Using The King‟s Speech movie to analyze the language use is essential in
contributing to the field of overcoming stuttering with particular approach that is introduced by the therapist. Moreover, this movie is based on the true story that
can be confirmed through its originality of the treatment. The linguistic contribution also strengthens the analysis in discourse analysis using Seven
Building Tasks of Language and Systemic Functional Grammar. The supported theory of stuttering as a psychological disorder confirms the background of the
king‟s stuttering.
1.2 Research Question
There are two research questions relating to the study of discourse analysis in the movie titled
The King‟s Speech by Tom Hooper in 2010. 1.
What discourse implies the power of language in the interaction between the therapist and the king?
2. How does the power of language overcome the king‟s stuttering
compared with the standard treatment?
1.3 Research Objectives
The power of language has significant role in order to overcome the stuttering. It is used by the therapist to treat the king. The chunk of language is
the product of the power of language. Based on the questions, there are two objectives in this research.
The first objective is to explain the chunk of language that is used both by the therapist and the king. The discursive practice is in the interaction between
the therapist and the king. The part of it is revealed through the chunk of language that is spoken by the therapist and the king. The tasks of language in
order to analyze the language use are accentuated in this research. The use of clause is also analyzed based on the representation, message and exchange.
Therefore, the discourse practice is analyzed through the element of language use and the representation of the clauses.
The second objective is to figure out how the chunk of the language really works in order to overcome the king‟s stuttering. The chunk of language, in this
case, has been analyzed through the discourse. By having the analyzed data, this objective wants to accentuate the part of the language that has the powerful
significance to overcome the stuttering. The third objective is that the Seven Building Tasks of Language is used
to assess the language use. It represents the way the language has contribution by revealing the use of it. The Systemic Functional Grammar also contributes the
discussion by having the clause as representative, message and exchange. Those two theories are used to be the empirical data and therefore they are used to relate
how the Analyzing the discourse analysis gives an advantage on how to reveal the
language use. The language use is revealed to accentuate the power. The power means how the language has a control to overcome somebody‟s disorder. The
disorder is the speech disorder or stuttering. By using Seven Building Tasks of Language and Systemic Functional Grammar, the research achieves the empirical
study to be able to figure out the structure of language that is significant in overcoming the king‟s stuttering through the interaction between the therapist and
the king. Standard treatment is useful to validate the work of language in order to overcome the stuttering.
1.4 Research Benefits
