as a senser. It is just a description and identification.
2.3. Tenor of discourse of dialogue 2. 1.
Lexicogrammatical analysis of dialogue 2
Interpersonal meanings Interpretation
Mood selections: Interrogative
Who is, What is
Declarative:
he is, he is feeding There are two kinds of mood selections
applied in the dialogue. They are interrogative and declarative mood. The first w-h question
“who is that man?” uses attributive process “is”. It shows that the answer expected is the
missing piece of information denoted by the w- h word. Such question “who is the man?”
expects the answer to be the supplying of information. It demands information. The
need of supplying information is about the man. The supplying information is that “the
man” refers to “the father”. However, the declarative mood applied in the dialogue also
indicates that the dialogue focuses on giving information. Sinta, the doer in the dialogue
supplies information to fulfill the missing piece of information. Sinta’s proposition “He is my
father” and “he is feeding his dog” signal the supplying information given by the participant
in the dialogue. The former utterance indicates relational process and the latter indicates
material process.
2. Contextual description of dialogue 2
Tenor of Discourse Interpretation
Agentive or societal roles:
Student and Student
Status:
Equal
Social Distance:
Minimal The dialogue is performed by two students.
They are Santi and Sinta. It can also be said that the participants are between student and
student. In addition, they are friends. The following is part of the conversation between
Santi and Sinta. Santi : What is he doing?
Sinta : He is feeding his dog The above part of the conversation shows
that between the students who ask the question and who answer such question are the same in
power, thus, it can be said that the status between those students is equal. In addition,
The two students seem close and the speech is familiar, so the social distance is minimal.
They use everyday language. No technical term is used in the dialogue. The language which is
used in the dialogue is simple and It portrays an interactive language.
2.4. Mode of discourse of dialogue 2 1. Lexicogrammatical Analysis of dialogue