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.