TINDAK TINDAK PRAGMATIK ANAK USIA PRASEKOLAH DWIBAHASAWAN JAWA-INDONESIA

Abstract

This study aims to investigate speech acts in Indonesian uttered by Indonesian-
Javanese bilingual preschoolers. The study employed the qualitative approach.
The theories employed were theories on pragmatics and language acquisition. The
research subjects were Indonesian-Javanese bilingual preschoolers. The researcher
was the key instrument. The data were collected through observations, field notes,
and recording. The data were analyzed by using the discursive technique. The results
of the study show forms of preschoolers’ pragmatic competence acquisition.
The forms include pragmatic aspects in the utterances in the communication in accordance
with the context of use. The pragmatic aspects comprise deixis, presupposition,
speech implicature, and conversation rules.
Keywords: pragmatics, young learner, language acquisition