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Meanwhile, based on the clause in the excerpt 18 above, the mood type produced by the president Barack Obama in his victory speech is declarative
mood. In this case, Barack Obama gives information to Americans that he got a call from Senator McCain telling that he has fought harder for his country. Also,
Barack Obama stated that Senator McCain was one a good role model for American when they want to catch their dreams they need a hard work.
Then, it can be seen that the theme pattern in the excerpt 18 above consists of one theme. That is topical theme. It can be seen in the clause above
that the topical theme is identified by a word “Senator McCain”. It means that the focused of Barack Obama speech in this person. Barack Obama told the audience
that Senator McCain was one of president candidate who has fought for his country.
4.3 The Contextual Description of Field, Tenor and Mode of Discourse in
Barack Obama Victory Speech
In this part of the sub chapter, the researcher gives the contextual description for each register produced by the president of the United States of
America, Barack Obama. This description consists of field, mode and tenor of discourse of Barack Obama victory speech. Field of discourse here is realized by
Experiential Domain, Short-term goal, Long-term goal. Experiential domain is what the text is all about the Processes, the Participants and Circumstances. Short-
term goal refers to the imm ediate purpose of the text‟s production. Meanwhile,
Long- term goal is rather more abstract and refers to the text‟s place in the larger
scheme of things.
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The experiential domain of Barack Obama victory speech is America
democracy. It can be seen in the excerpt below:
Excerpt 19 If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all
things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer
It can be seen in the strecth of the excerpt above that Barack Obama stated in his victory speech that there is still democracy in America. He tells the
audienve who are coming to his victory speech that all American should not be worry about their country because Barack Obama promises to all Americans that
he will bring a change to America and that night, on the innaguration day, Barack Obama confince his people that they should not question the power of the
democrary that Barack Obama will bring to America Besides that, Barack Obama also said that Americans should also not be
doubt that actually America is a place where all things are possible, it means that there will be a better future in America after the presidential election. Also, they
s hould also follow their founders and hope that all Americans keep the founder‟s
dream alive.
Regarding to the excerpt 19 above, the short term goal of Barack
Obama victory speech is to tell audience about democracy in America. It can be seen in the excerpt above that Barack Obama is telling all the American that he
will bring out the democracy to America.
Meanwhile, the long term goal of Barack Obama victory speech is
giving information to all Americans about the existing of democrary. It is clearly
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stated in the lexicogrammatical that there are many relational – attributive
produced by Barack Obama is his victory speech such as the use of to be is, and are. In this case, Barack Obama told the audience about his plans after he was
elected to be the president that he will bring democracy in his country, America. Then, the following description is the explanation of contextual
description of tenor of discourse in Barack Obama victory speech. The contextual description of tenor of discourse covers agentives or societal roles, status, and
social distance.
The agentive or societal role of Barack Obama victory speech is he
himself. In this case, Barack Obama becomes the center of the speaker. He gave the speech to his victory after the America presidential election. In his victory
speech, Barack Obama mostly produced declarative mood type in his speech. In his speech, Barack Obama gives information to the audience about his plan after
he elected as the presdent and to bring democracy in America. Meanwhile, the
status
of the speaker is here is unequal because he, Barack Obama, the dominant speaker as it is a speech. The last is the social distance is minimal because Barack
Obama is the United States of America president. The last part is the mode of discourse in Barack Obama victory speech.
The contextual description of mode of discourse covers role of language, type of interaction, medium, channel, and rhetorical thrust.
The role of langauge in this speech is anciliary because it helps the speaker of this speech to convey his message or information to the peple who
attend the president speech. Then, the type of the interaction is monologic because
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it is a speech and the medium of this speech is spoken. As it can be seen that the speech is an oral communication. Next, the channel of this speech is phonic
because the data of this research is spoken data and the rhetorical thrust of this talk is report because Barack Obama as the President of the united States of
America gave information to all Americans about his new plans after he was elected as the president of America.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGESSTION
