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CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS
A. Introduction
This chapter deals with the data analysis of the research. It consists of three sub-chapters: data description, data interpretation and discussion. Data
description refers to the finding of the analysis based on the texts consisting of contextual configuration, lexicogrammar, cohesion, text structure and the genre.
Contextual configuration explains the analysis of both texts based on the illustration which in the first text is taken from the Jakarta Post entitled “Jakarta to
scrap smoking rooms in public places and buildings ” and the second one is taken
from the London Evening Standard entitled “Should we be smoke-free?” Meanwhile, lexicogrammar description explains MOOD system, clause system,
logicosemantic relation and interdependency system, modality, polarity, descriptive and attitudinal lexis, nominal and verbal group, technicality and
nominalization both of news texts. Data interpretation is carried out to interpret the data description; they are
the analysis of status, affect and contact. The last subchapter is called discussion. It explains the total interpretation on both texts to find the answers for the problem
statements of the research.
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B. Data Description
1. Text 1
a. Contextual Configuration
Text 1 is a headline of news text entitled Jakarta to scrap smoking
rooms in public places and buildings which was taken from The Jakarta Post published on Tuesday, March 30
th
, 2010. This news is used to inform the society about smoking ban in public places, particularly in Jakarta.
This text has several elements: the name of the newspaper The Jakarta Post, the name of the column headlines, title, date of publication
and the issue. The whole text is written in black color except the date of publication which is written
in grey color. It aims to grab the reader’s attention. The illustration shows that the society in Jakarta will agree to
extend the rule of smoking-ban law if the public do not smoke in infiltrating non-smoking areas anymore. Generally, the text tells the reader
about some arguments which are in the one side support the issue of smoking ban in public places.
b. Lexicogrammar Description
1. MOOD system
Table 4.1 Mood System of Text 1 MOOD
system Clause number
Total Indicative:
Declarative: Proposition
3, 5a, 5b, 5c, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7a, 7b, 7c, 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e, 9a, 9b, 9c, 11a, 11b, 11c,
11d, 11e, 11f, 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e, 14f, 15,
16, 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d, 18, 19a, 19b, 20a, 20b, 20c, 21a, 21b, 21c, 22, 23a,
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23b, 24a, 24b, 25. Indicative:
declarative: proposal
- -
-
Indicative: Interrogative:
proposal -
- -
Imperative: Proposal
- -
- Total
57 100 Table 4.1 shows that whole clauses of text 1 belong to indicative,
declarative functioning proposition 100. 2.
Clause system Table 4.2 Types of Clause of Text 1
Table 4.2 shows that text 1 applies dominant complex clauses 68, followed by simplex clauses 16 and minor clauses 4.
3. Type of Interdependence and Logico-Semantic Relation
Table 4.3 Type of Interdependence and Logico-Semantic Relation of Text 1
Type of Logico- Semantic
Relation Type of Interdependency
Hypotactic Paratactic
Projection - Locution
“ 5b-5c=1
7c-7a=1, 14f-a=1, 14a-14b=1, 17a-
17b=1, 19a-19b=1, 20c-20a=1, 23b-
23a=1. Type of Clause
Clause number Total
Minor Ellipsis 1, 2, 4, 10
4 16
Major: Simplex
15, 16, 18, 25 4
16 Complex
3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
17 68
Total 25 100
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- Idea ‘
6a-6b=1, 8a-8b=1, 8a-8d=1, 9a-9b=1,
11a-11b=1, 12a- 12b=1, 24a-24b=1
-
Expansion - Elaboration =
- -
- Extension + 11c-11d=1, 11d-
11e=1, 11d-11f=1, 13b-13c=1.
7a-7b=1
- Enhancement x 5a-5b=1, 6b-6c=1,
8b-8c=1, 8d-8e=1, 9b-9c=1, 11b-
11c=1 14b-14c=1, 14b-
14d, 14a-14e=1, 17b-17c=1, 17b-
d=1, 20a-20b=1, 21b-21c=1
Table 4.3 shows that text 1 has one hypotactic locution, seven paratactic locutions, seven hypotactic ideas, four hypotactic
extensions, one paratactic extension, seven hypotactic enhancements and six paratactic enhancements.
4. Nominal Groups
Table 4.4 Nominal Groups of Text 1 Nominal
clause Clause number
total Complex
5ciii, 6ai, 7ai, 9cii, 10 ii, 11di, 12b i, 15i, 16iii, 18iii,
21ai, 22ii, 23aiii, 24bv. 14 23.73
Simplex 1, 2, 3 iv, 4, 5aiv, 6bii, 6ci,
7bii, 7ci, 8ai, 8biii, 8ci, 8dii, 8eii, 9aii, 9bi 11ai, 11bi,
11cv, 11ei, 11fii, 12ai, 13ai, 13biii,
13ci, 13diii,
14ai, 14bii, 14ci, 14ei, 14fi, 17ai
17bii, 17civ,
17di, 19aiii,
19bii, 20aiii,
20biv, 20ci,
21bii, 21ci, 23bii, 24ai, 25iv. 45 76.27
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Table 4.4 shows that text 1 dominantly applies simplex nominal groups 76.27 and followed by complex nominal groups 23.73 .
5. Verbal Groups
Table 4.5 Verbal Groups of Text 1 Nominal
clause Clause number
total Complex
7b 1
1.79 Simplex
3, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7a, 7b, 7c, 8a, 8b, 8c,
8d, 8e, 9a, 9b, 9c, 10, 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f,
12a, 12b, 13a, 13b, 13d, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e,
14f, 15, 16, 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d, 18, 19a, 19b, 20a, 20b,
20c, 21a, 21b, 21c, 22, 23a, 23b, 25.
55 98.21
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100 Table 4.5 shows that text 1 mostly applies simplex verbal groups
98.21 followed by complex verbal groups 1.79 . 6.
Modality a.
Modulation There is no modulation in this text because all of the clauses only
have mood system which consists of indicative, declarative functioning proposition.
b. Modalization
5a the city will
extend the smoking… medium probability
6b his office would
revise the 2005… medium probability
7a people working in the buildings can still smoke low
probability
7b but they will have to smoke outside the buildings medium
probability
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8b the smoking free regulation would
be imposed on all… medium probability
11c the new regulation could
spark opposition in night clubs… low probability
11e would comply once.. medium probability 14b that 62 percent of the respondents would still visit
restaurants medium probability
14c although they would not be allowed medium probability 17b would make an assessment medium probability
18 a building will then be given
one of four ratings… medium probability
19a we will
also publish data on buildings… medium probability
20b will
be more effective than law enforcement… medium probability
21b the city should impose stern sanctions medium
probability 22
… the regulation in the media will only affect them for a
while medium probability
23 the city should
impose sanctions with a financial… medium probability
7. Polarity
5c that smoking rooms in buildings do not
stop smoke… Negative polarity
8d that the non-smoking areas were c
ontaminated… Positive polarity
8e when they were available positive polarity
9b that people are not allowed negative polarity 11d but he was
confident the entertainment… Positive polarity
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13b 93 percent of the respondents were aware of the regulations
positive polarity
14e after the ban is imposed positive polarity
From the finding above, text 1 has seven numbers of polarities that consist of two negative polarities and five positive polarities.
