AN ANALYSIS OF CONNOTATIVE MEANING OF KEYWORD IN THE SCRIPT OF BARRACK OBAMA'S RACE SPEECH.

AN ANAI,YSIS OF CONNOTATIW I!'LANING
OF Ki}1VORD IN TIIE SCRIPI OI B.{RRACK OBA]'IIA'S RACE SPEECTT

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By

RESTI'ASTRIANI
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ENGLISIT DE?ART'TENI


IlACULIII OI LETTERS
-ANDAI-AS UMIERSI'TY

ABSlf,AX

Dxld sknpsi ini dib,na. dtds tata (uci (*4eor.') yos rerdat:t Pada Fidaro
Bmck Obama ybg berken@ dc.gd 16. Kcll kunci memiliki b!lrM_b3's{r }atu

t nruk piliFn m,upm akivirT, Dembdgkirkm tnmgot. ncnciDdkln
allu nenjuigrn Mliid peidatal/kepe(ate unm, nemp€4aruni .niosio.al
nencindilasikd sutu

pembaca/pendensa'dr nenpun)ai li.laensi hemlDculd ymg cuhrp dtg€l

TUue F€Dulis skipsi ini idllan utuk nen8idcntifitdi F.w p*n Rtrnck Obmd
tis}liap lila kurci
)dg dimpaitd mehlui m,Ina tonoratif (.o,,,/,r,rs zs,nr",g) dri\Ma
(yzi.ridr i,
lntisn ini dilatulm o"l.lui linjam iLnu penrdm dald suatu

ole[
R
Frond william(
,i.r!6s). Seldjubta Fnelitim ini nengguale teod kara luci
m ktlr kunci dm
(1981) da leon mrrna konol:tilol.h Roled Barthes (1975) Hnbug
l vdnq
(J€,ircation
K^^
ard{)
sigiifit6i
md{na konotaril dijab.rtM Delalui
^tn
'anapm
ada djlajtke dengm bnltr Gis,) i-dg rerilat dengd konicts shinega d.{Er diket4hui pcsd
dtui Beack Obui ros diiderDreBikd oehlui du ialEpd sielitk3si ]ttu sis'ifihisi
denotalilda siglillBi koDobrii
Penclitid membrhikm ban{a Bara.k obma neneglnale bctodc penard's
tonobdldalm ncnydpokd pes, notivasi d.n pbddeamva Sciia9 l:1: kuci mcmliki
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CIIA.PTER

1

INTRODUCTION

r.l Da.rq.odd

or drc SludY

Languee i5 d srslem

ol

signs lha,

exp6*s idat dd h $eFoG


.o6p6ble to a slsred ol Miri.g, $o alpbdtt ol d.il-oDres srnbolic
tolire

fomllc, milirart si8Ieh, d.. hit

ir ir th. mon inpotur of all

rires,

rice

s)llBms {Saussure in Ddesi, 2004:8) All p&plc hare lan3usc; ir.an b.

ldgur8e, wrinen ldguaee or bql] lang!a!.. Ldsunle
sounds

sd

gesture rhtt have


One ol lhc ways to

wor&

thar are callcd

overin

therexlMd

h3vD

r mdni.g {Cbsdler,

crucidl lo lhe lEme

*veEl le)*ordi Keylods

2002:2)


m *ods *hich
s

lopic

Eedh co.cds

tit

may

arc mos otun Lrords *hich represnt an

on how lan8Eee is

our $e mtuings ol .ach ke)1vords. To

gNd appoach dcak wih lnis kind of
seniotics is


.ver.rd

aE u*d

und.Idisu$ion A

ess.rliil or basic co.c.pt or rhc ler.l 4d $ey ue

This

imaEcc

*pEss rhc idca is bl spceh Commoily, sp€ah ha

kewords. Kclaeords
e

co bt qods


.al

Nd

often lhemdic (LaMn,

in lom of

wl)ze i! snioiics

dN|lrlfue!

sF(h ad

6nd

is consideEbly a

The basic defrlirjon or


1he srddy

oasi$5. Th. mod doDinet coiEDpoBrj modelsolrvhat

k

rhal pop.sed by a sans I'guist Fedinaid de saussu.e.

conniturer of si8!

