scholarly journals TRANSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF KEYNOTE SPEECH OF JOKO WIDODO AT WEF EA 2015

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Mardiono Mardiono
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Close Relation ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Keynote Speech ◽  
Political Speeches ◽  
Material Process ◽  
Process Material

International political speeches have played an extremely important role in political environment and take broader public attention due to their political, economy, and cultural values manifested through the language used. Systemic–Functional Grammar introduced and developed by Halliday (1967) sets out that with languages there are ideational meta-function, interpersonal meta-function, and textual meta-function. Hiring the theory of transitivity from Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics, this study focuses on analysing Joko Widodo’s keynote speech. The aim is to figure out the deeper meaning of the speech through the distributions and so the dominations of the transitivity processes along with their participants. At the same time this study tries to find out the hidden information by analysing the functions of the transitivity processes and the main participants. The qualitative method is employed for the transitivity analysis while the quantitative method is taken to provide the statistic description on the distributions of the types of the process and the participants found. The analysis generates two major findings: First, there are five types of process: material, relational, verbal, mental, existential and the participants found, and no single behavioural process and its participants occurred. Among them, the material process and relational process along with their participants dominate the speech, which makes it well-delivered, more powerful, objective, and convincing. Second, the pronouns ‘we, our, and us’ are found as the main participants in Joko Widodo’s keynote speech that indicate his efforts to draw a close relation between him and his audience so his addressing has succeeded.

scholarly journals The Experiential Meaning of Dancow Advertisements

2021 ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
Asmah Br. Munthe ◽  
Noer Intan br Gurusinga ◽  
Zeny Chaira Magribi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Making Meaning ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
A Value ◽  
Experiential Process ◽  
Material Process ◽  
Theory Of Language ◽  
Experiential Meaning

Experiental process is a part of systemic functional linguistics, a theory of language that is oriented to the description of how language makes meaning in context. Systemic functional grammar views language as a resource for making meaning. This research was conducted to investigate the types of experiential meaning and the most dominant of experiential meaning used in Dancow advertisements in 1983, 1986, 2003, 2010 and 2014. This study was conducted by applying a descriptive qualitative method. Data were taken from television, websites and magazines. The relational process was found to be dominant, with a value of 40%, and it occurred 16 times. The material process had a value of 27.5% and was used 11 times. The mental process was on the third level with 25% and was used 10 times. Finally, the behavioral, verbal and existential process had the lowest percentage with 2.5% and was used 1 time. Keywords: Experiential Process, advertisement, mass media

scholarly journals Comparing Oral and Written Cooking Recipes Using Systemic Functional Grammar

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
Esti Sugiharti
Keyword(s):  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Spoken Text ◽  
Verbal Process ◽  
Cooking Process ◽  
Material Process ◽  
Similarities And Differences

This article compares oral and written cooking recipes of the same food created by the same person, by using systemic functional grammar. The aim of the article is to find out the similarities and differences of the language used in both recipes. The data are obtained from Jamie Oliver’s cooking show aired in a YouTube channel on how to make scones and the written recipe of the same food published in his website. The focus of the analysis is on the lexico-grammar of the clauses used in the texts. The result shows that there are more differences than similarities between the two texts. There are more clauses in the spoken text than those in the written text in terms of quantity and variety. In the ideational function, both texts have a similar variety of processes with the majority of material process showing imperatives of procedural texts and additional information using mental, existential, and relational processes, but in the written text there are two clauses using verbal process that are not found in the spoken text. In the interpersonal function, the two texts show demands of good and services and the use of modalities in expressing the expected results of the cooking process. In the spoken text, the relation between the cook and the audience is friendlier and closer than that in the written text.  It is demonstrated in the use of vocatives and interrogatives that are not used in the written text. The textual functions show similar results in the use of conjunctions but the spoken text displays closer interpersonal textual functions found in the use of vocatives. The analyses of the three metafunctions of the two recipes may contribute to the study of food texts in linguistics that are relatively low compared to those in other disciplines.

scholarly journals Exploring Intonations in Sesame Street’s Puppet Shows: A Phonological Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ema Wilianti Dewi ◽  
Nur Arifah Drajati ◽  
Melor M Yunus
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Sesame Street ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Puppet Show ◽  
Insight Into

Intonation is a primary aspect in phonology, particularly in the supra-segmental area. Intonation carries meaning and changing the intonation of an utterance can quickly change the meaning of that utterance. This research aims to discover the patterns of intonation used in Sesame Street's puppet show and identify how interpersonal meaning is constructed on the show. This research was conducted from a phonology perspective and using the qualitative method. This research concentrates on phonology, mainly the supra-segmental area that is intonation. The focus of this study was on the relation between intonation patterns (tonality, tonicity, and tone) and interpersonal meaning. The website of Sesame Street was the source of Primary data for this study, as well as the puppet show's episode "Alphabet Race" (from Season 38). This research involved the researchers as its major instrument for analysing the data. In the process of collecting data, the researchers did documentation. This analysis finds the different division of the information between the systemic functional grammar level and the intonation level, which is shown from the clauses and tone units found in the show. The findings of this research provide teachers and EFL learners with further insight into how utterances deal with their intonation.