8. Descriptive and Attitudinal Lexis
1. Descriptive Lexis
Smoking rooms 3 Public places 3, 5a, 10
Public buildings 3, 5a Non-smoking areas 5a
Office 6b People 7a, 9b
Monday 7c Laboratory test 8c
Law on air pollution control 9a Five types of facilities 9c
New regulation 11c, 13b, 13d, 19b Night clubs, bars, and restaurants 11c
Food industry 11d Survey 13a, 14a, 15, 16, 24b
Public closed areas 13d Females, males 16
Public buses and minivans 24b
2. Attitudinal Lexis
Free regulation 8b Supported the plan 12b
Not be allowed to smoke 14c
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Encourage implementation 17d We hope prestige and shame 20a
More effective than law enforcement 20b Stern sanctions 21b
Affect them for a while 22 9.
Metaphors 1.
Ideational Metaphors 3 J
akarta to scrap smoking rooms… 5a the city will extend the smoking ban in public places and
buildings 5c
that smoking rooms in buildings do not stop smoke… 6b his office would revise the 2005 gubernatorial decree
9a the 2005 by law on air po llution states…
13a the survey said…
14a the survey revealed…
16 the survey comprised 65 percent females and 34 percent males…
18 a building will then be given one of four ratings…
21b the city should impose stern sanctions…
2. Interpersonal Metaphors
19 We will also publish data on buildings that breach the regulation in the mass media.
22 Publishing information on buildings violating the regulations in the media will only affect them for a while.
10. Technicality and Nominalization
a. Technicality
Headlines 2, 4 Laboratory test 8c
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Pollution 9a Industry 8d
Respondent 12b, 13b, 14b, 15 Survey 13a, 14a, 15, 16, 24b
Mass media 19b, 22 b.
Nominalization Smoking room 3, 5c
Smoking ban 5a Non-smoking areas 5c
Enforcement 6a,8d,20b Regulation 8b, 11c, 13d, 19b
Entertainment 11d Education 16
Implementation 17d Assessment 17b
11. Text Structure and Genre
Table 4.6 Text Structure of Text 1 Clause
Activity sequence Rhetorical
function Text
structure 3
Stating the title- Jakarta to scrap smoking rooms
in public places and buildings.
Introducing the main point of the
issue to the readers.
Title
5 Stating by the city,
Jakarta will extend the smoking ban since may
non-smoking area still infiltrating the smoke.
Announce the issue about the
reason why the city will extend
the ban. Thesis
6-7 Stating by the head of
law enforcement Ridwan P. that his
office would revice the 2005 gubernatorial
decree. Giving the
information about the plan
will be done by the BPLHD to
consider toward the issue.
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8 Stating by Ridwan P.
about the reason why the smoking free
regulation would be imposed in building by
giving the true condition of the building.
giving more detail about to
support the point of the argument
1
Supporting Point
9-10 Stating from the new
regulation of law on air pollution control-people
are not allowed to smoke in public places.
Giving more argument to
support the point of argument 1.
11 Stating by Ridwan P.
about the new regulation will find the
optimist result in food industry and
entertainment. Giving the
information about the
probability of people who will
disagree or agree toward the
smoking ban in public places.
12-14 Stating by Ridwan P.
according to the survey done by BPLHD about
the respondents who support the plan for
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regulation- they still visit the restaurant
although they would not be allowed to smoke.
Giving more information
more about the people who
support the plan and it support
the point of argument 2
15-16 Stating by the survey
about 747 respondents living in the five
municipalities in the city, 65 females and
34 males aged 20-49 with education
background of Senior High School.
Giving information
about the kind of the people who
will be the respondents.
17-18 Stating by the BPLHD
about the plan to make an assessment to
encourage implementation and a
Giving the information
about the ways to know the
level of
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building will be given one of four ratings
poor, satisfactory, good and very good.
compliance of building owners.
19-20 Stating by the BPLHD
will also publish the data on buildings that
breach the regulation in the mass media and they
hope this way will be affective.
Giving more information to
support the point of argument 4.
21 Stating by Tulus of
YLKI about the plan, the city should impose
stern sanction in order to the plan work well.
Giving the information
about the sanction for the
city that disobeys the
plan.
22-23 Stating by the YLKI
about the plan-the publishing information
on buildings will only affect them for a while
and the city should impose sanctions with a
financial impact. Giving the
information that people who
disobeys the regulation
should get the heavy sanction
24-25 Stating by YLKI that
89 of 549 public buses, minivans and 60
cities of malls also do the violation of smoking
ban. Giving more the
information about people
who violates the smoking ban.
Table 4.6 shows that text 1 is Exposition Genre. Text structure above shows that the text starts from the title clause 3, thesis clause 5,
arguments that shows the supporting point in one side clause 6-23, and there is no conclusion.
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12. Cohesion Lexical Strings TEXT 1
Figure 4.1 Lexical String of Text 1
1 2
3 4
5a 5b
5c 5d
5e 6a
6b 6c
7a 7b
7c 8a
The Jakarta Post
Rep
The Jakarta Post
Rep Jakarta
Syn The city
Smoking Rooms
Rep Smoking
Rooms
Rep Public
Places Rep
Public Places
Buildings Rep
Buildings Rep
Buildings
Rep
Buildings Rep
Buildings Rep
Smoking ban
Non-smoking area
ant Smoke
Rep
Smoke Rep
Smoke BPLHD
Syn His
office Ridwan P.
Syn
He People
Rep People
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8b 8c
8d 8e
9a 9b
9c 10
11a 11b
11c 11d
11e 11f
12a 12b
13a 13b
Smoking Rooms
Rep
Smoking Rooms
Rep
Public places
Mer Buildings
Syn Smoking area
Rep Rep
smoke
Rep Rep
BPLHD Syn
Ridwan Syn
He Rep
He Syn
Ridwan Syn
They Syn
People
Syn
They
Syn
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13c 13d
14a 14b
14c 14d
14e 14f
15 16
17a 17b
17c 17d
18 19a
19b
Rep
The City Public
closed area
C0-hyp Rep
Buildings Rep
Buildings Rep
Buildings The ban
Non-smoking area
smoke
Rep
Ridwan Syn
He People
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20a 20b
20c 21a
21b 21c
22 23a
23b 24a
24b 25
The Jakarta Post
Rep The City
549 public buses
minivan co-hyp
Half of 60 city malls
Rep
Smoking ban Syn
The ban
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13. Cohesion Conjunctive Relation Text 1
Figure 4.2 Conjunctive Relation of Text 1
Internal and impadd
1 2
3 4
5a 5b
5c 6a
6b 6c
7a 7b
7c 8a
8b 8c
8d 8e
9a 9b
9c 10
11a 11b
11c 11d
11e 11f
12a 12b
13a 13b
13c 13d
14a 14b
14c 14d
14e 14f
15 16
External Exptemp
Exploc Exppurp
Exp opp Exprea
Exploc Exptemp
Exploc Exppurp
Expopp Expadd
Exploc Exploc
Expcond Exppurp
Exptemp after
that to
but
because
that when
that to
but and
that that
although
to after
The Jakarta Post Headlines
Jakarta to scrap smoking rooms in public places and buildings
Indah Setiawati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | The city will extend the smoking ban in public
after finding that smoking rooms in buildings do not stop
The Jakarta Environment Management Board his office would revise the 2005 gubernatorial
to do this.
