CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A research can not be said theoretical if it does not have any theory to support it. Therefore, in this chapter the writer would like to present the theories
that support the analysis on mood types of interview between George Negus and Jim Rogers. These theories below are used to support the analysis.
2.1 Systemic Functional Grammar
Gerot and Wignell 1994:2 state that Grammar is a theory of how language is put together and how it works. It can be subdivided into Formal
Grammar Traditional Grammar and Functional Grammar as shown in the table 2.1 below.
Table 2.1 Differences between Formal Traditional Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar
Formal Traditional Systemic Functional
Primary concern How is should this sentence
structured? How we are the meanings
of this text realized? Unit of analysis
Sentences Whole texts
Language level of concern
Syntax Semantics
Language = a set of rules for sentence
construction =something we know
=a resource for making meaning
=something we do
Source: Gerot and Wignell 1994:7 Systemic Functional Grammar is a part of a broad social semiotic
approach to language called systemic linguistics. The term “systemic” refers to the view of language as “a network of systems, or interrelated sets of options for
m aking meaning”. The term “functional” indicates that the approach concerns
with meaning, as opposed to formal grammar, which focuses on word classess such as: nouns and verbs, typically without reference beyond the individual
clause. Gerot and Wignell 1994: 6 explain that systemic functional grammar
views language as a resource for making meaning. This grammar attempts to describe language in actual use and so focuses on texts and their contexts. They
are concerned not only with the structures, but also with how those structures construct meanings.
Halliday 1994: xiii states that the fundamental components of meaning in language are functional components. All languages are organized around three
kinds of meaning of experiental, interpersonal, and textual meaning. These principal components of meaning or metafunctions are embodied.
In systemic functional grammar, language is analyzed in three different ways. They are semantics, phonology, and lexicogrammar. Systemic Functional
Grammar presents a view of language in terms of both structure grammar and words lexis.
From all the definitons of systemic functional grammar above, it can be concluded that systemic functional grammar is the study of how the grammar is
used in language and how the grammar constructs the meaning, by considering the language as the resource.
2.2 Texts
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