ANALYZING THEMATIC STRUCTURE IN INDONESIAN FOLKTALES IN ENGLISH VERSION: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR (SFG)

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Efransyah Efransyah
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Prepositional Phrase ◽  
Nominal Group ◽  
Thematic Structure ◽  
English Version ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This research is entitled “Analyzing Thematic Structure in Indonesian Folktales in English Version: A Systemic Functional Grammar Study (SFG)”.  The objectives of this study are analyzing and describing the themes, their elements and thematic progressions of Indonesian Folktales in English Version. The collected data, in this research, were taken from the book entitled “Indonesian Folktales” published in 1981 by Pustaka Media Publisher. One data, Princess Sumur Bandung which consists of 50 paragraphs and 221 clauses was chosen to be analyzed based on the theory of Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) of Gerot and Wignell (1994). The method and technique used in this study are a descriptive qualitative method. The results of this research reveal that (1) there are two kinds of theme-rheme patterns are found; they are simple theme-rheme patterns and multiple theme-rheme patterns. In details, the simple theme-rheme patterns contain constant theme-rheme pattern, linear theme-theme rheme pattern, and derived theme-rheme pattern, while multiple ones contain a combination of constant and linear theme, a combination of linear and derived theme, and a combination of constant, linear and derived theme-rheme pattern. Besides, the combination of constant and linear theme-rheme pattern are the most frequently distributed.  While the elements of themes which found are textual, interpersonal and ideational elements. Textual elements cover continuative, structural conjunction, wh-relative and conjunctive adjunct. Interpersonal elements cover modal adjunct, vocative, wh-interrogative and finite verbal operator. Ideational elements cover nominal group, noun, adverbial group, prepositional phrase, process, complement, group complex and adverb.

scholarly journals Social Power and Textual Strategies

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Manizheh Alami ◽  
Nayera Khosrofar ◽  
Maryam Sabbah
Keyword(s):  
Social Power ◽  
Negotiation Of Meaning ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Social Rules ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Happy Life ◽  
Address Forms ◽  
The Social ◽  
Material Process ◽  
Textual Strategies

Language is a crystal being shaped by the society and the rules in a society are mostly under the control of power. Language is a complex system having lots of choices for negotiating meaning which are motivated by the social rules specifically by power. According to Hudson (1980) and Wardhaugh(1986) power can directly be embodied in the choice of pronouns (tu vs. vous) , address forms (name only, title and last name) and some other choices from lexicogrammar. The way power is reflected in everyday use of language is crucial and this study attempts to underscore some of the methods the speakers manipulate to express themselves hinting their degree of power to their addressee(s). In order to find the interrelationship between social power and textual strategies this study tries to examine a novelette entitles" The short happy life of Francis Macomber" written by Earnest Hemingway on the basis of Halliday's Systemic-Functional Grammar (1994) and observe the number and length of utterances and turns. In detail the novelette is analyzed according to the number of special process types, the preferred mode type and the length of turns each character with varying degree of power interacts in the story. The analysis shows that the dominant character manipulates more material process type and imperative mode types, makes utterances and takes longer turns than the dominated one. Key Words: Power- Negotiation of meaning- Halliday's Systemic_ Functional Grammar- Ideational function- Interpersonal function – Material process- Imperative mode  

scholarly journals TRANSITIVITY IN THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ RECOUNT TEXTS (A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR: SFG)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 401
Author(s):  
Sita Hediyati Rahayu ◽  
Efransyah Efransyah
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Mental Process ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Behavioral Process ◽  
The Past ◽  
Verbal Process ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Material Process ◽  
Relational Process

This research aims to analyze the use of transitivity in the tenth grade students’ recount text and to find out the types of processes that are mostly found in the text. The data are taken from five recount texts written by five groups of the tenth grade students in one of the senior high schools in Cimahi. The researchers used descriptive qualitative as the method of this research. From the whole data, the researchers found 69 clauses and those are divided into seven types of processes as stated by Halliday. After classifying them, the researchers only found six types of processes which are: material process found in 45 clauses (65.2%), mental process found in 11 clauses (16%), relational process found in 5 clauses (7.2%), existential process found in 4 clauses (5.8%), behavioral process found in 2 clauses (2.9%) and verbal process found in 2 clauses (2.9%). While meteorological process was not found in the data. The most commonly process found in the data was material process which consists of 45 clauses for the recount text was retelling something happened in the past which experienced by the students. Keywords:        Systemic Functional Grammar, Transitivity, Recount Text

scholarly journals Ideological Differences between America and China from Perspectives of Transitivity System —Illustrated by Trump’s and Xi Jinping’s Presidential Inaugural Addresses