“People working in the buildings can still smoke,
but they will have to smoke outside the buildings,” he said Monday.
He said the smoking free regulation would be imposed
on all because a laboratory test found
that the non-smoking areas were contaminated when they were available.
The 2005 bylaw on air pollution control states that people are not allowed
to smoke at all in five types of facilities, namely public transportation, healthcare
buildings, schools, children’s areas and places of worship. In offices and public spaces,
including malls, restaurants, terminals airports and train stations.
but he was confident the entertainment and food industry would comply once they knew
the rules. He said according to a survey by BPLHD and
the Swisscontact Indonesia Foundation with the University of Indonesia Demography
Institute The survey said
93 percent of the respondents were aware of and 60 percent of them stated
that the non-smoking areas regulation should prohibit people to smoke in public closed
that 62 percent of the respondents would still although they would not be allowed
to smoke
after the ban is imposed,” Ridwan said.
The survey, held from October to November in 2009, involved 747 respondents living in
five municipalities in the city. The survey comprised 65 percent females and 34 percent
males aged 20-49 years old with education background of Senior High School and above.
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and impadd 17a
17b 17c
17d 18
19a 19b
20a 20b
20c 21a
21b 21c
22 23a
23b 24a
24b 25
Exppurp Exppurp
Exploc Exppurp
to to
that to
The BPLHD, he said, would make an assessment
to measure “the level of compliance” of building owners
to encourage implementation. A building will then be given one of four
“We will also publish data on buildings that breach the regulation in the mass media.
We hope prestige and shame will be more effective than law enforcement,” he said.
Tulus Abadi from the Indonesian Consumer Protection Foundation YLKI said the city
should impose stern sanctions to make this work.
“Publishing information on buildings violating the regulations in the media will only affect
them for a while. The city should impose sanctions with a financial impact, like
revoking permits,” he told The Jakarta Post. YLKI found there were violations of the
smoking ban in 89 percent of 549 public buses and minivans surveyed in July 2009. In 2008,
the foundation found violations of the ban in half of 60 city malls.
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Text 2 a.
Contextual Configuration
The text entitled Should We Be Smoke-free? was taken from News column in the London Evening Standard online newspaper published on
October, 27 2003 by Ross Lydall. The title and the whole text are written in Times New Roman font with different size and then they are written in black
color. The structure consists of the name of the newspaper, web address, title and writer, illustration and the last is the text itself.
The illustration of the text tells about the debate of smoking ban in public places in London, certainly whether the society should follow the
footstep of New York to campaign banning the smoking and to rule the ban of smoking in all public places. Meanwhile, the text generally describes about the
effort of government and some opinions from the participants.
b. Data Description
1. MOOD system
Table 4.7 MOOD System of Text 2 MOOD
system Clause number
Total Indicative:
Declarative: Proposition
3, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 11,
12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e, 15, 16,
17a,17b, 17c, 18, 19, 19b, 19c, 19d, 19e, 19f, 20a, 20b, 20c, 21, 22a, 22b, 23a,
23c, 24a, 25, 26, 27a, 27b, 27c, 28. 61 100
Indicative: declarative:
proposal -
- -
Indicative: Interrogative:
- -
-
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Imperative: Proposal
- -
- Total
61 100 Table 4.7 shows that text 2 applies indicative; declarative; proposition
100. 2.
Clause System Table 4.8 Type of Clause of Text 2
Type of Clause
Clause number Total
Minor Ellipsis
1, 2, 4 3
11 Major:
Simplex 3, 5, 11, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28.
11 39
Complex 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 27.
14 50
Total 28
100 Table 4.8 shows that text 2 consists of complex clauses 50, simplex
39 and Minor clauses 11. 3.
Type of Interdependence and Logico-Semantic Relation Table 4.9 Type of Interdependence and Logico-Semantic Relation of Text 2
Type of Logico- Semantic
Relation Type of Interdependency
Hypotactic Paratactic
Projection - Locution
“ 8c-8d=1, 9a-9b=1,
12c-12d=1, 14a- 14b=1.
19d-19e=1, 23a- 23b=1, 27a-27b=1.
- Idea ‘
- -
Expansion - Elaboration =
8b-8c=1, 14b-14c =1, 17b-17c=1, 19a-
19b=1, 22a-22b=1, 27b-27c=1.
-
- Extension + 7c-7d=1, 9c-9d=1,
19e-19f=1, 20b-
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14d=1, 19b-19c=1 20c=1
- Enhancement x
7a-7b=1, 8a-8b=1, 9b-9c=1, 10a-10b=1,
10b-10c=1, 10c- 10d=1, 12-12b=1,
12d-12e=1, 13a-13b, 13b-13c=1, 13c-
13d=1, 14d-14e=1, 17a-17b=1, 24a-
24b=1. 6a-6b=1, 7a-7c=1,
20a-20b=1, 23b- 23c=1.
Table 4.9 shows that text 2 has four hypotactic locutions, three paratactic locutions, six hypotactic elaborations, five hypotactic extensions, two
paratactic extensions, fourteen hypotactic enhancements and four paratactic enhancements.
4. Nominal Groups
Table 4.10 Nominal Groups of Text 2 Nominal
clause Clause number
total Complex
8ai, 9ai, 10div, 11ii iii, 13di, 14ci, 14eii, 15iii, 17ci,
18ii, 19ai, 22ai ii, 25 i ii, 26iii, 27bi.
18 27. 28
Simplex 3, 4, 5, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 7c,
7d, 8b, 9b, 9c, d, 10a, 10b, 10c, 12a, 12b, 12c,
12d, 12e, 13a, 13b, 13c, 14a, 14b, 16, 17a, 19b, 19c,
19d, 19e, 19f, 20a, 22b, 20c, 23a, 23b, 23c, 24a,
24b, 27a, 27b, 28. 48 72. 72
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100 Table 4.10 shows that text 2 is dominated by simplex nominal groups
72.72 and followed by complex nominal groups 27.28. 5.
Verbal Groups
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Nominal clause Clause number
Total Complex
12d, 14b, 14c, 16, 20a 5
8.06 Simplex
3, 5, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 8a, 8b, 8c,
8d, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 11, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12e,
13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 14a, 14d, 14e, 15, 17a,
17b, 17c, 18, 19a, 19b, 19c, 19d, 19e, 19f,
20b, 20c, 21, 22 a, 22b, 23a, 23b, 23c,
24a, 24b, 25, 26, 27a, 27b, 27c, 28.
