scholarly journals Transitivity Analysis of Hillary Clinton’s and Donald Trump’s First Television Debate

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yichao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Hillary Clinton ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Mental Processes ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Relational Process

Halliday holds that all cultures reflect some universal meta-functions in the languages and proposes three such meta-functions: ideational, interpersonal, and textual. This paper employs the transitivity theory in Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics to analyze the first television debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Specifically, through a quantitative analysis, this paper tries to find the answers for the next two questions: First, what are the distributions of six processes used by the two candidates; are there any similarities and differences or some rules in the distribution? Second, what are the reasons of such distributions, and what are the functions of the distributions of different processes and main participants in helping the speakers to convey their intentions? The main findings show that material processes, relational process and mental processes are relatively dominate in both candidates’ speeches; while compared with Hillary, Trump tends to use more existential processes. In political discourse, the speakers measure their words with special caution to interact with people, to expresses their attitudes and judgments, and to influence the viewpoints and behavior of the audience, which is mainly the realization of the interpersonal function.

MOOD TYPES OF DONALD TRUMP’S SPEECH IN THE ARAB ISLAMIC AMERICAN SUMMIT

CALL ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajeng Rahayu ◽  
Hanafi Bilmona
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Research Questions

This research deals with analyzing language from the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) from Donald Trump’s speech in the Arab Islamic American Summit. In English, one of types of meaning is Interpersonal meaning. It is realized by mood and modality. This research focuses on mood, then formulated into two research questions: 1) What mood types are used in Donald Trump’s speech in the Arab Islamic American summit? 2) What mood adjuncts are used in Donald Trump’s speech in the Arab Islamic American Summit?. The method used in this research is qualitative research. The source of data is the video of Donald Trump’s speech from Youtube. It was taken from (CNN, 2017) to get the transcript of speech by Donald Trump. It was found that there were 355 clauses in Donald Trump’s speech; there were 4 types of mood in the speech of Donald Trump; there were 337 declaratives mood with percentage 94.92%, 4 Polar-Interrogatives mood with percentage 1.12%, 4 WH-Interrogatives mood with percentage 1.12% and 10 imperatives mood with percentage 2.25%. Declarative as the most dominant types of mood is used in Donald Trump’s, speech which means that he gave or stated information to the audiences. In addition, in Donald Trump’s speech, there are 19 clauses which contain mood adjunct. The findings indicated that there were 3 types of mood adjunct in the speech, namely, 5 adjuncts of modality with percentage 26.31%, 3 adjuncts of temporality with percentage 15.78%, and 11 adjuncts of intensity with percentage 57.89%. The most dominant is adjuncts of intensity which expresses expectation. Keywords: Systemic Functional Linguistics; Mood; Mood Adjunct

scholarly journals Penguakan Makna Ideasional pada Teks Lagu Mars Unipdu dalam Kacamata Sistemik Fungsiona Linguistik (SFL)

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Binti Qaniah Qaniah
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Mental Process ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Deep Meaning ◽  
Relational Process

Binti Qani’ahUniversitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul Ulum [email protected]   AbstrakLagu mars Unipdu merupakan lagu kebanggaan bagi loyalis dan mahasiswa Unipdu. Sayangnya, kebanyakan dari mereka kurang memahami secara mendalam makna mars Unipdu. Makna mendalam dari mars Unipdu dapat diketahui dengan menggunakan pendekatan Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL).Penelitian menggunakan teknik trianggulasi data. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk lebih mengetahui tujuan dan makna mars Unipdu secara implisit. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa proses transitivitas dominasi proses perilaku 5 data atau 72%. Proses ini terdiri dari 1 data atau 14% proses perilaku verbal dan 4 data atau 58% proses perilaku mental. Proses ini menunjukkan bahwa Universitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul Ulum (Unipdu) Jombang membina, mewujudkan, dakwah dan mencetak insan,  tidak hanya sekedar bicara tetapi juga memberi contoh yang baik. Selanjutnya, proses mental terdiri dari 1 data atau 14%. Proses ini menunjukkan bahwa harapan untuk mendapatkan ridlo Allah menjadi jantung untuk mencetak insan yang bertakwa. Sementara itu, proses relasional identifikasi terdapat juga 1 data atau 14%. Hal ini mengindifikasikan bahwa Pancaran sinar Darul Ulum itu mempunyai pengaruh dalam pengembangan ilmu agama, intelektualitas, dan pengetahuan. Secara umum Universitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul Ulum (Unipdu) mempunyai peranan aktif dalam mencetak insan yang bertakwa.Kata Kunci: Lagu mars Unipdu, proses transitivitas, insan  AbstractThe song of mars Unipdu is the song for unipdu loyalis and students. Unfortunately, Most of them lack of understanding the deep meaning of mars Unipdu. The deep meaning of mars Unipdu can be known by using Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) approach.This research used data trianggulation techniques. The purpose of this study was to know more the aim and meaning of Unipdu mars implicitly. The result of this study showed that the transitivity processes are dominated by behavioural process, 5 data or 72%. It contained 1 data or 14% for verbal behavioural process and 4 data or 58% for mental behavioural processes. This processes indicated that Universitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul Ulum (Unipdu) Jombang educated, actualized, and created students, It was not only by saying but also giving good behaviors. Then, mental process consisted of 1 data or 14%. This process showed that the hopes to have Allah’s “ridlo” became a heart for creating “takwa’ students. Meanwhile, Identifying relational process had 1 data or 14%. It indicated that rays of Darul Ulum had effects in developing of religions, intellectualities, and knowledges.Generally, Universitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul Ulum (Unipdu) Jombang had active roles in creating “takwa” students. It related to Allah’s “ridlo”.Key words: The song of mars Unipdu, Transitivity process, and students

