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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
This chapter reports the findings of analysis and discussions concerning on the analysis of metafunction meanings in students‘ recount texts of the eighth grade of
SMP 2 Kudus in academic year of 20142015. This analysis answered the research question on what interpersonal meaning, ideational meaning and textual meaning
are realized in students‘ recount texts. Therefore, the researcher analyzed three meanings in this chapter; those are MOOD and modality analysis realizing
interpersonal meaning, Transitivity analysis realizing ideational meaning, and Theme and Rheme analysis realizing textual meaning.
4.1 MOOD and Modality Analysis Realizing Interpersonal Meaning
People use language to interact with other people to establish a relationship between people who are speaking now and who will speak next; they attempt to
express interpersonal meaning. Interpersonal meaning is realized in the system of MOOD and modality. Mood structure forms in some patterns of clause types. The
typical mood clause is declarative MOOD, Interrogative MOOD, Imperative MOOD, and Exclamative MOOD. The element of mood consists of Subject and
Finite. This analysis deals with the students‘ recount texts of junior high school
students. Thus, it is broken down into MOOD analysis which analyzed mood type, Subject and Finite, and modality analysis.
4.1.1 Mood Types
Based on Gerot and Wignell, there are 4 types of mood in interpersonal meaning; those are declarative, interrogative, exclamative, and imperative mood
types. Based on the table 4.1, the researcher found the dominant mood type in all students‘ recount texts is declarative Mood types. Below is the explanation about
the findings. Table 4.1 Data Summary of Mood Types Analysis
Mood type Mood element
Sum of Analyzed
Items Percentage
Declarative SubjectFinite
636 100
Interrogative FiniteSubject
- WhSubjectFinite
- WhFiniteSubject
- Exclamative
WhSubjectFinitePredicator -
Imperative SubjectFinite
- Incomplete
-
Total 636
100
4.1.1.1 Declarative Mood Types
Based on the table above, there are 636 clauses in all students‘ recount texts which are categorized as the declarative mood type. The percentage of
declarative mood type in the students‘ recount texts is 100. It indicates that the students tried to make statements and to give information. The students tried to
give information to the readers about their experiences in form of recount texts. Here are some examples of declarative mood type in the students‘ recount texts.
1 Then my younger sister and I played in there. cl.11, text 2
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