SPEECH ACTS IN HITAM PUTIH PROGRAM ON TRANS 7 TELEVISION

This study deals with Speech Acts in Hitam Putih Program on Trans 7Television. The data were downloaded from internet on two episodes broadcasted in June 13th&14th, 2013. The utterances contained Speech Acts were identified and analyzed. This study applied descriptive qualitative method. The findings show that there were five types of Speech Acts in Hitam Putih Talk Show namely: Directive 194 utterances (55.42%), Representative 80 utterances(22.85%), Expressive 21 utterances (6%), Commissive 8 utterances (2.28%) and Declaration 7 utterances (2%). Directive was the type used in the program Hitam. There were 194 items or (55.42%) which make it the most dominant type of Speech Acts used by the host, Deddy Corbuzier. This study shows that Directive was existed in Hitam Putih Program