judgment or little intelligence and
INFORMAL
annoying, or causing a problem .
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In the title
, „blind‟ is not unable to see, or relates to eyes. It is about not conscious or unconscious. Moreover, the word
„stupid‟ is in real meaning, silly. So, the journalist shows by John Kerry
’s statement, that U.S. isn’t unconcious and silly on Iran. It would influence the reader, because, it is quoted
by John Kerry’s statement, whose an authority of the Secretary of State.
Then, in grammatical level, the title uses relational process. Iran relates to U.S. In relational process, the U.S. as Carrier or the person who is in a condition,
isn‟t „blind‟ or „stupid‟ verb, and “on Iran” as attribute or the condition being attributed.
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The relational verb in that clause contains negative word. It is proven by the word
„not‟ in „is notisn‟t‟ as verbal in this process, and it points to the words “blind or stupid”. In other words, this statement is a critic by John Kerry.
As Secretary of U.S., he disagrees that U.S. is in that condition, blind or stupid, on Iran.
The journalist presents that US has problem with Iran by Kerry’s statement.
It is shown by the selection of vocabularies blind stupid, and the grammatical structure which contains in negative clause not. The analysis proves that the
journalist is pros with U.S. and cons with Iran by positioning John Kerry’s statement in the title as the strategic place, who criticizes Iran. Although, the
journalist shows the objectivity towar ds John Kerry’s direct speech in the title, but
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Finch, Geoffrey. Op Cit. P. 117
the content of the title is represented the negative perspective on Iran, because the journalist uses the statement from the U.S. side as the title of the article.
b. Intertextuality Analysis
In addition, the title is relevant to a video of NBC 10 November 2013 edition
“Kerry exclusive: Iran nuclear talks breakdown”.
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The video talks about Iran nuclear agreement in Geneva. The talkshow which is hosted by David
Gregory, asks the Secretary of United States, John Kerry, for Iran nuclear talks. David: “as American’s chief diplomat, are you being skeptical enough
about a man who has been called a wolf in sheep’s clothing, who wrote a book in which he talked about how they can continue work on
their nuclear program while they gain confidence of the west? are you
being skeptical enough?” Kerry: “David, Some of the most serious and capable, expert people in
our government, who have spent a lifetime dealing both with Iran as well as with nuclear weapon and nuclear armament and proliferation,
are engaged in our negotiation. We are not blind, and I dont think were stupid. I think we have a pretty strong sense of how to measure
whether or not we are acting in the interests of our country and of the globe, and particularly of our allies like Israel and Gulf states and
others in the region. We are absolutely determined that this would be a
good deal, or therell be no deal. Now, that’s why it’s hard. that’s why we didn’t close the deal here in the last couple of days. Because, we
are together, unified, pushing for things that we believe provide the guarantees that Israel and the rest of the worlddemand here. But one
thing in clear, is that, you know, we’re not goung into a full deal and giving away something. We’re talking about stopping their program
where it is with enough guarantees to know that it is, in fact, stopped wher it is while we then negotiate the full measure of the deal with our
allies, with our friends, with all of the interested parties, advising at
the table, conulting, and their interests well presented.”
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In the case, Kerry ’s statements, “We are not blind, and I don‟t think we are
stupid ”, relates to the title above, and the clause, “expert people in our
government, who have spent a lifetime dealing with Iran as well as with nuclear weapon and nuclear armament and proliferation, are engaged in our
negotiation”, explains that U.S. is not stupid, because U.S. delegates the expert people who have spent a lifetime dealing both with Iran as well as with nuclear
weapon and nuclear armament and proliferation. It proves that the journalist uses the negative perspective on Iran.
The journalist also takes several quotations from the conversations in NBC, the sentences is as follows:
“We are absolutely determined that this would be a good deal, or therell be no deal.”
“Some of the most serious and capable, expert people in our government, who have spent a lifetime dealing both with Iran as well
as with nuclear weapon and nuclear armament and proliferation, are engaged in our negotiation. We are not blind, and I dont think were
stupid.
” “I think we have a pretty strong sense of how to measure whether or
not we are acting in the interests of our country and of the globe, and particularly of our allies like Israel and Gulf states and others in the
region
.”
The sentences become in the 2
nd
, 23
rd
and 24
th
sentences on CNN, in this edition. In conclusion, the journalist takes a lot of the conversations from external
text to make a reference on the CNN, in this edition and shapes Iran in the negative perspectives.
2. Datum 2 The first sentence
a. Representation Analysis
CNN -- The United States and its allies arent blind or stupid when it comes to negotiations with Iran, Washingtons top diplomat
said Sunday after nuclear talks with the Islamic republic broke up
without an agreement. The 1
st
Sentence The first sentence relates to the title that describes U.S. is not blind and
stupid on Iran. In the sentence, the journalist shows with his negative perspective of Iran by the Washington top diplomat
’s statement that describes the title. The Washingtons top diplomat is John Kerry as the Secretary of States.
Table.3.3. The representation analysis of Datum 2
Sentence Representation in clause: Verbal process
The sayer Verbal
The verbiage
CNN -- The United States and
its allies arent blind or
stupid when it comes to
negotiations with Iran,
Washingtons top diplomat said
Sunday after nuclear talks with
the Islamic republic broke up
without an agreement.
Washingtons top diplomat
Said The United States
and its allies arent blind or
stupid when it comes to
negotiations with Iran
Representation in clause combination: Cohesion devices Pronoun
Conjunction Determiner
Its allies And
The Islamic Republic
Representation inter-clause combination
Pros with U.S. Cons with Iran
