DICTION, LANGUAGE STYLE AND MODES OF SPEECH BY INDONESIAN FEMALE DAI (CASE STUDY OF USTADZAH MUMPUNI HANDAYAYEKTI’S SPEECH)
The objectives of this study are: 1) to examine the sentence mode in Islamic sermon of female dai (Ustazah MH). ; 2) To examine the diction and language style in Islamic sermon of female dai (Ustazah MH); and 4) To examine the function of language style used in Islamic sermon of female dai (Ustazah MH). This study used a qualitative approach. The strategy used in this study was a case study. The data in this study were Ustazah MH’s preachers in which there were mode, diction and style of language. The sources of data in this study were two video lectures of Ustazah MH. The methods of data collection were listening and basic note-taking techniques. The validity of the data used by the researcher was triangulation of data sources. For data analysis, the researcher used descriptive analysis model of Miles and Huberman covered data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The results of the study show that: The sentence modes used in MH's lectures included declarative, interrogative, and imperative modes. The dictions contained in MH's lectures were denotative and connotative. The style of language used were repetition, allegory, and parallelism, antithesis, climax, anticlimax, synecdoche, hyperbole, simile, depersonification, metonymy, metaphor, and euphemism.
Mode, Diction, Language Style.