Transitivity Process and Ideological Construction of Donald Trump's Speeches
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https://doi.org/10.15642/NOBEL.2018.9.1.26-44Keywords:
critical discourse analysis; systemic functional linguistics; transitivity process; ideologyAbstract
This research is the collaborative study of Critical Discourse Analysis with the new grammar perspective of Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics Theory focusing on Transitivity System. It investigates the pattern of transitivity process that reveals the linguistic strategies as well as its ideological construction of Donald Trump’s speeches in the 45th United States presidential election. The writer mainly utilizes Fairclough’s framework for CDA which consists of three stages of analysis consisting of description, interpretation, and explanation. Under descriptive-qualitative method, this research significantly gives an understanding about how transitivity processes can be used to reveal the ideology. As the result, Donald Trump uses variety language during his speeches. It is because he applies all the types of transitivity process proposed by M.A.K. Halliday which consists of six types: material, mental, relational, behavioral, verbal, and existential. The transitivity processes eventually reveal that Donald Trump attempts to construct democracy view during his speeches.
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Nazlia. (2016). An Analysis of Transitivity Process and The Schematic Structure of News Item in Selected News of VOA News. (Thesis, Sumatra Utara University).
Nugrawidhanti, D.M.R. (2016). A Critical Discourse Analysis on Oriflame Beauty Product Advertisements. (Thesis, Sanata Dharma University).
Nurohmah, I. (2013). An Analysis of Student’s Recount Text by Using Systemic Functional Grammar. Passage, 1(2), 89-98.
Oliviera, L.C. (2015). A Systemic-Functional Analysis of English Language Learners’ Writing. (Thesis, University of Miami).
Ong’onda, N.A. (2016). Transitivity Analysis of Newspaper Headlines on Terrorism Attackin Kenya: A Case Study of Westgate Mall, Nairobi. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 6(7), 59-70.
Oriza, F.R. (2017). The Depiction of Islamic Princess in Children’s Books: A Transitivity Analysis. (Thesis, Universtitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta).
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Patpong, P.J. (2008). Language of Persuasion: An Analysis of Selected Samples from Talisman Advertisements. Odense Working Papers in Language and Communication, 29, 633-664.
Rollins, A.J. (2012). Systemic Functional Linguistic Discourse Features in the Personal Essay. (Thesis, Marshall University).
Salsabil, Silvi. (2014). A Transitivity Analysis of English Texts in Bahasa Inggris When English Ring the Bell. (Thesis, Yogyakarta State University).
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Setiawan, W. (2015). An Analysis of Speech Function on Monsters University Movie Script By Dan Scanlon, Daniel Gerson, and Robert L. Baird. (Thesis, Muria Kudus University).
Sipra, M.A. & Rashid, A. (2013). Critical Discourse Analysis of Martin Luther King’s Speech in Socio-Political Perspective. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 4(1), 27-33.
Viana, T.N. (2013). Mood and Speech Function in “Toy Story 3†Movie Script by Michael Arndt. (Thesis, Muria Kudus University).
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2018-04-30
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Anggraini, N., Sahnaz, A., Fathonah, E. L., Al Farisi, M. R., & Fidiyanti, M. (2018). Transitivity Process and Ideological Construction of Donald Trump’s Speeches. NOBEL: Journal of Literature and Language Teaching, 9(1), 26–44. https://doi.org/10.15642/NOBEL.2018.9.1.26-44
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