Modality Analysis The Grammatical Features

expresses the high Usuality and positive meaning. It is the opposition to the preceding modals. Table 4.8 Excerpts of Obligation No. Modals Degrees and Polarity 1. You have gotta die for your government? You have gotta die for your country? S1.C1 High + High + 2. So if the heads of state want to end terrorism, they should go ahead and kill themselves S14.C2 Mid + 3. We have got to make a change S14.C10 High + 4. It’s time we should dig their ditch S9.C12 Mid + Obligation shows the level of a matter does do and don’t. The do presented by the positive polarity and don’t presented by the negative polarity. All the excerpts carry the positive polarity. About the degrees of Obligation, three excerpts are high Obligation and two excerpts are mid Obligation. The first and third excerpt with the modal, have gotta or have got highlights that the actions of die for a country, die for the government and make a change are must. The actions are obliged to do. However, the first excerpt is an interrogative sentence By using the interrogative sentence, the speaker has intention to leade people for a reflection the citizens sacrifice for the country and government. The speaker has different judgment from the society which the sacrifice is not necessary to do. The second and fourth excerpts have modal should. It highlights the actions of go ahead and kill themselves and dig their ditch are probable to do. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI In the first excerpt, the speaker judges that the citizens ask about their submission of dying for their government and country. Dying for government and country is a command of the authority. It is also an output of the national brainwashing. In the second excerpt, the speaker judges that the government is required to kill themselves if they want to end terrorism. The speaker has intention to say that the terrorism is the govennment. In the third and fourth excerpts, the speaker judges the obligation of making a change. The intention is to call society to make a change. Talking about the ideologies conveyed in the excerpts, the first and second excerpts presents the anti-authritarian capitalism ideology while the third and fourth excerpt are about the ideology of social movement. Table 4.9 Excerpts of Inclination No. Modals Degrees and Polarity 1. When they call on me to die for them I will say... not me S5.C9 High + 2. I will not sign my blind faith away to an unjustly leader of the unjust police state. S14.C3 High - 3. We have really got those suckers fooled, We have gotta em trained like rats S2.C2 High + High + 4. We will fight you till we die S6.C11 Mid + The Inclination denotes three meanings of representation. The low as willingness, the mid can be glossed as intention, and the high as determination. The high inclination represents the determination. The four excerpts are high Inclination and an excerpt is mid Inclination. About the polarity, the four excerpts are the positive polarity and an excerpt is negative polarity. The inclination in the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI first excerpt means the action is determined to occur. The inclination in the second excerpt means that the process is not determined to occur. The third excerpt’s inclination means the action is determined. In the fourth excerpt, the inclination means the action is intended to occur. In the first excerpt, the modal highlights the speaker’s judgment about determination of the speaker to reject to die for the government and the State. The speaker intends to declare the self-statement against the national brainwash: the calling to die for them. In the second excerpt, the speaker judges the signing blind faith to the government. The speaker has intention to reject believe on the leader of the nation and the police state that they call it unjustly. The statement also contains the feeling no proud for the nation. The inclination in the third excerpt presents speaker’s judgment about the determination to fight against the authority. The speaker intends to call the society for the fighting. The fourth excerpt presents speaker’s judgment about the intention to submit life totally to fight against the authority. The ideologies conveyed in the excerpts of Inclination are varying. The first and second excerpts convey the ideology of anti-authoritarian nationalism. The third and fourth excerpts convey the ideology social movement. Table 4.10 Excerpts of Ability No. Modals Degrees and Polarity 1. Cant you realize that the big business just talk, talk, talk, talkin...like tax men at your door, fuckin knockin knockin knockin... S7.C13 - 2. You can kill the protestor cant kill, you + PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI cant kill the protest S12.C7 - 3. Bullets cant silence ideas S12.C9b - Different from other types of modal meanings, the Ability has no degreelevel. The modal shows Ability is can. The Usuality in the three excerpts has three negative polarity and a single positive polarity. The negative polarity expresses the inability of the actor to perform and action. On the contrary, the positive polarity expresses the ability of performing an action. The modals that show inability present in first, second and third excerpts. For the second excerpt, it is its second clause that shows inability. The first excerpt presents speaker’s judgment about society’s inability to realize the big business talk. The talk means the appointment of the big business. The speaker intends to make society realize that the big businesses are similar to the taxmen. Their appointments have no actuality. The first clause of the second excerpt presents speaker’s judgment about the ability of government to kill the protestor. It also states the speaker’s intention to show the government ability is merely to kill the people the protestor. Another part of the second excerpt presents speaker’s judgment about the inability of the government to kill the protest. The speaker has intention to underestimate the government and to state the power of the protest. The third excerpt presents speaker’s judgment about the inability of the bullets to silence ideas. The bullets denote the effort of government to stop to silence the protest ideas. The speaker intends to state that the government effort to stop the protest is useless. It is visible through the analysis that each excerpt contains an ideology. The first excerpt contains the ideology of anti-authoritarian capitalism. The second and third excerpts contain the ideology of social movement.