57 91.94
Total 62
100 Table 4.11 shows that text 2 mostly consists of simplex verbal groups
91.94 and followed by complex verbal groups 8.06 . 6.
Modality 1.
Modulation There is no modulation in text 2 because all of the clauses only have
mood system which consists of indicative, declarative functioning proposition.
2. Modalization 3
Should we be smoke-
free… medium probability 6b
Should
smoking be banned… medium probability 10b
the London Health Commission will
begin… Medium probability
11
the result from internet poll… will be passed to… Medium
probability. 17a
the poll will
give Londoners… Medium probability 20a
we want to
give them… Medium probability 20c
whether smoking should or should
not be allowed… medium Probability
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it would
be a real improvement if smoking… Medium Probability
27b to say that a person cannot
smoke in a public… Low Probability.
7. Polarity
In this text II have positive and negative polarity since the text contains the finite elements, they are:
7a the debate is
set to split the capital… positive polarity
8a the biggest-ever survey about the contentious issue is launched this
week positive polarity
9b that seven out of 10 are
bothered by other… positive polarity
9c while around out of 10 have left or avoided a restaurant or pub as a
result positive polarity 12a though The Mayor
doesn’t have the power to introduce…
negative polarity
12d he says he is
committed to working with partner… positive polarity
16 In the UK, they are
also being considered by… positive polarity
19b which was
set up by the Mayor three years ago… positive polarity
19d smoking is something that affects all Londoners whether they
smoke or not positive polarity
21 arguments are
already raging in London’s bars positive polarity
22b which has smoking and no-
smoking zones… positive polarity 23b I
don’t like being surrounded by smoke negative polarity
25 even smokers I know
don’t like the smell of smoke when they are
eating negative polarity
27b to say that a person cannot smoke in a public place is, in my
opinion… positive polarity 28 obviously, that
isn’t fair negative polarity
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positive polarities. 8.
Descriptive and Attitudinal Lexis 1.
Descriptive Lexis Public places 6b, 8d, 12e, 27b, 27c
The capital 7b Public buildings 7d
Research 8b People 8d, 9b
Survey 9a Seven areas 18
Public health 19a, 19c Londoners 19e
Smoking and non-smoking zones 22b Real improvement 24a
2. Attitudinal Lexis
We follow in the footsteps of New York 7c The contentious issue 8a
Support a ban 8d Widening no smoking areas or introducing bans 10d
Smoking ban 12b, 15 Mayor ability 13c
Arguments 21 Infringement 27b
Obviously 28
9. Metaphors
1. Ideational Metaphors
7 The debate is set to split the capital…
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8b
following research which shows that three out of four …
9 The Mori survey, commissioned by pressure group Smoke Free
London, also showed that 10b the London Health Commission will begin
… 13a The Government could also decide
… 15 The survey follows the introduction of smoking bans
… 17
The poll will give Londoners the chance to say what level… 2.
Interpersonal Metaphors 3
should we be smoke-free? 6
… should smoking be banned from public places? 7
should we follow in the footsteps of New York and ban smoking in all public buildings?
14 … I look forward to hearing what the public wants done about
smoking in enclosed public places…
20 We want to give them the chance to have their say on whether smoking should or should not be allowed in a range of public
settings. 10.
Technicality and Nominalization a.
Technicality Debate 7a
Survey 8a, 9a Research 8b
Internet 11 Mayor 13c
Liberties 27b
b. Nominalization
Smoking 6b, 7d, 14c, 24b Decision 11
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Restrictions 13d, 17c Non-smoking zones 22a
Smoking zones 22a Improvement 24a
Infringement 27b Developer 26
11. Text Structure and Genre
Table 4.12 Text Structure of Text 2 Clause
Activity sequence Rhetorical function
Text structure
3, 6 Asking the readers
about the smoking ban that
–should we Londoners be smoke-
free or smoking be banned from public
places? Announce the title
by giving question to the readers.
Title
7 Stating the issue about
the debate held in London with the issue-
should we follow in the footsteps of New York
and ban smoking in all public buildings?
Giving more detail about the main point
of issue by giving the question to the
readers whether they support or not.
Issue
8-9 Stating the big survey
by Mory survey about the Londoner’s vote
that three out of four people support a ban in
public places and seven out of ten people are
bothered by other
people’s smoke. Giving the
information many Londoners agree to
follow the smoking ban.
10 Stating by the London
Health Commission will hold a vote on the
possibility of widening no smoking areas or
introducing bans across Giving the
information about the effort to
promote the smoking ban in
public.
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Supporting Point
11-14 Stating by the Big
Smoke Debate that introducing Ken
Livingstone, first mayor of London who
work to cut smoking in public places.
Giving the information about
the effort which done by Mr.
Livingstone to support the smoking
ban.
15-16 Stating the survey by
introducing the smoking ban in New
York, San Francisco and UK.
Giving more detail by showing the
example about the place which are
considered by smoking ban to
support the point of the argument 2.
17-18 Stating based on the
polling that Londoners will give the chance to
choose the level restriction in seven
areas; cafes, restaurants, pubs, and
bars. Giving more
information to support the point of
the argument 2
19 Stating by Len Duvall
of LHC was set up by the Mayor Ken
Livingstone to improve public health-smoking
is something that affects all Londoners
whether they smoke or not.
Giving more information about
Len Duval who help Ken Livingstone to
promote the health by avoiding the
smoking.
20-22 Stating by Len Duval
about the chance that will be given to
Londoners to decide whether they are
allowed smoking or not, especially in bars.
Giving more information to
support the point of the argument 3
23-25 Stating by one of the
Londoners –Miss
Hollamby- she does not like being surrounded
by smoke particularly in restaurant and she
Giving more detail by giving the
example to support the smoking should
be banned in public places. It support
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also do not like the smell of smoke when
they are eating. the point of
argument 3
26-28 Stating by the other
Londoners namely Dominic Woods, a
properly developer that he disagree if the
smoking is banned in public places, it is not
fair. Giving the
information by showing the
opposition point to support free
smoking in public places.
Contrastive point.
Table 4.12 shows that text 2 is belong to the Discussion Genre. It contains the title clause 3, 6, the issue 7 the arguments that support the issue
clause 8-25 and attract the issue 26-28. The writer does not present a recommendation as the conclusion of the text.
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12. Cohesion Lexical Strings TEXT 2
Figure 4.2 Lexical Strings of Text 2
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3 4
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6b 7a
7b 7c
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9b
Smoke
Rep
Smoking
Rep We
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We Banned
Co-hyp
Ban smoking
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Ban Public
Places
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Buildings Rep
Public Places
Co-hyp The debate
Co-hyp NewYork
Ant Survey
Co-hyp
Mory survey
3 out of 4 people
Mer 7 out of 10
4 out of 10
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Rep
smoking Syn
Government Rep
Bans Rep
Smoking ban
Co-hyp Restaurant
Or pub
Rep
Public places
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Enclosed public places
The big smoke debate
London
Mer Ant
Mory result
Syn
The result Hypo
Londoners Mer
The city
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2 million smokers
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LHC co-
hyp Ken L.
