This research was conducted to analyze language errors in the drama script "My Father Pulang" by Usmar Ismail, aiming to identify language errors in the areas of syntax and diction. Then this study describes the mistakes. The method used in this study uses a descriptive-qualitative method. This type of research makes descriptions, makes descriptions, which are factual and accurate with the data. Qualitative methods are used to provide descriptions and explanations that are very clear, objective, analytical, systematic, and critical of language errors in the drama script "My Father Pulang". As for the results of this study there are diction errors, errors in the use of excessive words, and errors in syntax. Diction errors are related to errors in word selection in drama script sentences so that the meaning is not quite right. Errors in the use of excessive words, namely words that are used less effectively in one sentence that has more meaning. While the syntax field errors with inappropriate prepositions and related to morphology.

The language and context of speech cannot be separated from each other, the two intertwine in tandem and complement each other. The communication process uses language as a medium for conveying its message. Communicators (speakers), communicants (speakers), messages, and speech situations are necessary parts of communication that are expected to be smooth communication and the delivery of messages. The delivery of the message by the speaker becomes hampered when there is a misalignment of understanding received by the speaker. This is what pragmatics is trying to interpret. Pragmatics is the study of the relationship of language to its context. In a comprehensive understanding of language in communication will give birth to language functions that ultimately form a strong language character. It is presented in the article on speech acts and implicature in the use of language.