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1. Status of Both Texts
Tenor involves three aspects, i.e. status, affect and contact. The first is status. Status refers to the relative position of interlocutors in a cultural social
hierarchy. Status consists of two aspects: equal and unequal status which depends on the social ranking of participants Martin, 1992: 528. Based on
the data interpretation above, it can be seen that the status between the writers, the participants inside the text and the readers is equal. Both writers try to put
the readers in equal position in giving information. The equal of both texts can be detected through lexicogrammar,
By seeing the interpretation of data, text I and text II are dominated by indicative, declarative, proposition clauses. It means that the writers tend to
give and demanding information rather than giving and demanding good or services in describing smoking ban in public places.
2. Affect of Both Texts
Affect concerns to the degree of judgment among participants. The judgment itself consists of two aspects: positive and negative judgment. The
affect both texts can be seen from two views: the writer toward the issue and the writer to the readers.
The judgment of both texts between the writers to the readers is positive. It is supported by the use of positive polarity in both texts. This
positive polarity means that the writers want to describe and give positive value about the ban smoking in public places.
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different judgment. Text 1 shows positive judgment since the writer provides positive judgment toward the issue. Meanwhile text 2 shows negative
judgment toward the issue since the writer applied negative polarity to show disagreement in that case.
Positive judgment is also supported in giving the positive judgment through the presence of attitudinal lexis such as supported the plan, not be
allowed to smoke text 1. Text 1 provides the positive judgment between the writer toward the issue and between the writer to the readers. Text 2 also
applies positive judgment between the writer to the readers such as support a ban, widening no smoking areas or introducing bans. Those clauses prove that
both writer wants to show the positive article of smoking ban to the readers. Meanwhile, text 2 also provides negative judgment between the writer toward
the issue which is through the attitudinal lexis such as contentious issue and infringement.
The participants in both texts also give the important role to provide the positive judgment toward the issue. Those participants support the ban of
smoking in public places in both texts. It also can be proved by the nominal group system due to give the facts to support the ban smoking.
Furthermore, the employment of descriptive lexis of both texts indicates that the writer wants to describe the same experiential reality to
make clear information without giving any opinion. The use of low and
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judgment since the writers express the positive opinion toward the issue. Moreover, the positive judgment can be detected from the genre and
the structure. The writers of both texts provide the description of smoking ban in public places in such a way that makes the issue is proper to read and
understand by the readers in smoking danger. The genre of text 1 is exposition genre that provides the positive judgment toward the issue and the readers.
Meanwhile, the text 2 applies discussion genre that also support positive judgment since the supporting arguments which are stronger than contrast
argument.
3. Contact of Both Texts
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