ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini membahas mengenai tindak tutur memuji secara eksplisit dan implisit dalam bahasa Jepang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan tindak tutur memuji secara eksplisit dan implisit. Penjelasan mengenai tindak tutur secara eksplisit akan dipaparkan leksikon-leksikon yang secara lugas menyatakan pujian. Sedangkan, penjelasan mengenai tindak tutur implisit melalui ujaran-ujaran taklangsung yang mengimplikasikan pujian. Analisis masalah penelitian ini menggunakan teori tindak tutur yang dikemukakan oleh J.L. Austin dan John R. Searle, serta teori mengenai eksplikatur dan implikatur yang digagas oleh Paul Grice. Penelitian ini bersifat kualitatif dengan desain deskriptif analisis yang berfokus pada variety show X Factor Japan. Hasil penelitian ini ditemukan tindak tutur memuji secara eksplisit, tindak tutur memuji secara implisit serta kombinasi antara tindak tutur memuji secara eksplisit dan implisit.

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ABSTRACT
The focus of this study is the speech acts of compliment explicitly and implicitly in Japanese. This study aims to explain the speech acts of compliment explicitly and implicitly. Explanation of speech acts will be explicitly exposed by lexicon that plainly compliment. Meanwhile, the explanation of implicit speech acts through indirect utterances implies compliment. Analysis of this research problem using the theory of speech acts proposed by J.L. Austin and John R. Searle, as well as the theory of explicatures and implicatures who initiated by Paul Grice. This research is qualitative with descriptive analytical design that focuses on variety show X Factor Japan. The results of this study found speech acts of compliment explicitly, speech acts of compliment implicitly and a combination of speech acts of compliment explicitly and implicitly.