Skripsi
An analysis of imperative sentences uttered by the education office staff towards an internship student / Ratih Rosmalia Saputri
Abstrak
The power relations between leaders and their staff seem to shape various forms of communication patterns especially in terms of commanding or directing. In this research therefore the researcher discusses the use of command lines by staff and heads of fields at the Education Office of Malang Regency in giving orders to interns. To perform this analysis the researcher employed a descriptive-qualitative approach with the Speech Act theory suggested by Yule (1996) and Searle (1985) being used as an analytical tool. The result obtained shows that there are three types of directive speech acts found namely implicit ordering commanding and ordering. The leaders and staff at the Education Office of Malang Regency had great respect for someone who had no position for example an internship student. This could be seen by the act of always using the word ldquo please rdquo when ordering. The expression of respect is also shown by saying ldquo thank you rdquo after the completion of certain activity. The result of this current research provides an overview of how communication in the workplace embodies power relations especially in formal settings such as government offices. Communication between the Malang Regency Education Office and internship students can be seen an example that power relations with negative connotations do not occur in every government agency for the sake of humanity and mutual respect to all people including in that agency.