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and there are also increasing members of Hezbollah Existential
Existent Clause 19d
members of Hezbollah are present in Latin America.
Existent Existential
Circ:place Clause 19e
The existents in these existential processes are members of Hezbollah. These are to show that such increasing members of Hezbollah exist in Latin America. The
researcher thought that the message the text writer wants to convey is just the same as the previous example, which is to show the possibility of illegal Latin American
immigrants originally of terrorists. These clauses are assumed to be thought- provoking since it is ideologically delivered.
This depiction of immigrants influences the readers and it aims to evoke readers’ disagreement towards the enactment of immigration reform. Therefore, it can
be said that from this explanation of existential process, The Washington Times is a newspaper which has an anti-immigrant stance.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion
After analysing the data in Chapter IV, the researcher draws conclusion as follows: First, the processes found in The New York Times’ editorial are material,
relational, behavioural, mental, verbal and existential processes. The highest percentage is material process with 40 processes 43.2, which dominates the whole
processes in this editorial. Whereas the processes found in The Washington Times’ editorial are material, relational, mental, verbal, existential and behavioural processes.
The highest percentage is also material process with 42 processes 42. Next, the participants found in The New York Times’ editorial are actor, goal, carrier, attribute,
behaver, senser, phenomenon, token, value, sayer, verbiage, recipient, existent, initiator, attributor, assigner, receiver, range and client. The highest percentage of the
participant is actor with 31 participants 19.1. As for The Washington Times’ editorial, the participants found in this editorial are goal, actor, carrier, attribute,
senser, phenomenon, token, value, existent, behaver, sayer, verbiage, receiver, range, assigner. The highest percentage of the participant is goal with 36 participants
23.2. Second, as for the ideology of The New York Times, it can be seen from the
lexical choices used in processes and assignment of participants. The ideology of The
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New York Times newspaper is pro-immigrant. This newspaper ideology is pro- immigrant because they are partisan and in favor of Democratic Party with its liberal
bias which endorses the enactment of immigration reform. This pro-immigrant stance can be seen dominantly from the material and relational processes which are the
dominant processes found in this text. For example, in the material processes, immigrants are depicted as victims and in the relational processes, immigrants are
attibuted positively using positive lexical choices such as laborers and workers, thus these depictions are expected to evoke readers’ sympathy towards undocumented
immigrants so that they support the enactment of immigration reform in the United States.
Third, the ideology of The Washington Times can also be seen from the lexical choices used in processes and assignment of participants. The ideology of The
Washington Times is anti-immigrant. This newspaper ideology is anti-immigrant because they are partisan and in favor of Republican Party with its conservative bias
which is against the enactment of immigration reform. This anti-immigrant stance can be seen dominantly from the material and relational processes which are the dominant
processes found in this text. For example, in the material processes, immigrants are depicted as trouble makers and in the relational processes, immigrants are attibuted
negatively using negative lexical choices such as aliens, spies and terrorists, thus these depictions are expected to evoke readers’ disagreement towards the enactment
of immigration reform in the United States.
