Personal and Possessive Pronoun

Table 4.15. The Distribution of Pronoun „We‟ from the First and Second Address Address Pronoun „We‟ Sample Sentence A Inclusive 54 36. This is the journey we continue today. XI, a 44. We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. XV, a Exclusive 8 75. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense. XX, a 76. And for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken -- you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you. XX, a B Inclusive 66 57. But we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war; who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friends -- and we must carry those lessons into this time as well. XVII, b 67. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. XXI, b Exclusive 2 62. We will support democracy from Asia to Africa, from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom.XIX, b 63. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice –- not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes: tolerance and opportunity, human dignity and justice. XIX, b The inclusive ‗we‘ is chosen for addressing what Obama wants. The distance between Obama and the audience is greatly shortened regardless of their disparity in age, social status and professions, etc. It permits both Obama and the citizen to come into the same arena and make them feel close to his points so that it can make them sense that they share a common objective. He maintains and promotes equality among the citizen altogether. The sense of equality intensely persuade the audience to share the same proposal that is to take actions to go through the challenges in issues of war, environment and energy crisis, and the financial crisis. The exclusive ‗we‘, on the other hand, is the way Obama defines the line between America as a nation home and other country abroad. So the exclusive ‗we‘ is mostly used in addressing the discourse of international political affairs. It is a way to differentiate how America acts upon other nations. They appear in small portion in the address for a reason. The reason is that Obama see how the strength of America lies on the economic growth at home rather than abroad. There is also a significant use of possessive pronoun ‗our‘. The table shows the use of ‗our‘ is about 74,2 in the first address and 85 in the second address . The use of ‗our‘ inclusively binds the Obama as a president and the citizen. Obama can freely attach things, events, and ideas so that they belong to all American. This sense of belonging helps Obama to drive the people into the desired attitude that is purposed as a form of obedience to the government parameter. Possessive ‗our‘ attached to a slightly different way in both addresses. ‗Our‘ is attached to the nominalized beliefs and to the noun describing event related to crisis. Within this choice of linguistic feature, Obama promotes the Optimism throughout the citizen despite the difficulties they may face during the process of resolving crises. Table 4.16. The Distribution of Pronoun „Our‟ from the First and Second Addresses Our + N Address A Address B Amount Amount Nominalization of Idea 40 58 55 72 Sample N Ancestor, forebear, nation, land, liberty, history, way of life Democracy, faith, creed, conscience, founding document, most ancient value, individual freedom Nominalization of Crisis 29 42 21 28 Sample N Economy, health care, school, commerce, system, business, gross domestic product Tax code, deficit, planet, crop land, obligations, workers Total 69 100 76 100 What can be inferred about the use of ‗our‘ from the table is a salient proof that Obama takes more consideration on the ideas rather than the crises. However, this strategy allows the ideological notion to be easily absorbed in the mind of the people. It is need to be easy since the ideology will base the attitude and how people react to the crises because more talking on ideals will raise a positive attitude while dwelling in critical issues could possibly grow a social anxiety which later contribute instability during his term of office.

3. Textual Function

Textual function is the last meta-function that is considered to be an aspect in the systemic functional analysis. The textual function is the use of language to signify discourse. Textual function deals with the identification of Theme from the string of the constituents in the clause. So analysis of thematic structure is concerned with Theme, and Rheme, or the old and new information structure or topic and comment where any component in a clause like Subject, Predicator, Complement or circumstantial Adjunct can be made as topic and be placed in thematic position or the beginning of the clause which is more significant than other locations in a sentence. The choice of Theme appears to be a key factor for the success of organizing clauses to become unified in text. In relation to the general question of the function Theme performs in address texts, one function of Theme would seem to be the organization of the message. Theme also binds the ideational and interpersonal meanings. Thus, it is closely connected with discourse coherence. A boundary is needed in the analysis of theme to meet the demand of the aim of this writing. Here, the theme analysis is done at the level of the independent clause that shows paratactic logical relation since it signalizes the introduction of new idea. The findings drawn on the table exposes how Obama builds the information structure and the analysis below shows what he insists in doing so. The themes are identified and categorized by it semantic function following the Halliday and Mat thiessen‘s 2004 list of conjunctives adjunct and Thompson‘s 1996 list of circumstantial adjunct. Table 4.17. Theme in Obama‟s First Inaugural Address Theme Type Textual Theme Interpersonal Theme Marked theme Meaning Additive: 26 Adversative: 9 Causal: 5 Variative: 1 Vocative: 2 Projecting: 9 Usuality: 2 Location, Time: 8 Extent, Time: 1 Cause, Behalf: 10 Cause, Purpose: 2 Cause, Reason: 3 Contingency: 6 Manner, Means: 3 Matter: 3 Accompaniment, Comitative: 1 Total 41 13 37 Table 4.18. Theme in Obama‟s Second Inaugural Address Theme Type Textual Theme Interpersonal Theme Marked theme Meaning Additive: 17 Adversative: 8 Causal: 7 Vocative: 2 Projecting: 17 Usuality: 1 Location, Time: 3 Location, Place: 1 Contingency: 5 Manner, Means: 1 Manner Quality: 3 Role, Guise: 2 Accompaniment, Comitative: 3 Total 32 20 18 The themes in both addresses are found to give special status to the chosen part of the clause. Obama applies the themes to organize the ideas so his aims in a discourse are incorporated. There is similarity between the themes used in the first and those used in the second address. The similarity lies on the choice of theme and the emphasis on certain discourse. The significance from the uses of the themes is explained part by part in the following sections.

a. Textual Theme

The textual theme helps linking the ideas in the clauses and the sentences and develops them as a meaningful coherent text. The type chosen textual theme found in the address es is mostly the ―additive‖ presented by conjunction ―and‖. The additive conjunction ―and‖ is used to emphasize some points. The identification of the textual theme can be seen below. 1. And we will act, not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. 45, XII, a And we will act, not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. Textual Topical Theme Rheme 2. And those of us who manage the publics dollars will be held to account, to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government. 58,XIV,a And those of us who will be held to account, to spend wisely, reform bad habits,