Directive Speech Acts Performed in Khutbah (Islamic Friday Sermon)

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10.2991/conaplin-16.2017.49How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Khutbah (Friday Sermon); Directive; Speech Acts; Pragmatics

Abstract

Khutbah is the primary formal occasion for public preaching in the Islamic tradition. Khutbat al-jum'ah or Friday sermon is delivered in the mosque weekly on Friday. The Friday prayer is one of the symbols of Islam, one of the most important aspects of the worship performed on Jumu'ah day is the deliverance of the Friday sermon (Khutbah). The Khutbah originates from the practice of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, who used to deliver words of exhortation, instruction, or command at gatherings for worship in the mosque. By serving as a means to unite, educate, and build the Muslim community, the Friday sermon has been transformed beyond a religious ritual into an important social institution. The content of the khu bah can be viewed as a social commentary on the conditions that confront that particular Muslim community. This paper tries to analyze Friday sermon linguistically on how directive speech acts are performed by preacher. According to Searle directive speech act occurs when the speaker expects the listener to do something. Moreover, Huang (2007) states that directive speech acts can be performed to several types, they are advice, commands, orders, questions and requests. The data of this research are taken from Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Islamic Religious Council of Singapore) as written Friday sermons at http://www.officeofthemufti.sg/khutbah.html. This study uses qualitative method; the descriptive interpretative technique is used for analyzing data. The writer will read the written Friday sermon, find the utterance using directive speech acts and explain the phenomena using pragmatic theories.

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