THE SPEECH FUNCTION IN KIKI SAPUTRI ROASTING STAND-UP COMEDY

Each people in their communication must deal with interpersonal metafunction. In other words, they function their utterances through applying speech function. This research dealt with the speech function analysis in Kiki Saputri’s roasting stand-up comedy. This study was aimed to (1) investigating the types of speech function used by Kiki Saputri in her roasting stand-up comedy (2) explaining how the speech function realized in mood (3) elaborating the reason why the speech function realized as the way they were. This study was conducted in a qualitative descriptive method. The data were the clauses of speech function uttered by Kiki Saputri in her roasting stand-up comedy. In order to identify the speech function in Kiki Saputri roasting stand-up comedy, the Halliday and Matthiessen (2014) and Eggins (2004) theories of speech function: types, realization and reasons, were used. The data were collected by purposive sampling data. The selected data were Kiki Saputri’s roasting toward government officials. The results of the study were found that the speech function were used. The dominant speech function was statement (75.2%). The clauses containing speech function were realized dominantly by typical or congruent realization (81.7%). In addition to that, it was found that the reasons influencing the application of speech functions by the comic were based on tenor depends on the commodity exchanged. Dealing with proposition, the comic tended in giving fact and demanding query which were influenced by unequal, formal, not neutral and infrequent situation. Meanwhile dealing with proposal, the comic tended to offer something by herself as the orientation, or being subjective, which was influenced by equal, informal, neutral and frequent situation; and also her intention to demand something was done exclusively which was influenced by unequal, formal, not neutral and infrequent situation.