maintain their relationship. relationship is as a friend.
10.3. Tenor of discourse of dialogue 10
3. Lexicogrammatical analysis of dialogue 10
Interpersonal Meaning Interpretation
Mood selections : Interrogative and
declarative Interrogative :
Can you, what, would, what do.
Declarative : I go, I need, ok, I will
The mood selections in dialogue 10 are interrogative and declarative. This indicates
that the participants are concerned with demanding and giving information. The topic
which is introduced in dialogue 10 is about asking for help. The participants are asking
each other for help. It is known from Miss Ina expression to Sugeng, such as: “Can you help
me?” Then, Dona asks Shanti, such as: “Can you help me do my homework?” The example
denotes that they are asking each other for help. There are several interrogative forms in
dialogue 10. There are “Can: finite”, “Wh : Adjunct what” “Wh : comp what” and “Finite :
modalized would”.
Furthermore, there are three declarative mood found in dialogue 10, such as: “I go”, “I
need” and “Ok, I will”. The following example shows the declarative mood;
“I go to the library and bring some dictionaries”.
“Shanti, I need your help”. “Ok, I will help you”.
The example denotes that the participants focus on giving information to each other.
4. Contextual description of dialogue 10
Tenor of Discourse Interpretation
Agentive or societal roles :
- A teacher and a student - Student and student
Status : There several participants found in
dialogue 10. They are a teacher and a student. However, teachers who communicate with a
student is Miss Ina. There are two societal roles found in dialogue 10, namely between a
teacher and a student and then between student
Unequal and equal Social distance :
Maximal and minimal and student. The conversation which is
conducted between a teacher and a student can be seen as follows :
Miss Ina : Sugeng, can you help me, please? Sugeng : Yes, Ma’am. What would you
like? The above conversation proves that there
is a relationship between a teacher and student. Because they have different power, thus, their
relationship can be said unequal, and then the social distance can be said maximal. The
conversation which is conducted by student and student is for example :
Dona
: Shanti, I need your help. Shanti
: Sure, what do you need? Dona
: Can you help me do my homework?
Shanti : Ok, I will help you.
Nurul : Really? Thanks
The above conversation is done by Dona, Shanti and Nurul. They are students of the
same school. Thus, if can be said that their power is the same and it means that their status
is equal. It also proves that their social distance is minimal.
10.4. Mode of discourse of dialogue 10
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