6. Data Presentation Data 6 : Dialogue 6
Shanti : Happy birthday, Tigor
Tigor : Thanks
Shanti : How old are you?
Tigor : fourteen
6.1. Lexico-grammatical analysis of dialogue 6
1. Minor Clause = Happy birthday, Tigor Happy
birthday Tigor
Interpersonal Voc:Adj
RESIDUE Ideational Left
Unanalyzed Textual
Textual THEME
2. Minor Clause = Thanks 3. Interrogative
How old
are you?
Interpersonal Whcomp Finite
Subject RESIDUE
MOOD Ideational
Pr: Attribute
Carrier Textual Topical
THEME RHEME
4. Minor Clause : Fourteen
6.2. Description of field of discourse of dialogue 6 1.
Lexicogrammatical Analysis of dialogue 6
Ideational meanings Interpretation
Process types
Relational Process: Pr: Attributive
Carrier :You The process found in dialogue 6 is
relational process. Dialogue 6 expresses congratulation. Shanti and Tigor are the
participans in dialogue 6. The w-h question “How old are you?” in the dialogue indicates
relational process used in that question. The function of to be “are” is used to describe the
age of the carrier or the participant in the dialogue. It describes the age of Tigor who
celebrates his birthday.
2. Contextual description of dialogue 6
Ideational meanings Interpretation
Experiential Domain
Expressing congratulation
Short-term goal:
Learning to express congratulation
Long-term goal:
Sganti’s expression of congratulation towards
Tigor’s birthday to maintain a good
relationship between friends
The experiential domain of the dialogues is expressing congratulation towards another
student. Thus, the short –term goal in dialogue 6 focuses on the way of the student to learn to
express congratulation upon another student. It means that the student learns to congratulate
another one. The w-h question “How old are you?” indicates the way of the student to get
information about the age of his friend. So, the long term-goal of the activity conducted in
dialogue 6 is that the student’s expression of congratulation conducted by Shanti is done to
maintain a relationship between them
6.3. Tenor of discourse of dialogue 6 1.
Lexicogrammatical analysis of dialogue 6
Interpersonal meanings Interpretation
Mood selections: Interrogative
Interrogative
There is only one mood selection applied in the dialogue that is interrogative. Dialogue 6
also focuses on demanding information.
How old? Moreover, dialogue 6 uses polar interrogative
such as “how old are you?”. Such w-h interrogative means that Shanti as the carrier
expects the missing piece of information. The missing piece of the information is about the
age of Tigor.
2. Contextual description of dialogue 6 Tenor of Discourse
Interpretation Agentive or societal
roles:
Student and Student
Status:
Equal
Social Distance:
Minimal The further discussion is the contextual
description of dialogue 6. The dialogue is conducted by two students. They are Shanti
and Tigor. Shanti and Tigor are friends. Thus, the status can be stated equal. The
congratulation expression “Happy birthday, Tigor” indicates everyday language. Because
they are friend of the same school, the social distance can be said minimal. It is also
probably because the have the same age. The interaction seems a face to face conversation.
So, the social distance is absolutely minimal.
6.4. Mode of discourse of dialogue 6 1. Lexicogrammatical Analysis of dialogue 6