3.3 Procedure of Data Analysis
The procedure of data analysis relied on two research questions of this research namely 1 what meta-functions are applied in Clara? And 2 what
register devices are used in the meta-functions to reveal the ideologies in Clara? The way of how meta-functions; ideational, interpersonal, and textual meaning
and are register devices identified and analyzed and how register devices are used in meta-functions with the result that ideologies in Clara are revealed will
respectively be analyzed as follow.
3.3.1 Ideational Meaning
Ideational meaning as has been mentioned before covers two devises; experiential meaning and logical meaning. The first ideational meaning
experiential meaning can be identified based on Halliday‘s of transitivity approach of systemic functional grammar. The identification of each process can
be test and identified based on the verbs contained in the clauses as seen the following table.
Table 3.1 The Ways of How Experiential Meaning Analyzed
No Process
Verb Category
Condition Example
1 existential
verb be linking Verb
there is present as the subject
be; is, am, are, was, were, be, been
2 Relational
identifying be is followed
with a noun phrase
be; is, am, are, was, were, be, been
Relational attribute
be is followed with adjectives
be; is, am, are, was, were, be, been
Relational attribute
non-action Verb
The verb is followed by
adjectives seem, look, appear,
sound, taste
3 Material
action Verb The verb is
transitive kill, attack, ban,
rescue
4 Behavior
The verb is intransitive
fall, stare at, rise, stand, sink
5 Verbal
action Non- action Verb
verbal verb say, command, hint,
report, show, issue, question, argue,
6 Mental
mental verb consider, see,
welcome, like Based on the table above, the steps for indentifying transitivity process and
participants can be specified as follow. 1.
A closed reading is done to specify experiential process and types of subjects; Actor, Senser, Behaver, Sayer, Carrier or so on.
2. These experiential processes then are categorized into specific tables
namely table of Material Process, Mental Process, Behavioral Process, Verbal Process, Relational Process, and Existential Process.
3. Each process is then classified based on who speaks those sentences
comprised of these processes. The classification aims to build specified perspective based on two main characters.
4. These processes together with where the sentences derived from are
analyzed and interpreted to have good understanding on it based on linguistic sides.
5. After doing these steps, a concrete description of experiential meaning
is identified, specified, and understood. The second ideational meta-function logical meaning can be identified
through logical structure of the clause complex. The following are some steps for logical meaning analysis.
1. A closed reading is done to specify two systems of logical relationship
in clauses.
2. Review two systems of logical relationship; taxis and logical
semantics which respectively perform to know how two or more adjacent clauses are linked to each other trough relation of
dependency and interdependency and to know the type of meanings that allow adjacent clauses to project or expand on each other.
3. Code these clauses based on its systems; if it is taxis, it should be
coded by two systems; 1,2,3… for parataxis and α, … for hypotazis. Parataxis stands for independent clause while hypotaxis stands for the
dominance of a clause, 4.
Yet if it is logico-semantic relation, it should be coded into five systems; [―] and [‗] indicating projection of locution and idea while
[=], [+], and [x] are codes indicating expansion which respectively function to code elaboration clause, extension clause and
enhancement. 5.
Each system is then classified based on who speaks those clauses. The classification aims to build specified perspective based on two main
characters. 6.
These two systems are analyzed and interpreted to have good understanding on it.
7. After doing these steps, a concrete description of logical meanings are
identified, specified, and understood.
3.3.2 Interpersonal Meaning