ABSTRACT
This research discussed about An An alysis LanguageFunctioninBPEC(Benteng Panynyua English Club) in Fort Rotterdam. This research aimed to find out the types of Language Function. This research was actually conducted in order to make people understand about the function of language function that they used to communicate each other. This research based on Jacobson‘s in Herbert theory about the language function.Then,this research was descriptive qualitative method.The researcher used observation sheet as the instrument to find out the valid data. The findings showed that there were four types of language function and most dominant language function used in BPEC is referential. The participant only used Expressive function,Directive function,Haptic function and Referential function
CHAPTER ONE.
INTRODUCTION
A.Background
Language is always used to communicate and interact in getting what some one needs from others, and although human has many cultures and races in this world but this case will not change anything because each human has way to communicate.Hence in this case, language is very important in life and language will not be free from human.
We hmeier (in Firn awaty, 2007: 1) explains that language is all the words that a person knows or uses or all the words in a particular language, the word that people use when the one talking about a particular subject. Then in communicating, certain lypeople will use language to interact with other. Sometimes people need to interpret formal meaning what is said or written by sender of message intends to achieve with it,and to tries to understand its function. This function constitutes a way to know or understand the meaning of people‘s language used. People hope in order to interpret other people‘s language and expect other people to interpret their own in this way all-time.
Every language what we utterance has different function and meaning, and it depend son context and situation. According to Jacobson‘sin Hebert(2011:3)the rearesix function so flanguage,according whichaneffectiveactofverbalcommunication can be described: referential function, directive function, expressive function, phaticor social function,poetic function,and metalinguistic function.
