THE ANALYSIS OF PUTIN’S INTERPERSONAL MEANING AND POLITICAL POSITIONING IN HIS SPEECH REGARDING A REFERENDUM IN CRIMEA - repository UPI S ING 1006757 Title

THE ANALYSIS OF PUTIN’S INTERPERSONAL MEANING AND
POLITICAL POSITIONING IN HIS SPEECH REGARDING
A REFERENDUM IN CRIMEA

A Research Paper

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Sarjana Sastra Degree

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE EDUCATION
INDONESIA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
2015

The Analysis of Putin’s Interpersonal
Meaning and Political Positioning in
His Speech Regarding a Referendum
in Crimea


Oleh
Nunik Cendrakasih

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THE ANALYSIS OF PUTIN’S INTERPERSONAL MEANING AND
POLITICAL POSITIONING IN HIS SPEECH REGARDING
A REFERENDUM IN CRIMEA


A Research Paper

Approved by
Main Supervisor

Dadang Sudana, M.A., Ph.D.
NIP. 196009191990031001

Head of English Education Department
Faculty of Language and Literature Education
Indonesia University of Education

Prof. Dr. Didi Suherdi, M.Ed.
NIP. 196211011987121001

STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION
I hereby declare that the research paper entitled The Analysis of Putin’s
Interpersonal Meaning and Political Positioning in His Speech Regarding a
Referendum in Crimea is the result of my own work. I am certainly aware that I


have quoted some ideas and statements from other sources and they are properly
acknowledged in the text.

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PREFACE

Praise be all to Allah SWT, the Gracious and the Merciful, who always give the
researcher strength to accomplish this research.
This research entitled The Analysis of Putin’s Interpersonal Meaning and
Political Positioning in His Speech Regarding a Referendum in Crimea is

submitted to English Education Department of Indonesia University of Education
as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for Sarjana Sastra degree.
This research is indeed far from impeccable. However, this research
hopefully could contribute to the Systemic Functional Linguistics studies.

Therefore, any suggestions and comments are welcomed to improve this research.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to convey my greatest gratitude to the Most Gracious and the Most
Merciful, Allah SWT, who gave me the strength and encouragement to
accomplish this research paper. I also would like to thank Dadang Sudana, M.A.,
Ph.D., as the main supervisor, for his patience in guiding, advising, and
supporting me during the research process; the Head of English Education
Department, Prof. Didi Suherdi, M.Ed. and the lecturers of English Department of
UPI who have given precious knowledge; Pak Irvan, Pak Engkus, and other staff
of English Department of UPI who have given the administration services.
Furthermore, I would like to thank my mother, Nunu Nuswiati, who
always trusts and gives me her best in supporting and motivating me through my
college years; my little sister, Nuke Novianti, who always encourages me in doing

this research; my beloved father, Cholil Zarkasih, whom I remembered for his
care and patience. I also would like to thank my classmates of English Language
and Literature B 2010, Alka, Sonia, Aisya, and Woro for the joy and enthusiastic
college life; my best friends Jelita, Rizki, Dickie, Iqbal, and Stevan for the support
and encouragement; and for those who helped and motivated me whose name
cannot be mentioned one by one.