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1. This research is aimed to know what the experiential meaning occurs
behind the speech of Barack Obama both in the speech about Iraq
War and Iran Election Crisis. 2.
This research is important to give better understanding of experiential meaning as a part of ideational meaning as one of the
other functions in the metafunctions. 3.
This research is presented as reference for other researchers and steak-holder for the sake of linguistic studies especially in Systemic
Functional Linguistic Studies.
F. Scope of the Research
This research focuses to examine the experiential meaning in the two speeches given by Barack Obama. The first speech is about Iraq war given on
October 2002, in The Federal Plaza, Chicago and the second one is about the situation since the Iran election crisis given in a news conference on June 23,
2009. Since the Ideational meaning consists of experiential meaning and
logical meaning, in order to limit the research and detail research, the researcher focuses on the experiential meaning represented by transitivity system. This
research also focuses on the major clauses in the transcript of the speeches due to only the major clauses which can be analyzed using transitivity system.
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G. Thesis Organization
This research is systematically written according to thesis organization which consists of five chapters:
CHAPTER I
involves INTRODUCTION. It consists of the Research Background, Problem Statement, Research Objectives, Research
Questions, Research Benefits, Scope of the Research and Thesis
Organization. CHAPTER II
involves LITERATURE REVIEW. This chapter covers Barack Obama, Iraq War, Iran Election Crisis, Speech and News
Conference, Text and Context, Systemic Functional Grammar, Metafunctions, Ideational Meaning, and Transitivity.
CHAPTER III involves RESEARCH DESIGN. This chapter covers Research
Paradigm, Research Location, Sampling, Data and Source of Data, Data Validity, Data Analysis, and Procedure of Data
Analysis.
CHAPTER IV involves FINDINGS. It covers The Types of Processes Employed
in the Texts, The Way of the Processes Employed in the Texts, and The Reasons Why the Processes Employed in the Texts.
CHAPTER V involves CONCLUSION and RECOMMENDATION.
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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW
This chapter consists of several subchapters. This chapter discusses Barack Obama, Iraq War, Iran election crisis, speech and news conference, text
and context, systemic functional grammar, metafunctions, ideational meaning, and transitivity.
A. Barack Obama
Barack Obama is the 44
th
and current president of United States. He was born in Honolulu August 4, 1961. At present, he is the first African American to
hold the office. He became president of United States after he won the general election in November 2008. He previously served as United States Senator from
Illinois from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency. His first day governed United States as an elected president took place on January
20, 2010. Obama started his study in the elementary school in Jakarta, Indonesia, in
1967. In 1971, Obama returned to Honolulu to live with maternal grandparent and continued his study from fifth grade until his graduation from high school in 1979.
Following his school, Obama moved to Los Angeles in 1979 to attend Occidental College. Later, he transferred to Columbia University in New York City, where he
majored in political science with a specialty in International Relation and Graduated with B.A. In the late 1988, he entered Harvard Law School, where he
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was the president of the Harvard Law Review and president of journal in the second year. After graduating with Juris Doctor J.D magna cumlaude from
Harvard in 1991, he returned to Chicago. He then accepted a two-year position as a Visiting Law and Government Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School
to work on his first book. He then served as a professor at that university for twelve years- as lecturer from 1992 to 1996, and a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to
2004 in teaching constitutional law. His political career began when he was elected to the Illinois senate in
1996 as Senator from Illinoiss District. In the 1998, he was reelected to the Illinois senate defeating Republican Yesse Yehudah in the general election, and
was reelected again in 2002. In January 2003, Obama became chairman of the Illinois Senates Health and Human Services Committee when Democrats
regained a majority. He was formally announced as a candidate from Democratic Party and as the opponent of George W. Bush from Republican Party in January
2003. Afterward, Obama resigned from the Illinois Senate in November 2004 following the general election. He became U.S senator in 2005 to 2008. On
February 10, 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for president of the United States. Obama emphasized the issues of rapidly ending the Iraq War, increasing
energy independence, and providing universal health care. In 2009, Obama won the general election and was elected to be the president of United States.
Many people assume that one of the aspects which supports Barack Obama in reaching his successful is his ability as communicator. His amazing
oration have made it becomes a phenomenal. Media called him as “a rising star”.
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According to Shel Leanne in her book Say it like Obama, she describes Obama’s
speeches: clear, inspiring, and motivating Leanne, 2009: xvi. In his speech of political campaign, Obama much emphasized on Iraq
War as one of the issues spread in the United States. He was the rival of the George W. Bush administrations 2003 invasion of Iraq. He spoke out against the
