CHAPTER I-V - Digilib UIN Malang

five data. These data to be analyzed descriptively based on the relevance theory of
explicature proposed by Dan Sperber and Deidre Wilson.
4.1.1 The Directional Signs Posted at UIN Malang
The directional signs posted at UIN Malang were taken from dormitory
building for male students and dormitory building for female students. There are 3
(three) data which are included directional signs. The three data were chosen
because of one utterance has been represented by other utterances. For instance;
“Murobby’s Room” and “Musyrifah’s Room” has been represented by
“Murobbiyah’s Room”, “Green House” has been represented by “Guest House”
and any other utterances.
The data that will be analyzed using explicature theory are represented in
the following discussion.
Data 1: “Murobbiyah’s Room”
This utterance is taken from the second floor of Mabna Khadijah Al-
Kubro. Precisely, it is embedded on the door of the head counselor of this
dormitory building. Mabna is dormitory building special for new students of the
State Islamic University (UIN) of Malang, and Khadijah Al-Kubro is the name of
that dormitory building. Mabna Khadijah Al-Kubro is the first building between
three other buildings in female dormitory area. The others are Mabna Fatimah Al-