THE STUDY OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS ON FACEBOOK GROUP OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS, ASIA (AREK SI A) SEVEN WONDERS

This study focuses on the using of illocutionary acts on the facebook group of English Departement Student, ASIA (AREK SI A) SEVEN WONDERS. The aims of this research are to find out the types of illocutionary acts on the Facebook group of English Departement student, ASIA (AREK SI A) SEVEN WONDERS and the process of reader recognize the intended illocutionary acts that emerge on Facebook group of English Departement Students, ASIA (AREK SI A) SEVEN WONDERS.
The writer uses descriptive qualitative to gain the research. The writer collects the data from the whole conversation on Facebook group of English Departement studens, ASIA (AREK SI A)SEVEN WONDERS then classify the illocutionary acts and describe the process recognizing illocutionary force.
From the analysis, the writer found five types of illocutionary acts used by the entire member of Facebook group of English Departement students, ASIA (AREK SI A) SEVEN WONDERS. They are assertives, commisives, directive, declarative, expressive. Then, the writer also found that mostly the reader recognize the intended illocutionary acts by thinking of the context, the mood of the verb, punctuation, and the felicity condition of each utterance.