Syn The
mayor Syn
He rep
He
Syn
The mayor
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Mr. L. Smoking area
Ant
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Smoke Rep
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Rep Rep
We Rep
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Ant UK
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hyp Londoners
Syn They
Rep They
Rep Londoners
Rep They
Syn Them
Syn Their
Co-hyp Mer
Len D.
Non-smoking zone
Tammy H.
Syn
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28
Smoke Rep
Smoking Rep
Smoke
Rep
Smoke Syn
It Rep
Banned
Syn
That Smokers
Mer Person
Co-hyp
The smoking side
Miss H. Syn
I Rep
I Property
deliver Syn
Mr. woods
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13. Cohesion Conjunctive Relation text 2
Figure 4.4 Conjunctive Relation of Text 2
Internal and impadd
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3 4
5 6a
6b 7a
7b 7c
7d 8a
8b 8c
8d 9a
9b 9c
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Exppurp Expcond
Exppurp Exppurp
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Exppurp Exppurp
Expela to
and which
that that
while or
to though
to to
to to
what and
to to
what
London evening standard Standard.co.UK
Should we be smoke-free? By Ross Lydall, Evening Standard Last updated at
00:00am on 27.10.03 Add your view
Put it out: should smoking be banned from public places?
The debate is set to split the capital
– should we follow in the footsteps of New York
and ban smoking in all public buildings? The biggest-ever survey about the contentious issue
is launched this week, following research which shows
that three out of four people support a ban in public places - from pubs and bars to railway stations,
shopping centers and offices. The Mori survey, commissioned by pressure group
that seven out of 10 are bothered by other peoples while around four out of 10 have left or avoided a
restaurant or pub as a result.
Following the Mori results, the London Health Commission will begin asking Londoners tomorrow
to vote on the possibility of widening nonsmoking areas or introducing bans across the city.
The results from the internet poll - known as the Big Though the Mayor does not have the power
to introduce a smoking ban, he says he is committed to working with partners
to cut smoking in public places. The Government could also decide
to pass laws giving the Mayor the ability to introduce restrictions on the estimated two
million smokers in London. Mr Livingstone said: I look forward to hearing
what the public wants done about smoking in places and to working
to increase Londoners access to healthier, smoke- free venues.
The survey follows the introduction of smoking bans in bars and restaurants in New York and San
Francisco. to say
what level of restriction - if any - they want. They will be asked about seven areas - cafes, restaurants,
pubs and bars, shopping centres, railway stations, taxis and offices.
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19a 19b
19c 19d
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20c 21
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Expela Expela
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Expopp Exppurp
Exploc which
To that
whether
to
whether
which if
even but
to that
Len Duvall, chairman of the London Health Commission,
which was set up by the Mayor three years ago to improve public health, said: Smoking is
something that affects all Londoners
whether they smoke or not. We want to give them the chance
to have their say on whether smoking should or should not be allowed in a range of public settings.
Arguments are already raging in Londons bars. In Clapham Commons SW4 bar
which has smoking and no-smoking zones - Tammy Hollamby, a nursery nurse from Borough,
welcomed the idea of a ban. Miss Hollamby, 24, said: I dont like being
surrounded by smoke. It would be a real improvement
if smoking was banned altogether from certain places, particularly restaurants.
Even smokers I know dont like the smell of smoke when they are eating.
But on the smoking side of the bar, property developer Dominic Woods disagreed. Mr Woods,
To say that a person cannot smoke in a public place that individuals civil liberties. Obviously, that isnt
fair.
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C. Data Interpretation
1. Data Interpretation of Text 1
Jakarta to scrap smoking rooms in public places and buildings Based on the data descriptions of lexicogrammar, cohesion system, text
structure and genre, the tenor of the text can be analyzed. Tenor consists of status, affect and contact.
a. Status
Status means the relative position of interlocutor in a social hierarchy. Its basic opposition is between equal and unequal status, depending on the
social ranking of the participants Martin, 1992, p. 525-526. The participants inside text 1 are the 2005 bylaw on air pollution
control, Swisscontact Indonesia Foundation, University of Indonesia Demography Institute, head of law enforcement from BPLHD Ridwan
Panjaitan, and Tulus Abadi from Indonesia Consumer Protection Foundation YLKI.
The status between the writer, the reader, and the participants inside the text is equal. It can be seen through the use of MOOD system since it
reflects the same position of the writer. There is no proposal clause in the text since the writer does not use her role as ‘adviser’ who has greatest position. It
means that all of the clauses in this text are indicative, declarative functioning proposition clause due to the function of the text informing the issue to the
readers. The dominance of full indicative, declarative clauses indicates that the
text share a common focus on the giving of information. The writer tries to
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society in Jakarta will agree to extend the rule of smoking-ban law if the public do not smoke in infiltrating non-smoking areas. The total of indicative,
declarative, proposition is 100 .
b. Affect
Affect concerns to the degree of emotional charge in the relationship between the participants Martin 1992, p.525. Affect refers to the judgment of
the writer toward the case exposed and the participants involved in the text. The judgment itself can be positive or negative.
The degree of affect can be seen from the polarity analysis. This text is dominated by positive polarity and followed by negative polarity. The positive
polarity consists of five clauses such as in clause “that the non-smoking areas
were contaminated …” 8d, “when they were available” 8e, “but he was
confident the entertainment ”11d, “93 percent of the respondents were aware
of the regulations ” 13b, and “after the ban is imposed” 14e. It means that
the writer employs the positive judgment toward the issue presented in the text. The writer also carries positive tendency by showing the support of
smoking ban in public spaces to the readers. Besides, the text has negative polarity which is applied in clause “that smoking rooms in buildings do not
stop smoke…”5c, “that people are not allowed…”9b. Although this text applies the negative polarity, it is actually only to show the fact that there are
still many people who did not obey the rule of smoking ban. Therefore, the
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obey the rule to avoid the smoking in public spaces. The judgment toward the participants The Jakarta Environment
Management Board BPLHD, the 2005 bylaw on air pollution control, Swisscontact Indonesia Foundation, University of Indonesia Demography
Institute, and Consumer Protection Foundation YLKI is obviously positive. In this case, the writer attempts to give detail information about the
participant’s effort through giving the facts that they support the issue. By the nominal group system, the illustration about the express
ing of the speaker’s attitude will be known. These facts can be found in some clauses, such as
“… don‟t stop smoke [Infiltrating non-smoking areas]” 5c, “people [working in
the buildings] ” 7a, “…of facilities [namely public transportation, healthcare
b uildings, schools, children‟s areas and places of worship” 9c, “According
to a survey [by BPLHD and the Swiss contact Indonesia Foundation with the University of Indonesia Demography Institute, [that 96 percent of
respondents]] supported the plan for 100 percent free]” 12b, The survey
comprised 65 percent females and 34 percent males “[aged 20-49 years old
[with education background of Senior High School and above]] ” 16, etc.
