My abstract for undergraduate thesis (please help me to check it) This study discusses the use of the word baka in the Japanese oral communication. The word baka is one of the Japanese vocabulary that literal meaning tends to be negative. The purpose of this study was to determine and describe the pragmatic meaning of the word baka embodied in oral communication. This study is included in the scope of pragmatic studies using the theory of Searle speech act to describe the form and the pragmatic meaning of the word baka. The pragmatic meaning of the word baka were analyzed and described by the qualitative descriptive method. Based on the results of research that takes the data from the Japanese-language dramas, it is known that pragmatically the word baka included in three categories of illocutionary speech acts, namely assertive category, directive category, and expressive category. In the category of assertive, pragmatic meaning of the word baka covers stated / asserted, express opinion, argue a statement, and boasting. In the category of directive, pragmatic meaning of the word baka covers give an advice and give commands (imperatives). In the category of expressive, pragmatic meaning of the word baka covers criticize / underestimate / blaming, say thank you (touched), apology / forgiving, praising (awe), and self-deprecating. Keywords: the word baka, oral communication, pragmatics, Japanese