scholarly journals Textual Analysis through Systemic Functional Linguistics

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Randy Y. Briones
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
News Article ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Star Wars ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistic ◽  
Movie Star ◽  
Similarities And Differences

This paper primarily attempts to provide readers with a means of analyzing texts by using an approach that is considered important by applied linguists, that of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). This work identified the similarities and differences between two texts, a movie review and a news article, that dealt with the same topic, namely, the movie “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. In identifying the texts’ similarities and differences, the Systemic Functional Linguistic principles of Tenor/Interpersonal Metafunction and Field/Experiential Metafunction were applied. From the interpersonal metafunction analysis, it can be concluded that both texts share similar moods and modalities.  However, a closer inspection would reveal that Text 1 appears to negotiate a positive review of the film through an extensive demonstration of declarative statements that talk about the merits of the film and that of the director’s while Text 2 is more of a reportage of relevant information and interviews from the film.  In terms of the Experiential metafunction, Text 1 delves on material and relational processes that advance the film, the director, and the characters, whereas Text 2 differs as it focuses more on advancing the film while putting little emphasis on the director and the movie characters.

scholarly journals Possessive Relational Process Clauses in Scientific Text: Implication on ESP Teaching

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-76
Author(s):  
Mulyati Khorina
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Circuit Theory ◽  
Electrical Circuit ◽  
Scientific Texts ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
Scientific Text ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Relational Process

This paper focuses of this paper aimsis possessive relational process clauses which is a type of relational process clauses in which relational processes work. Threepoints concerning possessive relational process clauses are discussed in this paper. First, the relational process type which is dominant possessed by possessive relational process clauses. Second, the lexical verbs which realize the dominant type of relational process. The last, the roles played by possessive relational process clauses. The data for this study were taken from Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology, Fundamentals of Electronics Circuits, Electronics Devices, Flow Version, and A Textbook of Electrical Technology, all of which are used as references by  Electronics Engineering students of PoliteknikNegeri Bandung. To analyse the data, Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) was employed. The results showed that possessive relational process clauses in scientific texts operate solely on attributive relational process. The attributive relational process is realized by lexical verbs have, consist, include, make which represent the possessive relational process clauses as Classification, Composition and Feature.

scholarly journals The Language of Classification in Accounting Texts in the Framework of SFL

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-47
Author(s):  
Bahtera Sembiring
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Physical Geography ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
Relational Process

This paper reports the study of language of classification on accounting texts using the Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) framework. It focuses on how language of classification is realized structurally on a such text. The studies conducted by Wignell, Martin and Eggins (1993) focusing on physical geography texts and Khorina, Suyatna and Indira (2017) concerning with electronics engineering texts, identified that classification was realized either by intensive or possessive relational process clauses working on attribute mode. In relation to the prior studies, the data were collected from two accounting textbooks used as references by the students of Accounting Department at PoliteknikNegeri Bandung (Polban). Both of the types of relational process clauses were found in the texts consisting of 14 clauses classified as intensive and 17 belonging to possessive ones. Both types of the clauses contain attributive relational process. The attributive relational process occuring in intensive relational process clauses is realized solely by verb be. However, the relational process which appears in possessive relational process is realized by several verbs which are break, classify, consist, divide, and include. The implication of this study is not only for modelling English grammar of Accounting texts, but also for translation study.Key words: SFL, classification, intensive relational process clause, possessive relational process clause

scholarly journals Systemic functional linguistics and audiovisual translation studies: a conceptual basis for the study of the language of subtitles