Those examples indicate that the writer shows the positive judgment toward the issue since the participants show the positive tendency to solve the
smoking in public places. Furthermore, the positive judgment can be detected through the
employment of modality expression. There are low and medium probability
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e low probability are applied in clauses “people working in the building can still smoke” 7a and “the new regulation could spark
opposition in night club…” 11c. However, the readers are also known by some clauses seem like giving a negative opinion, but they still show the
positive judgment. Those clauses actually only give more fact to support the previous clause that is stated by BLHD as the Environment Management in
Jakarta will revise the 2005 law on air pollution since there are still people who do not allow to smoke in five types of facilities, such as public
transportations, healthcare buildings, schools, children’s areas and train stations. Moreover, the medium probability in this text presents the positive
judgment. It can be proved by applying the positive tendency to support the issue, for example in the clauses
“the city will extend the smoking…” 5a, “his office would revise the 2005 by law air pollution…” 7a, “the smoking
free regulation would be imposed on all…”8b, etc.
Furthermore, the judgment from the writer to the readers can be seen through the attitudinal. The employment of attitudinal lexis of text 1 are Free
regulation, supported the plan, not be allowed to smoke, encourage implementation, we hope prestige and shame, more effective than law
enforcement, stern sanctions, and affect them for a while. Those clauses show that the judgment from the writer to the readers is positive. The writer wants to
give much positive side of the issue, for example by saying supported the plan, and implicitly it shows that the writer wants the readers have the same
judgment that is the positive judgment.
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wants to describe detail information about the issue. The descriptive lexis in this text is presented by the terms; smoking rooms, public places, public
buildings, non-smoking areas, office, people, Monday, laboratory test, law on air pollution control, five types of facilities, new regulation, night clubs, bars,
and restaurants, food industry, survey, public closed areas, females, males, and public buses and minivans. By applying descriptive lexis in text 1, the
writer expresses and describes the experiential reality to the readers in order to have similar opinion with the writer.
In addition, the positive judgment can be seen through the genre that is the Exposition genre. In this case, the writer mentions that the smoking should
be banned in the public places. The writer also tries to explore and describe detail by giving some facts about the smoking occurring in public places in
Jakarta. Implicitly, the writer tends to judge positively toward the issue by taking more positive arguments in the text.
c. Contact
Martin says that contact concerns the degree of involvement among interlocutors 1992, p. 528. Contact is divided into two, such as involved and
uninvolved contact depending on a number of factors influencing the familiarity of participants with other. Moreover, contact relates to the degree
of language familiarity applied by the writer in exposing the issue. It evaluates the language used in the text whether the language is familiar or not
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system, clause system, metaphor system, lexis system, and text structure. The contact of this text seems to be familiar. It can be seen from the
clause system. The text consists of simplex clauses 68, complex clause 16 and followed by minor clauses 4. The use of minor clauses is still easy to
comprehend. Minor clause functions giving detail information about location of the issue. Complex and simplex clauses relate to the logical relation as
proved in conjunction relation. The use of complex clauses implies the use of explicit logical relation while the simplex group implies the use of implicit
logical relation that requires high ability to understand the text. Due to the level of
The Jakarta Post‟s readers this kind of relations does not give many difficulties for the readers to understand. The use of hypotactic and paratactic
enhancement in the text also made the text easy to understand since the sequences of the event is clear and the content can be caught clearly by the
reader. Contact is related to the degree of nature of involvement of the
participants. Poynton in An Introduction to Systemic Functional linguistics book by Suzanne Eggins says that actually there are correlations between
contact and the choice of vocatives 2004, p. 65. Vocative or term of address is the words that people call each other. The status is called equal when the
vocative is reciprocal and unequal if the vocative is non-reciprocal. Text 1 has two kinds of vocatives: ‘he’ and the possessive pronoun ‘his’ and ‘we’ is used
in some clauses such as ‘He said the smoking free regulation would be
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Jakarta Environment Management Board BPLHD head of law enforcement Ridwan Panjaitan said his office would revise the 2005 gubernatorial decree
to do this” 6, and “We will also publish data on buildings that breach the regulation in the mass media” 19. The clause number six shows that equal
status since the writer call Ridwan P. without title like mister, etc. The writer uses those vocatives in her some clauses aims to show the equality status
between her and the participants inside the text. The writer does not apply any advice, force, and dictate to the participants inside the text. Besides, the use of
“we” creates the intimate communication between the writer and the readers. This is the one strategy to persuade the readers in order to follow the writer’s
mind. From the analysis of group system, the text is dominated by simplex
nominal group 76.27 and simplex verbal group 98.21. It indicates that the text is easy to be understood by the readers since the writer describes the
sequences of event in simple ways. There are also some complex nominal and verbal groups in the text with embedded functioning as qualifier. It means that
the text is still easy to understand since the target readers are well-educated people who master English.
Furthermore, the employment of technicality and nominalization is also influent of the text whether the text is easy or not. The use of technicality
in the text are headline, laboratory test, pollution, industry, survey, mass media and the use of nominalization such as smoking room, smoking ban, non-
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areas, enforcement,
regulation, entertainment,
education, implementation, assessment. All those terms are familiar in the smoking case
so that the readers who mostly are educated people will not find difficulties in understanding the technicality and nominalization presented in the text.
The Jakarta Post is an influential newspaper oriented towards local English-speaking expatriates and the diplomatic community. The background
of The Jakarta Post readers is people who have high educational level and they belong to middle and high level of social background. In short, the readers of
The Jakarta Post are capable of understanding the text constructed in solid and written style.
Besides, this text has some ideational metaphors that also can measure the level of understanding a text. The employment of the metaphor is “Jakarta
to scrap smoking rooms…” 3, “the city will extend the smoking ban in public places and buildings
” 5a, “that smoking rooms in buildings do not stop smoke…” 5c, “his office would revise the 2005 gubernatorial decree 6b,
“the 2005 by law on air pollution states…” 9a, “the survey said…” 13a, “the survey revealed…” 14a, “the survey comprised 65 percent females and
34 percent males…” 16, “a building will then be given one of four ratings…” 18 “the city should impose stern sanctions…” 21b. The
presence of those ideational in the text does not make the text difficult to comprehend since the readers of the Jakarta Post are educated people who
master English. Those metaphors are used by the writer since she wants to make variation in expressing her ideas.
