICEHHA}, year={2023}, month={5}, keywords={covid-19 manggaraian language speech acts promoting vaccination}, doi={10.4108/eai.21-10-2022.2329702} }- Tobias Gunas
Ferdinandus Daar
Yosefina Helenora Jem
Year: 2023
Speech Acts on Promoting Covid-19 Vaccination Program in Manggaraian Language
ICEHHA
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.21-10-2022.2329702
Abstract
This research mainly explores and explains the use of the Manggaraian language as a local language in socializing Covid-19 vaccination to the local communities in the Manggarai region. The qualitative research method was applied to unveil and account for the speech acts promoting the Covid-19 vaccination program. The data were the utterances gathered from the recorded video. Data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing were the procedures used for data analysis and interpreted in speech acts theory. The findings reveal that the utterances were realized into locutionary act, illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act. Ilocutionary act was mostly found in the recorded utterances (71%) as compared to locutionary act and perlocutionary act appearing only in 7% respectively. The employed speech acts embrace three types, namely the representative speech act (14%), the directive speech act (74%), and the commissive speech act (11%). The speech acts were used to address competitive and convivial functions. The implication of the findings also shows the other side of local language preservation and maintenance during the Covid-19 outbreak.