UMPASA IN SAUR MATUA ON FUNERAL

Abstract

The objective of the study was to find out the types of speech act of funeral saur matua in Batak Toba and the meaning. The qualitative descriptive method was used in this study. The data were texts from umpasa of funeral saur matua. They were collected through in depth-interview and observation. The data were analyzed by using miles huberman and saldana analysis (2014). From the results of research and discussions that have been carried out, several conclusions can be drawn, including: (1) the type of speech act used in opening the tujung at the death of the traditional saurmatua of the Toba Batak community; (2) to find out what types of speech acts are most dominantly used in open tujung at the death of the traditional saurmatua of the Toba Batak community.