2.1.2 Systemic Functional Linguistics SFL
Systemic Functional Linguistics SFL is a study which is used in the approach of discourse analysis. The term Systemic Functional Linguistics is used by
someone in order to recognize the goals. The goals are achieved by implementing the theory based on the context of situation and the context of culture. Gerot and Wignel
in Making Sense of Functional Linguistics 1994:6 say that functional grammars view language as a resource for making meaning. These grammars attempt to
describe language in actual use and so focus on text and the context. They are concerned not only with the structures but also with how those structures construct
the meaning. Functional grammars start with the question, “How are the meanings of this text realized?”
We are particularly concerned with the relational relationship between language and context. The aspects of Systemic Functional Linguistics can be
identified in linguistic units of all sizes: in the word, phrase, clause, sentence and text.
In the units of text, we also find three types of meanings in the systemic model. According to Eggins and Slade 1997:49, there are three types of meaning, they are:
a. Ideational meaning: meanings about the world, representation of reality
examples: topics or the subject matter. This involves looking at what topics get talked about, when, by whom, and how topic transition and closure is achieved,
etc. b.
Interpersonal meaning: meanings about roles and relationships examples: status, intimacy, contact, sharedness between interacants. This involves looking at what
kinds of role relations are established through talk, what attitude interactants
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express to and about each other, what kinds of things they find funny, and how they negotiate to take turn, etc.
c. Textual meaning: meanings about the message examples: foregrounding and
types of cohesion. This involves looking at different types of cohesion used to tie chunks of the talk together, different patterns of salience and foregrounding, etc.
In this study, the focus is only for the interpersonal meaning.
2.1.3 Interpersonal Function
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