appears the negative perspective on Iran, is quoted by the U.S. administration officials’ statement.
The officials said that in return, the P5+1 powers of the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany would unfreeze some
Iranian assets held in banks overseas and consider easing sanctions banning trade in gold, precious metals and petrochemicals. Other
sweeteners were also under consideration, they said. The 16
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sentence Table.3.10. The representation analysis of Datum 9
Sentence Representation in clause: 1. Verbal process
The officials said that in return, the P5+1
powers of the United States, Britain, France,
Russia, China and Germany would
unfreeze some Iranian assets held in banks
overseas and consider easing sanctions
banning trade in gold, precious metals and
petrochemicals. Other sweeteners were also
under consideration, they said.
The Sayer Verbal
The verbiage
The officials
said that in return, the P5+1
powers of the United States, Britain, France, Russia,
China and Germany would unfreeze some Iranian
assets held in banks overseas and consider
easing sanctions banning trade in gold, precious
metals and petrochemicals They
said Other sweeteners were also
under consideration
Representation in clause combination 1.
Determiner
“The officials”
2. Lexical cohesion: hyponymy
“the P5+1 powers of the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany”
Representation inter-clause combination
Pros with U.S. Cons with Iran
Based on the table above, the journalist shows the officials as the Sayers who give statement that the P5+1 power would unfreeze some Iranian assets, if
Iran accepted the proposal in the negotiation that it has to stop its program of enriching uranium. The journalist also adds the other profit for Iran which is
offered by P5+1 power countries. It is quoted by the U.S. administration officials as the Sayers
, while the verbiage is “other sweeteners were also under
consider ation”. The journalist shows that Iran would get the prizes, i.e., the P5+1
would unfreeze Iranian assets and the other sweeteners are under consideration for Iran.
“The officials” as the Sayers, refers to the two senior U.S. administration officials
. Then, by “„the‟ P5+1 powers of „the‟ United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany
”, the journalist explains the members of P5+1, which uses hyponymy in lexical cohesion. To explain the members of the P5+1 country
is power of the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany. Similarly, in the verbiage, it shows that the P5+1 power
would unfreeze the Iran’s asset. It may be the point that French disagree. The sentence also presents that the
journalist is in pros side with U.S. and cons with Iran, by positioning the U.S. officials’ statement who say about the deal, especially about the prizes which is
refused by Iran. By the analysis, the sentence is shaped to bring down Iran in the negotiation.
In other words, the journalist represents Iran in the negative perspective. He shows that Iran would get some points about the extraction of western sanction
from the negotiation which is advantage for Iran, but Iran refuses the negotiation.
b. Intertextuality Analysis