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (spe) ◽  
pp. 495-513
Author(s):  
Elaine Espindola
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Audiovisual Translation ◽  
Made In

The present article contemplates two complementary dimensions, namely: (i) Audiovisual Translation Studies; and (ii) Linguistic studies giving direct attention to the language of subtitling to put forward a theoretical basis for studies focusing on The Language of Subtitles. Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) provides theoretical tools to allow for a language-based understanding of the meaning making resources of subtitling on the basis of text analysis. It is argued that this complementarity allows for fruitful comparison and contrast of texts in a translational relationship in that it provides categories for describing similarities and differences emerging from investigations of the choices made in spoken texts translated into written language in subtitles. Investigations carried out along these lines may lead to insights in terms of the construals existent in source and target texts in order to understand the choices made in the realization of the texts.

scholarly journals Exploring ecological identity from the perspective of systemic functional linguistics

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Lei
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Language Awareness ◽  
Ecological Identity ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Human Survival ◽  
Critical Language Awareness ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract Ecological identity, acting as the baton to guide the public’s behavior in nature, is closely correlated with environmental crises that threaten human survival. Previous studies of ecological identity are mostly conducted in the domain of sociopsychology with an emphasis on human’s attitude and behavior. Less attention, however, has been paid to the discursive construction of one’s ecological identity. The current study aims to build a framework to explore the mechanism of discursive strategies in constructing one’s ecological identity. To this end, this article classifies different ecological identities according to their impact on nature and the ecosophy of holism. It then puts forward a framework based on systemic functional linguistics to explore how lexicogrammatical resources can be employed strategically in the construction of ecological identity. The framework is significant for ecolinguistic investigations of identity and the cultivation of human’s critical language awareness related to the protection of ecosystems.

scholarly journals Exploring process ‘verbs’ in EFL postgraduates’ citations: A Systemic Functional Linguistics approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nayef Jomaa Jomaa ◽  
Siti Jamilah Bidin
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Mental Processes ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Phd Theses

Due to their significance in establishing a research background, citations have been under focus by several researchers. However, limited studies have applied the Functional Theory in analysing reporting verbs in citations. Hence, this study identifies citations in the literature review chapters of 20 PhD theses in Information Technology and Applied Linguistics by EFL postgraduates within the ESL context. These PhD theses were selected purposefully. This study explores qualitatively the processes based on the ideational metafunction of the Systemic Functional Linguistics. The findings show that the material processes were used dominantly, followed by relational, verbal, and mental processes, whereas the behavioural  processes were less used. The use of processes ‘verbs’ is influenced by field and tenor as register variables. Thus, the findings imply that EFL postgraduates are unaware of using processes; therefore, they should receive discipline-specific instructions. Pedagogical textbooks for academic writing could be also developed based on the outputs of the present study.

scholarly journals FUNGSI IDEASIONAL DALAM BAHASA KAILI: SEBUAH TINJAUAN LINGUISTIK SISTEMIK FUNGSIONAL (IDEATIONAL FUNCTION IN KAILI LANGUAGE: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS VIEW)

Kadera Bahasa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
Darmawati Majid Rosni
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Mental Process ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Mental Processes ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Material Process ◽  
Library Method ◽  
Process Material

This paper aims to find the ideational functions in bahasa Kaili. Linguistics Systemic Function Halliday is used to find that Ideational Function. The data is collected through a library method, using reading and note taking techniques. Data were analyzed using a qualitative descriptive approach. The results of the analysis showed that in the mental process, there is only one participant in a clause, in the form of a human, who senses-thinks, feels-who always has consciousness. While in the material process, every participant is something, while in the mental process, concerning perceived, thoughtful, or accepted, the position of sense or sense is not only limited to certain semantic or grammatical categories but broader than the participants in the process material. In short, participants in mental processes are not just ‘something’ but, it can be facts. It is lead to one conclusion that in general, the structure of the Kaili and Indonesian language clauses is not quite different between each other.

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