The Humanist Expressive Speech Acts of the Judicial Panel at the State Court

Abstract

---Language in a court context is interesting to be explored. The speech acts of the Judicial Panel in a trial is unique than others. This study aims to analyze the humanist expressive speech acts of the judicial panel in a court. The design of this study used a socio-pragmatics study. The data in this study are forms of the Judicial Panel’s speech acts that are alleged containing the humanist expressive speech acts. The sources of data of this study are the speech acts of the Judicial Panel in the trial. The technique of collecting data in this study uses free non-participatory technique, note-taking technique and recording technique. The data analysis method uses socio-pragmatics comparative techniques and dividing-key-factors technique. The validity of data in this study uses triangulation with stages: discussion, re-checking, and consultation with the experts. The results show that the humanist expressive speech acts of the Judicial Panel in the trials at the Semarang State Court includes direct speech acts ( TT-L/ Tindak Tutur Langsung ) and indirect speech acts ( TT-TL / Timdak Tutur Tidak Langsung ).