%D 2012
%K stylistics, honest deception,Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the
Black Pearl.
%L UNY9650
%X This  researchis aimedat  describing  thehonest  deceptionused  in  a  film
entitledPirates  of  the  Caribbean: The  Curse  of  the  Black  Pearl. There  are  three
objectives of this  research. The first is to provide the description and  analysis of
honest deception phenomenain the mentioned film. This research  explores three
types of honest deception:hyperbole, irony, and sarcasm. The second is to provide
abrief  description  and  discussion  of  the  language  functionrelated  to  the  use  of
honest  deception.  The  last  is  to  reveal  the  life  in  pirates’  world  in Pirates  of  the
Caribbean: The  Curse  of  the  Black  Pearlthrough  the  occurrence of  honest
deception.
The  data  source  of  this  research wasa  film  entitled Pirates  of  the
Caribbean: The  Curse  of  the  Black  Pearl.  The  data  of  this research  were  taken
from the characters’ dialogues by watching the film whichwerethen checked by
reading  the  script.  The  data  of  this  research  were  some  verbal  expressions  in
words,  phrases,  clauses,  sentences,  and  paragraphs,  and  non-verbal
expressions/actions which  were  related  tothe  verbal  ones. The  data  were  then
analyzed usingadescriptive qualitative method. It gaveasufficient description of
the  factual  data  of  the  phenomena  and  provided its  logical  and  rational
interpretation  based  on  relevant theories.  Data  trustworthiness  was  achieved
through credibility, reliability, and conformability.Theresearch  findings show  that  (1)  there  are  three  types  of  honest
deception  found  in  the  film  among  21  occurrences: hyperbole  (11  times  or
52.38%),irony (5 times or23.81%), and sarcasm (5 times or23.81%). Hyperbole
is  an  extremely  effective  literary  device  since  it  is  dramatically  more  descriptive
in getting a point across  and making a desired effect. (2)There are four types of
language  functions found  in  the  film, namely: emotive  (3times or14.29%),
conative (6times or28.57%), referential (11times or52.38%), and phatic (once
or4.76%).  Referential  is  the  highest  function  since  it is  logically  often  found  in
the language use. Most utterances have referential contents. (3) Thereflection of
life  in the pirates’  world  in  the  filmis presented  through  the  analysis  of  honest
deception. There are some aspectsthatcan beseen: (a) pirates’ world is a life that
is full of immorality and contempt, (b) the use of swear words is very common in
the pirates’ world, (c) pirateshave lingo in communicatingin their everyday life,
(d) pirates commonly  consistof men; it is against pirates'  rules for women to be
on board, (e) pirates always fly gruesome flagsto makea mark on their ships, (f)
the  most  precious  prizes  for  pirates  are  chests  of  gold,  silver  and  jewels,  (g)  a
mutiny  is  one  problem  that  often  appears  in  their  world,  and  (h)  pirating  is
prohibited by international law becauseitunsettlesthe life of manypeople.
Keywords: stylistics, honest deception,Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the
Black Pearl.
%A Setyaji Alwiat Seva 
%I UNIVERSITAS NEGERI YOGYAKARTA
%T ASTYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF HONEST DECEPTION
REFLECTED INPIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE
CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL