2. Contextual description of dialogue 7
Ideational Meanings Interpretation
Experiential Domain : Going shopping
Short-term goal : Making a shopping list
before going shopping Long-term goal :
Their way to make a shopping list will make
them not forget the things they want to buy.
The participants in dialogue 7 are Iwan and Butet. Iwan and Butet are friends. Their
experiential domain is about going shopping. The short-term goal of the dialogue is that the
participants accomplish their goal of shopping by making a shopping list before going
shopping. The long-term goal of the dialogue is that the participants can buy the list of things
what the want. Thus, the shopping list is important thing they use to remember the
things the want to buy when they go shopping. The following excerpt will exemplify the
short-term goal:
Iwan : “What are you doing?” Butet : “Mmm. I’m making a shopping
list” The above excerpt shows the short-term
goal conducted by the participant. Butet is making a shopping list before going shopping.
7.3. Tenor of discourse of dialogue 7
1. Lexicogrammatical analysis of dialogue 7
Interpersonal Meanings Interpretation
Mood selections : Declarative
Declarative : I’m, Yep my Ma’am, I’m, I
see, I have, No, I don’t, We still, it’s I will.
Interrogative : What are, what’s, what
about, what washing Imperative :
Well, let me The mood selections in dialogue 7 are
declarative, interrogative and imperative. Nevertheless, the moods selections are mainly
declarative. There are two participants found in dialogue are Iwan and Butet. The
participants in the dialogue concern on demanding and giving information. The topic
of the dialogue is going shopping. For example :
Iwan : What are you doing? Butet : I’m making shopping list
Butet’s statement indicates that the participant is giving information to Iwan. Nevertheless,
the interrogative moods also dominant in dialogue 7. The participants uses Wh -
Interrogative in dialogue, for example; “What are you doing?”, “What’s on your list any
way?”. Iwan’s questions show that the participants in dialogue focus on demanding
information from Butet. Further, there is only one imperative mood found in dialogue such
as “Well, let me see”. The imperative as in dialogue is conducted by Butet, because Butet
responds to Iwan’s question.
2.
Contextual description of dialogue 7
Tenor of discourse Interpretation
Agentive or societal roles :
Iwan and Butet Status :
Equal Social Distence :
Minimal Long-term goal :
The dialogue is conducted by two persons. The participants found in dialogue 7, are Iwan
and Butet, and also they are friends. The following parts of their conversation :
Iwan : What about rice? Butet : Yes, rice. I’ll put rice in it. And
then …. Based on the above part of the conversation, it
indicates that the participants who ask the question and who answers such question are
the same power. Therefore it can be said that the status is equal. In addition, the two persons
seem close and speech is familiar, so the social distance is minimal.
7.4. Mode of discourse of dialogue 7