TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Analysis Problem of the Analysis
Objective of the Analysis Scope of the Analysis
Significance of the Analysis Review of Related Literature
CHAPTER II THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK
2.1 An Overview of Discourse Analysis 2.2 Systemic Functional Linguistic Theory
2.3 A Brief Discussion of Experiential Function 2.4 The Six Types of Experiential Function
2.4.1 Material Function 2.4.2 Mental Function
2.4.3 Verbal Function 2.4.4 Behavioral Function
2.4.5 Existential Function 2.4.6 Relational Function
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
3.1 Research Design 3.2 Data Collecting Method
3.3 Data Analyzing Method
CHAPTER IV THE ANALYSIS OF SIX TYPES OF EXPERIENTIAL
FUNCTION FOUND IN THE HOLY BIBLE: TITUS
4.1 The Data Analysis 4.1.1 The Data Analysis of Material Function
4.1.2 The Data Analysis of Mental Function 4.1.3 The Data Analysis of Verbal Function
4.1.4 The Data Analysis of Behavioral Function 4.1.5 The Data Analysis of Existential Function
4.1.6 The Data Analysis of Relational Function 4.2 The Findings
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1 Conclusions
5.2 Suggestions
BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIXES
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ABSTRACT
Skripsi ini berjudul “The Analysis of Six Types os Experiential Function Found in the Holy Bible: Titus” yaitu suatu analisa mengenai enam tipe atau jenis
fungsi eksperiensial yang dikaji berdasarkan Teori Linguistik Fungsional. Penulis mengumpulkan data dari bahan tertulis: Alkitab, Perjanjian Baru,
yaitu Titus. Analisis difokuskan pada identifikasi pada enam jenis fungsi eksperiensial. Melalui analisis data dapat ditemukan bahwa fungsi relasional yang
paling mendominasi dengan persentase nya adalah sebanyak 36,12 dan persentase yang paling kecil yaitu pada fungsi eksistensial sebanyak 1,29.
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
Background of the Analysis
Humans are part of social environment. They need to interact, to communicate or to express their ideas to the others. They need language as a tool
to do all that things. As a fundamental means of communication, languange is used to convey or share ideas and an express thought, human’s needs, whises,
intensions, and desires. Without language, it is impossible for human to do something.
Sapir 1949: 8 says that language is a purely human an non instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotion, and desires by means of system of
voluntarily produced symbol. In addition., Lyons 1942: 5 says that language is a system of abritary vocal symbols by means of which of social group co-operates.
From the definitions of language, we may conclude that language is very important in our life to do all things and it can be spoken language, written
language and gesture language. In the last few decades, language has been studied in scientific way. Many
linguists appeared and interested in analyzing how language is structured and used which are known as systemic for they establish a theory called Systemic
Functional Linguistics. It is a theory about language as a resource for making meaning which is situated in a context of situation and a context of culture
Halliday, 1994: 16. This theory also stresses on communication. In other word, it concerns with relation between language and context in which is used.
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Halliday 1978: 60 says that this theory has three functios which is known as metafunctions of language, They are:
1 Language is used to describe, which is known as Ideational Function. It is
classified into two sub functions. The Experiential Function and the Logical Function. The Experiential Function uses language as
representation and the Logical Function uses language as natural logic. The Experiential Function is relized by transtivity system;
2 Language is used to exchange, which is known as Interpersonal Function.
It uses language as exchange and it is realized by the mood system; 3
Language is used to organize, which is known as Textual Function. It uses language as message and it is realized by the theme system.
The Experiential Function is realized by the transtivity system. The clause is interpreted as a process configuration. There are three components involved in
this configurations 1
The process 2
Participants 3
Circumstances associated with the process Halliday 1994: 14 says that there are six types of Experential Function
that are not strange to be known. They are: 1
Material Function is process of doing 2
Mental Function is process of sensing 3
Verbal Function is process of saying 4
Behavioral Function is process of behaving
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5 Existential Function is process of existing
6 Relational Function is process of being
From those explanations above, I would like to analyze about the process of six types of Experential Function.
Holy Bible uses language as the tool to convey everything about God’s word ans Christianity side. It has two testaments: The Old Testament and The
New Testament. Titus is a part of the New Testament. It is the epistle of Paul, the apostle of Titus. It has only three chapters and each chapter has different verses.
In chapter I, there are sixteen verses and tells us about Titu’s Job in Crete. In chapter II, there are fifteen verses which tells us about The Grace of God which
brings Salvation. And the last chapter, there are fifteen verses which tells us about The Ending Message from Paul.
I am interested to analyze the six types of Experential Function because I realize that people often make mistakes to make a difference between all the types
of Experential Function. Based on the explanation above, I would like to present Holy Bible of
Titus as the subject matter of this thesis. I hope that this thesis can give the advantages for the students in improving their knowledge.
Problem of the Analysis
In this analysis, there are some questions that need to be answered. These questions are the problems that need some solution, they are:
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1 How are the six types of Experential Function described in the Holy Bible:
Titus? 2
What is the most dominant function found in the Holy Bible: Titus?
Objective of the Analysis
In relations of the problems, the objectives of this analysis are: 1
To find out the six types of Experential Function which is described in the Holy Bible: Titus
2 To find out the most dominant function in the Holy Bible: Titus
Scope of the Analysis
In research, it is important to limit the analysis on specific data that has been chosen and it also important to avoid over complicating the issues and
analysis. This would help the writer to get the best result from it. The focus of this analysis is based on Discourse Analysis especially about
the six types of Experential Function in the Holy Bible: Titus which consists of three chapters and 46 verses.
Significance of the Analysis
This analysis is very important for better understanding about the six types of Experential Function. From this analysis, I hope that this thesis will be useful
for:
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1 Making the readers know more about the six types of Experential
Function; 2
Expanding the writer’s knowledge about Discourse Analysis especially about the six types of Experential Function;
3 Helping the readers who do not know about the six types of Experential
Function. In addition, I hope that this analysis will be a worthy inspiration for those
who want to do further research on Discourse Analysis especially on Experential Function.
Review of Related Literature
Related Literature is about explaining all information due to the theory or practice related to the research by theorists or researches. In completing this
thesis, I refer to some related analysis based on the six types of Experential Function. Some of the related researches of this thesis are;
Halliday 1994: 14 says that there are six functions that are found in the Experential Function. They are: Material Function is process of doing, Mental
Function is process of sensing, Verbal Function is process of saying, Behavioral Function is process of behaving, Existential Function is process of existing, and
Relational Function is process of being. Sinar 2002: 94 says that Material Function is process of doing and
happenings in which a participant is engaged in a process of doing, which may involve some others participants.
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Gerot 1994: 56 says that Mental Function is one of sensing, feeling, thinking, perceiving. There are three types: affective or reactive feeling,
cognitive thinking, and perceptive perceiving through the five sences Bloor 2004: 122 says that Verbal Function is process of saying or more
symbolically signaling. Eggins 1994: 233 says that Behavioral Function is almost has a same
meaning with Material Function but it is more focus to the habitual or behavior. This function has only one participant.
Frances 2002: 81 says that Existential Function is the process of existence which is known with the word “There”.
Brown 1983: 34 says that Relational Function involves states of being including having. It can be classified according to whether they are being used
to identify something or to assign a quality to something. Mandasari 2001 in her thesis “An analysis of six types of Transtivity
Process in Kanguru Radio English Scripts”. In her work she finds that six types of transtivity process of the clause representation which include material, relational,
mental, verbal, behavioral, and existential process.
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CHAPTER II THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK