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consisting of lexical string and conjunctive relation. It aims to measure whether the text is cohesive or not. The lexical strings of the text 1 consist of
repetition, synonymy, antonym, meronymy, and co-hyponymy. The repetition are shown by term: the Jakarta post 1
– the Jakarta post 5a – the Jakarta post 23b, smoking rooms 3
– smoking rooms 5b – smoking rooms 8d – smoking rooms 13a, public places 3
– public places 5c – public places 10, buildings 3
– buildings 5a – buildings 5b – buildings 7a – buildings 7
– buildings 8b – buildings 17c – buildings 18 – buildings 19a, non-smoking areas 5c
– non-smoking areas 13d, smoke 5c – smoke 7a
– smoke 7b – smoke 9c – smoke 13d, BPLHD 6a – BPLHD 12b, he 7c
– he 11b – he 11d – he 17b, the ban 14e. Repetition is used when a lexis term is repeated. In this case, repetition is to emphasize freedom
of expression and conflict that is discussed in the text. The use of synonymy is
to describe the issue clearer and to avoid monotonous word since the text uses various words which have similar meaning. The employment synonymy in the
text, such as Jakarta 3 – the city 5a, BPLHD 6a – his office 6b, smoking
ban 5a – the ban 14e, people 7b – they 8e. The use of antonym aims to
show one side opinion as the reason to show another one that may have more important information. The employment of antonym of this text is non-
smoking ban 5c – smoking area 8d. However, the use of the meronymy is
to show the part and whole relation which applies more specific part in the text so that it makes clearer. The employment of meronymy of this text are
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– public closed-area 13d. Moreover, the use of co- hyponymy in the text is to show the relation of class of words included into
the same class. The writer wants to give clear explanation to the case. The employment of co-hyponymy of this text is public closed-area 13d
– public buses and minivan 24b
– city mall 25. Due to the use of meronymy and co- hyponymy, the writer can easily explore the idea in broader language use.
Furthermore, the employment of explicit conjunctions is to connect information in the text that makes the logic of text is easy and clear to
comprehend. The explicit conjunctions of this text are temporal clause 5b, 8e, 14e, locution clause 5c, 8d, 9b, 13d, 14b, 19b, purpose clause 6c, 9c, 14d,
17c, 17d, 21c, opposition clause 7b, 11d reason clause 8c, addition clause 13c, and condition clause 14c . The use of implicit conjunction is to
link the ideas within sentences. The implicit conjunctions of this text are locution clause 6b, 8b, 11b, 11c, 12b, 13b, 14f, 17b, 20a, 23a, 24b, and
addition clause 11e, 11f, 20b. Although there are some implicit conjunctions that come out in text 1, it still shows that the text is easy to comprehend since
the target readers are educated people who do not get difficulties in understanding English.
In addition, text structure also supports the familiarity of the text. The text structure of text 1 consists of title, thesis, and supporting points. The text
begins with the title; then it is followed by the thesis that describes the issue being discussed in the text. The next step is only supporting points presented
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writer also gives many facts and elaborations to support the thesis of the issue.
2. Data interpretation of Text 2
Should we be smoke-free? Based on the data descriptions of lexicogrammar, cohesion system, text
structure and genre, the tenor of text 2 can be analyzed. Tenor consists of status, affect and contact.
a. Status
Status means the degree of relationship among the participants. Its basic opposition is between equal and unequal status, depending on the social
ranking of the participants Martin, 1992, p. 525-526. The participants in this text are the writer, the reader, and the participants inside the text.
Based on the analysis of lexicogrammar, the status among participants is equal. The participants in text 2 are Smoke Free London, London Health
Commission, Big smoke debate, and the government. In this text, the status between the writer and the participants inside the
text is equal. It can be built from the MOOD system. The text is dominated by indicative, declarative clauses which indicate that these clauses are in the form
of statement, for example Mr. Livingstone said: I look forward to hearing what the public wants done about smoking in enclosed public places and to
working to increase Londoners access to healthier, smoke-free venues. The writer provides the statement given by Mr. Livingston who wants to hear the
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the readers to know and consider avoiding smoke in public places. The proposition clauses included in the text are used to give description about the
effort which was done by the participants to ban the smoking in public places.
b. Affect
Affect concerns with the degree of emotional charge in the relationship between the participants Martin 1992, p.525. Affect refers to the positive or
negative judgment of the writer toward the case exposed and the participants involved in the text.
Affect can be seen from the writer judgment to the case and the writer to the readers. It can be detected through the polarity analysis. This text is
dominated by positive polarity and followed by negative polarity. The positive polarity consists of 11 clauses they are in clause
“the debate is set to split the capital…” 7a, the biggest-ever survey about the contentious issue is
launched this week” 8a, “that seven out of 10 are bothered by other…” 9b, “while around out of 10 have left or avoided a restaurant or pub as a result”
9c, “he says he is committed to working with partner…” 12d, “In the UK, they are also being considered by…” 16, “which was set up by the Mayor
three years ago…” 19b, “smoking is something that affects all Londoners whether they smoke or not” 19d, “arguments are already raging in
London‟s bars” 21, “which has smoking and no-smoking zones…” 22b. “to say that a person cannot smoke in a public place is, in my opinion…”
27b. It means that the writer employs the positive judgment to the readers.
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support of smoking ban in public spaces in London. Besides, the text has negative polarity which is applied in
clause “I don’t like being surrounded by smoke” 23b, “even smokers I know don’t
like the smell of smoke when they are eating” 25. Although, the writer
applies the negative polarity, it has positive judgment to support the smoking ban in public places in London. Those clauses show that a Londoner gives
argument that she does not like surrounding and smelling of smoke. However the negative polarity in clause
though The Mayor doesn‟t have the power to introduce…” 12a also indicates that positive judgment toward the issue. The
mayor Ken Livingstone of London Health Commission doesn’t have power to
introduce smoking ban to Londoners so the government help him to do this. There are another negative polarity clause that is shown in the term
“obviously, that isn‟t fair” 28. It is different from the other negative polarity since the clause indicates the negative judgment toward the issue. The writer
puts her negative assessment to show disagreement toward the case in some clauses. The clause argues that the smoking ban should not be banned in
public places since it relates to the individual’s civil liberties. The writer provides the negative polarity to fulfill the discussion text that is in the form of
demanding information, ‘should smoking be banned from public places?’. It conclude that text 2 still belongs to positive judgment between the writer and
toward the issue since the writer provides more positive side while the negative side is applied in weakness opinion.
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London, London Health Commission, Big smoke debate, and the government is positive. In this case, the writer tries to provide detail information about the
participants inside the text to support the smoking ban in the public areas. By the nominal group system, the illustration about the expressing of the
speaker’s attitude will be proved. These facts can be supported in some clauses, such as
“the survey follows the introduction of smoking bans [in bars and restaurants]” 15, “They will be asked about seven areas [cafes,
restaurants, pubs and bars, shopping centres, railway stations, taxis and offices
]” 18, etc. Those clauses indicate that the writer provides the positive judgment toward the issue since the participants show the positive tendency to
solve the smoking in public places in London. The positive judgment can be detected through the employment of
modality expression. The low and medium probability is also applied in this text; they are in clause
“should we be smoke-free…” 3, “should smoking be banned…” 6b, “the London Health Commission will begin…” 10b, “the
result from internet poll… will be passed to…” 11, “we want to give
them…” 20, “whether smoking should or should not be allowed…” 20c, and
“it would be a real improvement if smoking…” 24a. The writer expresses the positive judgment toward the case. Those clauses indicate that
participants in the text provide many ways to introduce smoking ban in society.
