DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACT OF UMPASA ON CEREMONY MARUJUK ADAT NA GOK IN BATAK TOBA COMMUNITY IN NORTH SUMATRA

Abstract

The Toba Batak community has a system of customs based on Dalihan Na Tolu, a three-legged furnace, Dalihan Na Tolu, which is the basis of life for the Toba Batak people. Dalihan Na Tolu is Hulahula, dongan tubu and boru. point; Toba Batak marriage ceremony involves three important parties called Dalihan Na Tolu. The participation of these three parties has differences according to their positions, these differences can be noticed through their respective speech acts. This study describes the speech act of the request that is spoken, the meaning of the speech act that is said, and the way the speech act of the petition is spoken through an umpasa (proverb). The research method used is a qualitative descriptive method. Request speech acts are included in the group of directive speech acts, namely illocutionary speech acts (Austin, 1962). The data in this study are the utterances conveyed in umpasa at the traditional marujuk na gok ceremony. The results of the study indicate that the speech act in the umpasa is in the form of a request with the meaning of asking God Almighty for blessings in the form of happiness and prosperity. Requests are also made to the hulahula (uncle) who is considered the giver of blessings' (the visible god).