THE INVESTIGATION OF LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS FOUND IN LINE WEBTOON COMIC ENTITLED “SAVE ME”

Sari, Desy Novita and Dedi, Sofyan and Ildi, Kurniawan (2023) THE INVESTIGATION OF LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS FOUND IN LINE WEBTOON COMIC ENTITLED “SAVE ME”. Masters thesis, Universitas Bengkulu.

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Abstract

This research aimed to investigate language functions and the most dominant language function category in the LINE Webtoon comic entitled “Save Me.” The language functions analyzed in this research were the utterances by the central character namely as Kim Seokjin. This research used a descriptive quantitative method. The data sources were utterances in the LINE Webtoon comic, "Save Me,” which was taken using the documentation method. The number of the utterances analyzed in this comic was 116. The data were analyzed using the taxonomy of Guy Cook namely emotive function, directive function, phatic function, poetic function, referential function, metalinguistic function, and contextual function. The results showed five language functions in the LINE Webtoon comic entitled “Save Me” namely emotive function, directive function phatic function, referential function, and metalinguistic function. Moreover, the most dominant one was the referential function. In conclusion, the central character of this comic uses interactive communication. The central character expresses utterances orally without using sign language. It makes the communication in the story more interactive and communicative. Further research is suggested to investigate language functions used by all characters in the comic. Keywords: comic, language functions, LINE Webtoon comic, the central character.

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