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G. Editorial
Editorial is a special column in newspaper. Spencer classifies that: ―An Editorial is presentation of fact and opinion in concise, logical, pleasing
order for the sake of entertainment, of influencing opinion, or of interpreting the news in such a way that its importance to the overage reader will be clear‖.
An editorial is the official stand of the paper on a relevant development or issue. It is a personal commentary written by the editor who comments or gives the
newspaper’s or the staff’s opinion about various aspects on an issue which is of interest and importance to the public. It is a critical interpretation of significant,
usually contemporary events so that the readers will be informed, influenced, or entertained. It is the stand of the paper, not of an individual editor.
http:journsociety01.wordpress.comeditorial-defined In addition, an editorial also called a leading article is a piece of writing
intended to promote an opinion or perspective. Editorials are featured in many newspapers and magazines, usually written by the senior editorial staff or publisher of
the publication. Additionally, most print publications feature an editorial, or letter from the editor, sometimes followed by a Letters to the Editor section.
http:en.wikipedia.orgwikieditorial, 2010 From the statement above, editorial reflects the integrity of the institution. The
editorial column represents how the institution takes their position toward the issue which is discussed by them. The editorial column discusses the actual issue and the
people ’s interest. The editorial itself is an article in newspaper, magazine, etc which
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gives an opinion toward an actual issue. The editorial is usually written by the editor of its newspaper or magazine.
H. Opinion
Opinion column is one of the columns in the editorial page consisting of article related to the public interest. This column usually explains the news behind the
scene, events discussing social, economic, economic and political issue. As commentary writing, the column automatically contains the writer’s assumption,
thoughts, reasons and evidence to a particular issue. All of the considerations then lead the writer to give positive or negative judgment toward the topic. Generally, the
articles in this column contains commentary, criticism, complaint, suggestion or problem solving that may argue, attack, and try to influence and persuade the readers
to accept the writer’s principle Mott, 1958.
I. The Issue of Ahmadiyah
The issue of Ahmadiyah is the issue that is discussed widely in Indonesia. This issue is related to the controversy of Ahmadiyah as heretical and deviant sect
that is not listed as an officially recognised religion in Indonesia. The controversy of ahmadiyah that should be banned or not rises protest from the public which later
leads the series of violence attack toward Ahmadiyah. Ahmadiyah is an Islamic religious movement founded in India near the end of
the 19th century, originating with the life and teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
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1835 –1908, who claimed to have fulfilled the prophecies about the world reformer
of the end times, who was to herald the Eschaton as predicted in the traditions of various world religions and bring about the final triumph of Islam as per Islamic
prophecy. Ahmadiyah itself had existed before Proclamation of Indonesian Independence. However, Ahmadiyya as a controversial religious minority in
Indonesia has only risen sharply in the 2000s with a rise of Islamic fundamentalism. In 2008, many Muslims in Indonesia protested against the Ahmadiyah movement.
With violence and large demonstrations, these religious conservatives put pressure on the government to monitor, and harass the Ahmadiyah community in Indonesia.
Public opinion in Indonesia is split in three ways on how Ahmadiyah should be treated. Some hold it should be banned outright on the basis that it is a heretical and
deviant sect that is not listed as an officially recognized religion in Indonesia. While some others hold that it should not be banned because of the freedom of religion
article in the Constitution, but also should not be allowed to proselytize under the banner of Islam on the basis that this is misleading.
wikipedia.orgwikiAhmadiyya
J. Systemic Functional Linguistics
Systemic-Functional Linguistics SFL is a theory of language focused on the concept of language function. While SFL accounts for the syntactic structure of
language, it places the function of language as central what language does, and how it does it, in preference to more structural approaches, which place the elements of
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language and their combinations as central. SFL starts at social context, and looks at how language both acts upon, and is constrained by, this social context adapted from
Matthiessen Halliday in http:www.isfla.orgSystemics. In other word Hallid
ay 1985 calls the components as ―metafunctions‖. Metafunctions are fundamental components of meaning in language. All languages
are combined between two main kinds of meaning; ‘ideational’ to understand the environment and ‘interpersonal’ to act on the others in it. ―Combined with these is
a third metafunctional component, the ‘textual’ which breathes relevance into the other two ideational and interpersonal.‖
Ideational meaning is the representation of experience: our experience of the world that lies about us, and also inside us, the world of our imagination. It is the
kinds of meaning that people have in their mind or in the other hand, it is meaning on the sense of context. The ideational meaning is divided into two: experiential and
logical metafunctions. The experiential metafunctions employs the experience of participants. The other side, the logical metafunction employs the reasoning on the
basis of experiences. Interpersonal meaning is meaning as a form of action: the speaker or writer doing something to the listener or reader by means of language.
Textual meaning is relevance to the context: both preceding and following text and the context of situation. The textual function of the clause is that of constructing a
message.
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In conclusion, SFL is concerned with functions of language in conveying meaning. The functions are called as metafunctions, which are Ideational,
Interpersonal, and Textual. Ideational is to interpret reality meaning or to express the speakers’ experience. Interpersonal is the meaning to express social and personal
relation, evaluations and appraisal. Textual is the combination from both, realization of ideational and interpersonal. Meanwhile, what will be discussed in this research is
the interpersonal function. In interpersonal meaning, the social relation between the participants and social interaction can be realized through intonation, tone, lexis used,
modality, and also text structure as a whole.
K. Appraisal
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