4.1.1.3 Pronoun Analysis

The analysis of pronoun helps to reveal the interpersonal relation. Specifically, it shows the position of Anti-Flag in doing the protest. The positions are in-group and out-group. In relation of protest, the ‘group’ here refers the society. The group is the people who have some belief to oppose the authority. Since Anti-Flag is the member of punk subculture, they obviously has their own group. The condition directly sets Anti-Flag as the out-group; they do not belong to society. Thus, they address the protest to the government as well as the society. Anti-Flag is in-group when they merely covey their protest to government. In other words, Anti-Flag become the part of society to resist the authority. The following tables provides excerpt of the pronouns. The reference of each pronoun is by analyzing the action of the pronoun and by the context of the complete clause. The analysis helps to see the poisiton of the speaker and the speaker’s focus of protest. Table 4.11 Excerpts of Pronoun I No Clauses 1. I dont need you to tell me what to do and I dont need you to tell me what to be. FUCK YOU S1.C10 2. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream S11.C11 The use of pronoun I has reference to Anti-Flag as the speaker. The first excerpt presents the action of rebellion. It presen s the punk subculture: they refuse the existence of authority control over them. The use of pronoun I also states Anti-Flag position as the out-group. It means they stand alone without society. In first excerpt, Anti Flag refuse to hear what the government want them to do or to be. In the second excerpt, Anti Flag states they expectation although the conditions surround do not support the dreams to come true. The first excerpt contains ideology of anti-authoritarin nationalism while the second excert contains the ideology of social movement. Table 4.12 Excerpts of PronounYou No. Clauses 1. You don’t have to be a Nazi, fuck S4.C7b 2. You keep stealing from us like you are we’re gonna let loose S1.C13 3. You burn a flag , you are gonna hang S2.C7 4. The line is drawn in the sand. On one side, you are a slave but in the other you are a free man S12.C10 Unlike the previous pronoun, The pronoun You has more than one references. They could be the government or the society. Yet, to determine the reference is to analyze the actions performed by the pronoun or the decriptive components in an excerpt. It is clear in the first excerpt that you refer to government. The reason is the use of Nazi as the identity of pronoun you. The reference to Government also shown in the second excerpt. It recognized by signaling the action of keep stealing which indicates the action of the capitalists. Another reference of you is the society. It presents in the third excerpt that the person who will get sanction because of burning a flag is the citicens. Still about you refer to the society, the fourth excerpt presents the identity of society as the slave and free man. The use of pronoun you as the referene to either government or society indicates the similar Anti-Flag’s position. It is in the out-group. By stating you to the government, Anti-Flag stand alone to directly address the protest to government while the use of you as the society’s reference presents Anti-Flag disengagement from the society. It causes Anti-Flag to protest the society as well as the government. Principally the purpose of protesting is to raise society awarness about an issue. The use of pronoun I has reference to Anti-Flag. The first excerpt presents the action of rebellion. It presen s the punk subculture: they refuse the existence of authority control over them. The use of pronoun I also states Anti-Flag position as the out-group. It means they stand alone without society. In first excerpt, Anti Flag refuse to hear what the government want them to do or to be. In the second excerpt, Anti Flag states they expectation although the conditions surround do not support the dreams to come true. The first excerpt contains ideology of anti- authoritarin nationalism while the second excert contains the ideology of social movement. Table 4.13 Excerpts of Pronoun We No. Clauses 1. We are tearing down the bordersS11.C4 2. So, we march on to raise our voice because we are left with no choice S8.C8 3. The government says, We dont know the source of his sickness. 4. You have been to our shows. Youhave sung our songs. Now, we are asking you to add to each chorus you have sung and protest against injustice state terror on the streets of the worldfor the disempowered S14.C2 Similar with the pronoun, you which contains two references, pronoun, we also contains many references. The first referencce of we is Anti-Flag and society. We recognized as the unity of Anti-Flag and society due to their action of tearing down the borders as presented in first excerpt and the action of march on to raise our voice like it is presented in the second excerpt. The second reference of we is the government. The action of avoiding responsiility of what has been done signals the government’s action. The third reference of we is the Anti-Flag. It present through the action of asking the listeners of their music to add chorus and protest against injustice. The position of Anti-Flag based on the first until second excerpt is in-group with the society. The being together in a group indirectly has informed the target of protest of the Anti-Flag and society is the government. About the ideology carried by the excerpt, it is an ideology of social which presented in the first, second and fourth excerpts while the third excerpt is an ideology of anti-auhoritarian capitalism. Table 4.14 Excerpts of Pronoun They No. Clauses 1. They are getting rich by selling weapons to both countries S2.C9a 2. They framed and jailed the reds S6.C7 3. You push and push a people, what are they to do? S13.C1a PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Pronoun they has two references. The pronoun could be referred to both government and society. In the first and second excerpts, they refer to the government. The existence of government is proven by the actions of selling weapons to both countries and framing and jailing the reds. On the other side, the existence of society in proven by being affected of the government’s action, pushing. It shown in the third excerpt. The reference determines the position of Anti-Flag in doing protest. The use of pronoun they to refer government indicates Anti-Flag as in-group. There is a notion that Anti-Flag talks to society about government. However, Anti-Flag is out-group when pronoun they refer to society. It is because Anti-Flag do not count themselves as an affected group of government’s action, pushing. The ideologies disclosed from the excerpst are anti-authoritarianism. The anti-authoritarin capitalism conveyed in the first excerpt while the ideology of anti-authoritarian natinalism conveyed in the second and third excerpts.

4.1.2 The Lexical Features

The lexical features relates to the words or vocabulary. In composing protest song, the speaker certainly has to choose the appropriate word to show their intention. It is significant to be analyzed because Goatly 2000 and Fairclough 1995 assert that the vocabulary, which the media song lyrics select, has the potential to construct a representation. In other words, the words support the