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B. Data Description Findings
To answer the research questions on problem statements on Chapter I, here the data are compared to be analyzed.
1. Text 1 Katy Perry – “Russell Gets in Good with Katy’s Parentals”
a. Attitude and Engagement Analysis
Table 4.1.1 Attitude and Engagement analysis – ―Russell Gets in Good with
Katy’s Parentals‖
Clause No.
Appraising Items
Engagement Affect Judg.
Apprc. Appraised
Types of the items
1. Russell Gets
In Good
with Katys Parentals
Monogloss +reac
quality Russell’s
relationship to Katy’s parent
Word: Attitudinal
Lexis
2. Katy Perrys
devout Christian
mom and dad are
opening up about their
daughters lover Russell
Brand.
Monogloss + prop
Christian Nominal
group: Epithet
3a. And
surprisingly
, theyre very
accepting of the British
comedian Monogloss
+ sec Katy’s parent
accepting Word:
Grammatical item
3b.
theyre very accepting
of the British
comedian Heterogloss
Katy’s parent
+ prop Russell
Word: Grammatical
item
5. that You
just have to see
how the Lords will is
done. Heterogloss
Mary Hudson
+ prop Russell
Clause: Modulation
of obligation:
proposal
8 After reading
Russells not so
angelic
history, Keith admits:
Monogloss Neg
+ val Russell’s
history Nominal
group: Epithet
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10 I was in the
Jimi Hendrix and Janis
Joplin era Heterogloss
Keith Hudson
-comp Keith’s era
Nominal group:
Epithet
12a Russells
really got
a hunger
for the
supernatural. Heterogloss
Keith Hudson
+cap Russell
Word: grammatical
item
12b. Russells
really got a hunger
for the
supernatural. Heterogloss
Keith Hudson
- prop Russell
Word: Attitudinal
Lexis
13. Russell
really likes
us Heterogloss
Russell + hap
Russell’s feeling to the
parents Clause:
Metal Process
15a Mary also
agrees
that Russell has a
―hunger‖ for positive
influences Heterogloss
Mary Hudson
+ sec Mary’s
agreement about Russell
with the father
Clause: Mental
Process
15b. Mary also
agrees that Russell has a
“hunger” for positive
influences Heterogloss
Mary Hudson
- prop Russell
Word: Attitudinal
lexis
15c. Mary also
agrees that Russell has a
―hunger‖ for positive
influences Heterogloss
Mary Hudson
+ val Influences
Nominal Group:
Epithet
16 ―I think the
two of them are hungry.
Heterogloss Mary
Hudson - prop
Russell and Katy
Clause: Relational
Process
18
and they are going to find
it.‖ Heterogloss
Mary Hudson
+ ten Russell and
Katy Clause:
Modalisation of probability:
proposition
19 How cute
Monogloss + hap
Russell and Katy’s
relationship Minor
Clause
20
Glad to see
her parents
approve Monogloss
+ hap Parent
approval Word: Att.
Lexis
Numbers 5
8 4
Percentages 29.4 47.1
23.5
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There are 17 attitudes in the text entitled ―Russell Gets in Good with Katy’s Parentals‖. Within this text, all kinds of attitude are almost spread
evenly; affect, judgment, and appreciation. There are 5 affects, 8 judgments, and 4 appreciations. This means Perez Hilton dares to express his evaluations
not only to the personal artist and everything concerned with the artist, but he also expresses his own feeling proved by the affect on clause number 3a, 19
and 20; ‘surprisingly’, ‘how cute’, and ‘glad’. The types of affect are security, and happiness. The types of judgment
are propriety, capacity, and tenacity. Additionally, the types of appreciation are reaction: quality, and valuation.
Most of the attitudes are positive. There are 12 positive items and 5 negative
items. Although there are many negative attitudes in the text such as ―not so angelic‖, ―Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin era‖, ―hunger‖, and ―hungry‖,
this text still support the artist, that is Katy Perry. The types of the appraising items are attitudinal lexis 4 items, 3
grammatical items, epithet 4 items, modality clause 2 items, mental
process clause 2 items, relational process clause 1 item and minor clause
1 item. Meanwhile, the engagement of the attitudes in this text is 6 monogloss
and 11 heterogloss attitudes. This means the attitudes come from other resources are more than from the writer himself.
b. Graduation analysis