But the words I spoke today are not so different from the oath that is
2. Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are
rules to ensure competition and fair play. 14, IV, b ‗Work‘ as the existent in sample no.1 shows that Obama emphasizes on the responsibility shared among the society. His statement is also strengthened by the circumstantial adjunct that is ―For everywhere we look‖. This adjunct emphasizes on the quantity of the responsibilities. Therefore, it can motivate the citizens. While in the sample no.2, the existential process is bound to a wh- relative clause indicates that ‗rules‘ is the pre-condition required for a thriving free market. The maker of rules is the government. This statement weighs on the role of government in making such regulation. Therefore, Obama indirectly states that the government holds the control over the American free market system. Thus, this sentence more or less describes the ambiguous value of freedom adopted in the American society.2. Interpersonal Function
Based on the fact that language is used to interact, there must be an exchange of information. However, an inaugural address can be said as one way interaction in which the speaker is the most active participant and the audience remains passive and accepting. So that, Obama has higher chance to speak his mind and plays his social role more effectively and the audience have less chance to interrupt or even to confirm the truth of what has been said. Thus, it is true that the moment of address opens a wide opportunity to influence others‘ perspective about the things considered by the elected president. Interpersonal function is analyzed to understand the social role relation or the tenor which refers to a typical situation of language use. It is realized by the choice of modality and the use of personal pronoun in the address. This choice determines the power relation between Obama and the citizens implied from both inaugural addresses.a. Mood
The purpose of an address is to express the speaker‘s viewpoint on things in the world, to draw or change the audience‘s attitudes and to arouse the audiences‘ passion to share the same proposal of the addresser. Principally in a political, as a mean carrying on a political mission, it is very important and obvious for the addresser to give information. Obama hopes to offer certain messages to the audience showing his political attitude and assumption in which he also acts according to the social role as a president. Tenor is realized in the grammar of MOOD. Mood consists of subject and finite while the other component is called as RESIDUE. The table below will show the Mood types and the distribution. Table 4.9. Mood Types in Obama‟s First Inaugural Address Mood Type Occurrence Percentage Sample Sentence: Declarative 103 92 1. On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics. 22, VII, a 2. And yet at this moment, a moment that will define a generation, it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all. 89, XXV, a Imperative 9 8 1. Recall that earlier generations faced downParts
» Research Questions Objectives of the Study
» Ideology Review on Related Theories
» Power Review on Related Theories
» Major Principles of Critical Discourse Analysis
» Van Dijk‟s View of Ideologies, Power, Discourse and Language.
» The Grammar of Ideational Meaning: Transitivity
» The Grammar of Interpersonal Meaning: Mood
» The Grammar of Textual Meaning: Theme
» Changes of the Features of Political Speeches through the Time
» Some Features of Analysis of Political Discourse
» Necessary Principles of Analysis of Political Discourse
» The Presence of Power, Ideology and Persuasion in Political Speeches
» Power in America American Political Culture
» Presidential Power in America
» The Ideology of American, the Liberties and Rights
» Profile and the Ideology of Barrack Hussein Obama
» The Recent Issues and Global Challenge faced by American
» Liberty, Freedom, and Equality
» Democracy Review on the Ideologies of America
» Nationalism Review on the Ideologies of America
» Study on President Barack Hussein Obama‟s Address
» Study on Systemic Functional Linguistics
» Study on the Presidents‟ Ideology
» Study on Film‟s Ideology and Domination
» Theoretical framework THEORETICAL REVIEW
» Critical Discourse Analysis Procedures of Data Analysis
» Ideational Meaning Interpersonal Meaning
» Textual Meaning Systemic Functional Linguistic Analysis
» Discourses in the First Inaugural Address
» The nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous
» We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we
» That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. 9, IV, a
» But know this America: 19, VI, a 13. They will be met. 20, VI, a
» Well restore science to its rightful place, and wield technologys wonders
» What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted
» Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for
» And for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and
» To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect
» To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the
» Our challenges may be new. 93, XXVI, a
» This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed, why men and women
» Discourses in the Second Inaugural Address
» We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would
» That‘s what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared
» For history tells us that while these truths may be self-
» The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with
» Our celebration of initiative and enterprise, our insistence on hard work
» Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation and one people. 21, IX, a
» A decade of war is now ending. 23, X, b 19. An economic recovery has begun. 24, X, b
» The commitments we make to each other through Medicare and Medicaid
» They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks
» We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the
» Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of
» You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our
» Comparison of Obama‟s First and Second Address
» The Presented Norms as Truth and the Intended Society‟s Behavior
» The Mobilized Interests and the Potential Power Abuse
» Material Process Ideational Function
» Mental Process Ideational Function
» Relational Process ―For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed
» And so, to all the other peoples and governments who are watching
» But the words I spoke today are not so different from the oath that is
» For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. 43, XII, a
» Personal and Possessive Pronoun
» Textual Theme Textual Function
» Interpersonal Theme Textual Function
» Circumstantial Adjunct as Marked Theme
» Political Interest and the Potential Power Abuse
» Representing and Reshaping Reality
» Establishing Social Relation Language as the Representation of the Ideology and Power
» Framing the Political Message
» Suggestion CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
» First Inaugural Address of Obama in 2009
» Second Inaugural Address of Obama in 2013
» What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility
» We are shaped by every language and culture
» They gave to us a republic, a government of, and by, and for the
» We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect. XXIII We must act
» Being true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every
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