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 800
Author(s):  
Guohai Liao ◽  
Gelin Han
Keyword(s):  
American People ◽  
Spiritual Guidance ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Public Speech ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Inaugural Addresses ◽  
The People ◽  
Ideological Differences ◽  
Material Process

Taking Systemic Functional Grammar proposed by M.A.K. Halliday as theoretical framework, this paper is set to quantitatively analyze Donald Trump’s inaugural address and Xi Jinping’s first public speech as president of China in the distribution and functions of six processes from perspectives of transitivity system. Having done this, ideological differences between America and China beneath the textual discourse of their speeches will be qualitatively illustrated. It finds that material, mental and relational processes predominate both speeches and Xi’s speech mainly takes the overall lead in spiritual guidance and inclines to generally control the economic and social development in China. For Trump, he needs to employ all his skill to induce and gain the supports from American people, objectively depicting American mediocre situations by material process, trying to narrow down the psychological distance between his governance and the people by mental process and increasing the belonging of American people by relational process.

scholarly journals PROCESS TYPES IN STUDENTS� NARRATIVE TEXT

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Erwin Oktoma
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
English Education ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
The Other ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
Error Process ◽  
Material Process ◽  
Process Material ◽  
Relational Process

This study aims to investigate the process type in students� narrative text. It involves 20 first grader of Department of English Education, University of Kuningan. The title of narrative text given to all respondents is �Rabbit and Twenty Crocodiles.� This study raises two problems: the process types appear in students narrative texts and the errors of the process types occur in students� narrative texts. This research used a descriptive qualitative method to describe the data. As result, by using Derewianka (2002), the process types found in students� narrative texts were material, mental, verbal, and relational process. Material process was the dominant type found in students� narrative texts in which there were 232 material processes from 371 data with percentage 62.53%. It means that, in the text telling about a sequence of happenings and experiences, the characters did many material activities than the other process types. Besides, this research also found three process type errors occurred in students� narrative texts, namely material, verbal, and relational process. Material process is the dominant error occurred in students� narrative texts in which 100 errors occurred in 157 data with percentage 63,7%. In conclusion, considering that students face diffuculties mostly in material process, teacher should deal with its teaching more cautiously. �Keywords: narrative text, transitivity and error, process types

scholarly journals Systemic Functional Grammar Analysis of News Reports of Li Wenliang Incident

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Kang Lihan
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Process ◽  
Personal Pronoun ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
News Reports ◽  
The Third ◽  
Verbal Process ◽  
Reading Chinese ◽  
Material Process ◽  
Grammar Analysis

Based on a report on Dr. Li Wenliang in the British mainstream BBC media under the epidemic of Covid-2019, this paper analyzes from three perspectives guided by Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar: transitivity, mood and personal pronoun. It is found that the material process appears most frequently which shows that the news reports mainly reproduce the event process. The second is the verbal process, which shows that news reports are good at making use of multi-channel speech sources to enhance the authority and objectivity of reports. The third is the relational process and psychological process, which reflects the subtlety of news report content and the concealment of attitude. This paper reveals the ideological direction implied in the news reports through seemingly neutral and objective reports, aiming at providing reference for readers in the process of reading Chinese and foreign political discourse.

scholarly journals A Functional Analysis of Passive Clauses in Selected Independence Speeches of Nigerian Heads of Government

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Samuel Adebayo OMOTUNDE ◽  
Samuel Alaba AKINWOTU
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Connected Discourse ◽  
Political Speeches ◽  
Information Focus ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
Heads Of Government

Scholarly works on political discourse have been from different perspectives but there is a dearth of work on the functional analysis of passive clauses in political speeches. Even though fragments of the general functions of the passive clause can be gleaned in some grammar books, its deployment in connected discourse has not been adequately explored. This is a gap which the current paper fills. The paper which adopts Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG), examined six purposively selected Independence Anniversary speeches of Nigerian Heads of Government from 1967 to 2016, sourced from the internet and the national dailies like “The Punch”, “The Guardian” and “The Tribune”. The paper has revealed that there are different kinds of passive clause but the short be passive is most the commonly used. Passive clauses perform six main functions in connected discourse and they are used for the purpose of foregrounding information or achieving information focus.

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