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positive judgment from the view of the writer to the reader through the attitudinal lexis. The employment of the attitudinal lexis can be found in the
clauses we follow in the footsteps of New York, the contentious issue, support a ban, widening no smoking areas or introducing bans, smoking ban. The
writer provides the supporting issue by giving the positive information in the text. However, the clause contentious issue and infringement shows negative
judgment toward the issue. The writer applies the participant that they do not agree avoiding smoking ban. He said that the smoking bans will disturb the
individual’s civil liberties. It concludes that in the case of judgment seen from the use of attitudinal lexis, the judgment between the writer toward the issue is
negative by showing the disagreement case while the judgment between the writer to the readers is positive since the writer aims to show more positive
side in her text. Furthermore, the judgment between the writer and the readers can be
seen from the descriptive lexis. The employment of descriptive lexis in the text indicates that the writer wants to describe the same experiential reality to
make clear information without giving any opinion. The descriptive lexis in this text is presented by the terms; Public places, the capital, public buildings,
research, people, survey, seven areas, public health, Londoners, smoking and non-smoking zones, real improvement.
In addition, text 2 presents the discussion genre as deciding whether the text is positive or negative judgment to the readers. In the text structure,
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places?
”. It aims to make the readers consider their own opinion that the
smoking should be banned in public places or not. The next step the writer applies two different opinions in its structure text; support and contrast
argument. Text 2 is dominated by support argument 8-9, 10, 11-14, 15-16, 17-18, 19, 20, 20-22, 23-25 and followed by contrast argument 26-28. The
dominantly of support argument that is presented in this text indicate the writer wants the readers to have same judgment since the writer only applies
the weakness contrast argument. However, the contrastive argument is used by the writer to show her negative argument toward the issue. In short, the
readers implicitly will know the smoking in public areas is needed to be banned, although the writer does not provide any recommendation in her text.
3.
Contact
Contact concerns to the degree of involved and uninvolved among participants. It means that contact relates to the familiarity of participants with
other. Contact can be realized through cohesion system, grouping system, clause system, metaphor system, lexis system, and text structure.
Contact is related to the degree of nature of involvement of the participants. The involvement between the writer and the readers in this text is
infrequent. The intimacy between the writer and the readers is far. The writer uses title plus sure name such as mayor, Mr., Miss, etc in addressing to the
participants in the text and she does not show “I” to call herself. Those vocatives are employed in clauses
“following the Mori results, the London
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possibility of widening no smoking areas or i ntroducing bans across the city”
10, “Though the Mayor does not have the power to introduce a smoking
ban” 12, he says he is committed to “Mr. Livingstone said: I look forward to hearing what the public wants done about smoking in enclosed public
…” 14, and
“Miss Hollamby, 24, said: I dont like being surrounded by smoke” 23.
The use of address form “we” in clause “we want to give them the chance to have their say on whether smoking should or should not be allowed
in a range of public settings ” 20 only indicates that the writer tries to share
same experience and knowledge to the readers dealing with the case. The text is categorized into familiarity language. It is supported by
clause system. This text consists of simplex clauses 50, complex clauses 39 and followed by minor clauses 11. Minor clauses in this text show that
the text is easy to comprehend since the clause functioning to give detail information about the location of the issue. The use of complex clauses
implies the use of explicit logical relation while the simplex clauses indicate the use of implicit logical relation that requires high ability to understand the
text. This text is taken from the dominant regional evening newspaper for London and the southeast of England which covers national and international
news, so this kind of relations does not give many difficulties for the readers to understand.
Further, the text provides technicality and nominalization which also give the role in deciding a text whether easy or not to be understood. The
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mayor, and liberties while the nominalization are smoking decision, government, restrictions, improvement, infringement, developer. The less of
technicality and nominalization gives the readers will not find the difficulties in understanding the text.
London Evening Standard is a free local daily newspaper published on Monday - Friday. It is dominant regional evening newspaper for London and
surrounding area. It covers national and international news. The background of London Evening Standard readers is people who use English as the main
language, so they do not have difficulties to comprehend the meaning of text. Besides, this newspaper covers many important columns, such as politics and
social scene. It indicates that the readers of this newspaper are middle to upper class of educated people.
Contact can be detected through cohesive system analysis. Its system aims to measure whether the text is cohesive or not. The first cohesive system
is lexical string. Text 2 provides repetition, synonymy, antonym, meronymy, and co-hyponymy. The repetition for example is shown by terms of: smoke 3
– smoking 6b – smoking 12e – smoking 14c – smoking 19d – smoke 19f
– smoking 20c – smoke 23c – smoking 24b – smoke 27c. The repetitions
above indicate that the issue concerns in one topic “the smoking” so that the words come out in the most clauses of inside the text. The use of
synonymy is to describe the issue clearer and to avoid monotonous word since the text uses various words which have similar meaning. The employment
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– the capital 7b – the government 13a, people 8d
– Londoners 10c – the city 10d – the public 14c. The use of antonym purposes to apply one side opinion as the reason to show another side
opinion which may have more important information. The employment of antonym of this text is smoking area 10d
– non-smoking zone 22a. However, the use of meronymy and co-hyponymy purpose to explore the idea
in language use, such as public places 6b – restaurant or pub 9c, survey
8a – Mory survey 9a.
Text 2 is dominated by simplex nominal groups 72.72 and simplex verbal groups 91.94. It is categorized in easy text since the text is arranged
by simple sequence of events. However, the complex nominal 27.28 and verbal groups 8.06 presented in the text are embedded functioning as
qualifier. It means that the text is still easy to understand since the target readers do not have difficulties in using language.
The employment of ideational and interpersonal metaphor in this text is also influent to measure whether the text is easy or not to be understood.
The ideational metaphor in this text does not make the text difficult to comprehend since the readers of the London Evening Standard newspaper are
English-speaking expatriates and the diplomatic community in London. Those metaphors are used by the writer since she wants to make variation in
expressing her ideas. The ideational and the interpersonal metaphors are for example applied
in the clauses “The Mori survey, commissioned by pressure group Smoke Free London, also showed that
…” 9, “the London Health
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…” 10b, “… should smoking be banned from public places?” 6, “should we follow in the footsteps of New York and ban
s moking in all public buildings?” 7.
Further, explicit and implicit conjunction in text 2 relates to the connection information in the text. It logically makes the text is clear to
comprehend and link the ideas between one sentence to another sentences. The explicit conjunctions of this text are purpose, addition, elaboration,
temporal, alternative, locution, and condition. Another side of the implicit conjunction comes out in this text, such as addition, purpose, and locution. It
still shows that the text is easy to comprehend since the target readers belong to English speaker.
The last system to know the familiarity of the text is presented by genre and its text structure. The writer applies the supporting points is stronger
than the contrastive point. It is signed that the writer implicitly wants to stand on one side of the issue. This structure is applied in simple ways and sequence
steps starting from the title, followed by supporting points and finally applied the contrastive point without giving recommendation. It concludes that the text
has high familiarity and readability even the target readers use English as their language.
D. DISCUSSION