acknwoledged silently by the addressee. The researcher would like to know, relationship between Twitter
’s attitude and judgements and User. In other hand, this data were different from the data in the previous
researchers, which are mostly in the form of spoken text.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
Based on the topic that the researcher takes and the background that the researcher explains above, the problems of this research are as
follows: 1.
What are the mood types of rights and responsibilities in “Twitter’s terms of service
”? 2.
What are the speech functions of rights and responsibilities in “Twitter’s terms of service”?
1.3 Objective of the Study
Based on the problems above, the research is expected to find out: 1.
The mood types of rights and responsibilities in “Twitter’s terms of service
”. 2.
The speech functions of rights and responsibilities in “Twitter’s terms of service
”.
1.4 Scope of the Study
This research is limited to the analysis of interpersonal meanings, by focusing on the moods and speech functions of rights and
responsibilities in “Twitter’s terms of service”.
1.5 Significance of the Study
Hopefully, the result of the study is expected to give contribution for the following person or institution:
1. The Researcher
The Researcher gets and develops more knowledge about interpersonal meanings, especially in mood types and speech
functions elements. 3.
Readers of the thesis This research is expected to make the reader know about
interpersonal meanings, especially mood types and speech functions. The researcher also gives references for further study
and helps the readers to understand more about interpersonal meanings.
4. Dian Nuswantoro University
To provide additional references for the library of Dian Nuswantoro University, especially for the students who are going
to study interpersonal meanings.
1.6 Thesis Organization
In order to present this thesis systematically in accordance with academic writing principles and to make it easy for the readers to
understand the content, this research is presented in five chapters with the following organization.
Chapter one is introduction, which discusses the general background of the study, statement of the problem, scope of the study,
significance of the study, and organization of the thesis. Chapter two presents review of related literature. This chapter
explains theories which are used to analyze the data. The theories are language, spoken and written language, systemic functional grammar,
meaning, interpersonal meaning, mood, mood types, speech function, and social networking service.
Chapter three contains research method, which involves research design, unit of analysis, source of data, techniques of data collection, and
techniques of data analysis. Chapter four presents the analysis of mood and speech function of
rights and responsibilities in “Twitter’s terms of service”.
Chapter five consists of conclusion and suggestion of the study after concluding the analysis.
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
