Table 4.12: Number and Percentage of Reactions in the Discourse Text of the Young Generation of Tionghoa Ethnic Speak Indonesian
Kind of reactions
Number and Percentage of Reactions BU-1
BU-2 BU-3
SS-1 SS-2
SS-3 WS-1
WS-2 J
P J
P J
P J
P J
P J
P J
P J
P
Mental Process 0 15
50 7
87,5 4 66,7
6 54,5
3 50
15 50
4 66,
Epithet 11
73,3 2
6,7 2
6,7 Modality
4 26, 7 1
3,3 1
3,3 Euphenism
11 36,7
1 12,5 1
16,7 1
9,1 1
16.7 11
36,7 1
16, Connotative
1 3,3
1 16,7
4 36,4
2 33.3
1 3,3
1 16,
Total 15
100 30
100 8
100 6
100 11
100 6
100 30
100 6
100
4.1.3 Textual
Function of
the Discourse
Text of
Tionghoa Ethnic
Textual function in the text is marked by the presence of themes and hair. The theme serves as a marker reason act followed by hair and other themes. Identifying themes and hair will be
focused on the presence of a common theme, and the unusual theme. The common and unusual themes can appear in all types of clauses so that identification will be carried out on all of the
clauses contained in the Indonesian language text and the English text. The results of the identification of themes in the text to be used as research material is
presented in the table 4.15 below:
Table 4.15: Number of Common Theme and Unusual Theme in the Discourse Text of Young Generation of Tionghoa Ethnic Indonesian Language
No. The
source of text
Number of Theme Theme Percentage
TL TTL
TL +
TTL TL
TTL TL
+ TTL
1 BU-1 BIN 33
22 55
60 40
100 2 BU-2 BIN
16 15
31 51,6
48,4 100
3 BU-3 BIN 14
23 37
37,8 62,2
100 4 SS-1 BIN
23 18
41 56,1
43,9 100
5 SS-2 BIN 16
24 40
40 60
100 6 SS-3 BIN
22 17
34 64,7
35,3 100
7 WS-1 BIN 72
97 169
42,6 57,4
100 8 WS-2 BIN
18 52
70 25,7
74,3 100
9 WS-3 BIN 13
27 40
32,5 67,5
100
4.2 Level description
4.2.1 Tionghoa ethnic education institution in Medan
The language metafunction research is focused on word text of Tionghoa ethnic young generation in Medan. Word text written by the young generation on imlek word that
celabrated by Tionghoa ethnic. On the contrary, young generation in this research is focused on learning in SMA level and taking place in Medan. The young generation that get student
status exist in 3 education institution, those are Budi Utomo, Sutomo, and Wahidin Sudirohusodo.
First, SMA Budi Utomo, Medan. Before 1975, nor educational institution of Budi Utomo is actually educational institution of Abadi Jaya. It take palce in street according to
the name’s founder Budi Utomo association that is Jalan Wahidin No.8 A Medan. Abadi Jaya’s school building is semipermanent or we can call state of emergency, because walls in
every classes local is just limited by boards that can be open when they hold ceremony or reception. Because the crossbeam of spreating among the classes isn’t too solid and strong,
so it can influence learning procces, esspecially because student voises or when the teacher explain in class so of course the voise of the teacher will be heared by another class while do
learning procces too. Furthemore, there are 50 students in every class fifty, that is bad condition because the good class condition is in every class just 35 thirty five up to 40
forty students. The school name of Abadi Jaya is changed to Budi Utomo since there was instuction
from Laksus Pangkopkamtib region I, with letter “Instruction Implementer Team Radiogram Laksus Pangkopkamtib region I No.TR 589HanwilII1973, No. 32teamInst.
Laksus74 Date 10 january 1974, about wipping outgoing down merk board and changing the new educational institution name that before from speciall project national school
SNPK in North Sumatera. Because publishing instruction of changing the name of speciall project national school, so Abadi Jaya’s educational institution as one of speciall project
national school via requesting to Assimilation Implementer Helper Team in North Sumatera provinc
e essence in Medan, Date 26 November 1973 estimate proposal for Abadi Jaya’s educational institution name, that was Budi Utomo.
The background of using Budi Utomo’s name as the name of educational institution that using with reasons that can be recieved by Assimilation Implementer Helper Team in
North Sumatera province essence. Because of that, education department and civilization of North Sumatera province sugest to ex school of speciall project to search nationalist name.
In celebration of using Budi Uto mo’s name as Abadi Jaya’s name changing
educational institution. So on 5
th
December 1975, educational institution do certificate of notary by notary Agoes Salim, so because of that,Budi Utomo’s name is celebrated as the
name of educational institution. Since changing the name of Abadi Jaya become Budi
