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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the introduction consisting of the background of study, the statements of problem, the objectives of study, the significances of study, and the
outline of the final project.
1.1. Background of the Study
This study deals with analyzing language used for communication. It analyzes a speech by Obama from the perspective of SFL especially dealing with the Tenor
of the discourse of the speech. The final result of this study will uncover the ideology behind the speech.
Nowadays, communication like delivering a speech in front of publics has become important part of our lives and one important thing deals with
communication itself is language. Ramelan 1999:1 states
theory was developed by Halliday and it is named as Systemic Functional Linguistics SFL. From the perspective of SFL, language is viewed as a system
for making meanings: a semantic system, with other systems for encoding the meaning it produces Halliday, 1994:xvii. SFL also sees that language is
structured to make three main kinds of meanings simultaneously Halliday in Eggins, 1994:3.
Those three simultaneous kinds of meanings are experiential, interpersonal, and textual. Furthermore, Eggins 1994:227 says that these three
types of meaning are known as the metafunctions.
Actually, those three strands of meanings are all related each others as Halliday and Hasan 1985:23 state
fundamental to human progress. The speech was closed with a hope that these two nations, Indonesia and America may work together, with faith and determination.
The analysis of Obama
judgment and attitude, and also the impact implied in the issues Obama delivered in his speech.
2. Rahayu Pertiwi 2011 studied the interpersonal meaning analysis of the
prologue text in William Peter Blatty
be a master of oratory for his speeches. Secondly, his speech really got people
that is communication, this study has a message that is reminding us to always think critically and see many things from many angles.
1.6. Outline of the Study
This study consists of five chapters. Chapter I is introduction. It explains about general background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic, problems of the
study, purposes of the study, significance of the study and outline of the study. Chapter II talks about the review of related literature which contains
theories underlying the writing of this study. Chapter III is about the method of investigation. Here, the readers are told
about the object of the study, the types of the data, the role of the researcher, the procedure of data collecting, the procedure of data classifying, and the procedure
of data analyzing. Chapter IV presents the findings and discussions based on the result of the
study. Chapter V gives the conclusions of the study and also some suggestions
related the result of the study.
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE
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