Sugeng’s invitation to look at an exhibition
maintains the relationship between
them. The question sentence Would you like to go?”
indicates the way of the student to invite his friend. So, the long term-goal of the activity
conducted in dialogue 4 is that the student’s invitation conducted by Sugeng, a friend of
Dona, is done to maintain a relationship between them. Again, the expression “what
about tomorrow evening” indicates Sugeng’s expression to maintain relationship. The
response towards the invitation is supported by the use of mental process “sound” in the
dialogue as follows: Dona : What about tomorrow evening?
Sugeng : Ok. That sounds good to me As the example shows, Sugeng’s response
ensures that Sugeng agrees with Dona’s offer to go on tomorrow evening.
4.3. Tenor of discourse of dialogue 4 1.
Lexicogrammatical analysis of dialogue 4
Interpersonal meanings Interpretation
Mood selections: Interrogative and
Declarative Interrogative
There are two mood selections applied in the dialogue such as interrogative and
declarative mood. The mood is still focusing on demanding information and giving
What does, Are you, What exhibition, Would
you, What about,
Declarative:
He is, it sounds, there is, Tomorrow is,
Negative :
I’m not information. Dialogue 4 mainly concentrating
on interrogative. Interrogative mood indicates that the participants in dialogue 4 are focusing
on demanding information. The interrogative mood “Are you going this evening” that was
said by Sugeng indicates the use of material process to demand information whether or not
the Diana has a plan to go this evening.. The material process “go” signals an activity
intended by Sugeng. The declarative mood supports the information needed as a response
upon the question. The question sentence “would you like to go this evening” denotes an
expression of invitation. It uses polar question because it expects an answer of yes or no as a
response.
2. Contextual description of dialogue 4 Tenor of Discourse
Commentary Agentive or societal
roles:
Student and Student
Status:
Equal The further discussion is the contextual
description of dialogue 4. The dialogue is conducted by two students. They are Sugeng
and Dona. They are talking about a book exhibition. Sugeng and Dina are friends. Thus,
Social Distance:
Minimal the status can be revealed equal and probably
they often meet each other at school. The invitation expression “what about tomorrow
evening?” indicates that the status is equal. They use everyday language, no expression of
politeness found in dialogue 4. Therefore, the social distance is minimal. The interaction
seems a face to face conversation. So, the social distance is absolutely minimal.
4.4. Mode of discourse of dialogue 4
1. Lexicogrammatical Analysis of dialogue 4
Textual Meaning Interpretation
Thematic choices: Topical Themes:
You,I There, What exhibition,
What about, Tomorrow
and That Predicators:
Go, like to go, sound,
Textual themes:
Ok, The lexicogrammar in the dialogue is
mainly topical. There are eight topical themes found in the dialogue such as: “You”, “I” and
“There”, “What exhibition”, “What about”, Tomorrow and “That”. In the sentence “What
about tomorrow morning?”. The question word “what” is the topical theme. It is because
it conflates with different constituents: subject, complement, and adjunct: circumstance. It
involves a participant which plays a transitivity role. There are three predicators found in the
dialogue such as: “go”, “like to go” and
“sound”. The predicators indicate the process done by the participants in the dialogue. The
preceding verb “go” signals material process and “like to go” indicates mental process used
by Dona to response the invitation “However, there is only textual theme found in dialogue 4
such as “ok”. It conveys continuity adjunct which shows the mood of the participant.
2. Contextual Description of dialogue 4
Textual Meaning Interpretation
Role of language: Type of interaction:
Dialogue
Medium:
Spoken
Channel:
Phonic The type of interaction of dialogue 4 is
clearly a dialogue. It is because there are two persons who perform the dialogue. They are
Sugeng and Dona who are exchanging information. Sugeng is demanding information
and Dona is giving information. The exchanging information is about the plan to see
a book exhibition It can be said that the dialogue belongs to spoken in term of medium.
The dialogue is done spontaneously by the participants. Thus, the sound system of
language is used to interact between them. Based on the previous statements, it can be
stated that the channel used in the dialogue is phonic. It is the use of sound system of
language to produce language.
5. Data Presentation Data 5 : Dialogue 5
Adi : Would you like to see a movie?
Intan : When?
Adi : This evening
Intan : Ok
5.1. Lexico-grammatical analysis of dialogue 5