Sau$lre fgucd rhar 'nolhina k morc appmPiare rhin $e study ol lmg/ages to
bnns oul rhe natuE ofthe $mioloEi€l probl.m (Sn6s@,

seniorics

dF*

heavily on lincrrhtics corc.!6.

i! Chmdler.2002J)


pdly becaus of

Szu$r\

infltrcnc.. and

de

nudyolothersien

b6:use liDsrisiics is mo'e esbblishen di{iplinc rhm dE

rftds.

Satrsuto toleded to language

olall otlne synen olsiSs (Sausure. in
semiorics


as itE mon

Chandler, 2002:t),

inrolrs $e sdv nd oilv or ebar

*c rfs b ar'sig6

€ver,day spec.\ bur of M)U1tlS which ttand fo.' soneifiing

sns,

signs hke rhe

ifrPotul'

el+ ln i

.:fridi

lbft ol *o s, imases, sounds, sesr€ dd

(Chmdle., 2002:l). Semidrics an be rpplicd to anlhin8 Bhich

si8niljing sohdhiig Sedslics :Dtllsh

cu lho

including rdLlni.n. r.nmns, n.*sp.pcr

sd

be appligl

cu

in

b€

obje-ls

H 6

b i'edd 1*r

naSaines 3nicle, posler! trlxq

nusic, phorogipht 4d Pdinling.

doely asmi.rcd qi$ cultucl

Semiolics is nos

rvdLe$blishcd *ilnin

the

mriidNan hdnion

content anallsis inrol'cs a

'contedt of fr.nia

F{!

qletibrivc

semiolics

cdtat an lsn

is

olseinl$i. € Esch. \\hrt

oppDach to

*c|l b

srudies,

the.ndlt3is of

3ml}ze m€did

ii. smiLn

res 6

$rucnn:d

*holss Md in\digrtF lareni, connobiive mebin8s (Cirodla. 2005:6).
Connokliv€ m@iog

nor ro slretch'

ruge of meanine. lh* cotcems
rhe

t

chniques by

engendered in

'evcri&v'

criticieh a psdcupation eirh

rhich lireErr lMEU.gc loris, ud a conljm ro sp€cif:i ald

dilreEnriaE the* 6!m ihe modes

In m$t

lanBlag. b.vond iis nomal

trrl'

IheE

till

bt

ol odimrt'

lanEuage

some kc!.vords

G.do.

$hich will acqutc slnboln

vrlue. Thcy come ro c&ry ligrdtive or netapharical m€ninA

neaningolrhc Ford. For exuPle:

d Reis bl

s

well

as rhe

Lasic

By hjs ddn on lne .os, Chrin defoyed 6e cmity, by ncans ol $c crois h.
ad b.ought $em b3ck b Gol. Hs dic'l on rhe
lnnen h{Lb rues inro onc
crN ro put d end to L\e hated dd bnng us borh bac* b God 6 one peoplc,

dy

cwple

frcm lne

ab.vc, lne

*ord

closs' Rle610 w..dcn cro$

4.d

crucifi\ionduingtheiimeoltLe RomanEmpn.- Howe'.'er. for chii$io, it

lor

has a

slmb.lic mtring b€yond rhc basionBeing Synboliolly, it mcans dearh md

\uff.nig (tnon, l93a:l8l)
Bsd

on

lno*

B3l*k Obdat

fa.rs. this ftsarch is conduc&d to find out rh. kcyrords

€ce spccch

od relrte

each

kojeords

b

of

comohtivc meaning

on*mioric poiir viev. Byconsidering rhisphenonenq llar itiswonhvto sbdv

'I(le"o'd-o 'le BrrtObas a p.T-br"m'igt' r p'^pr''iv" ii
ordtr

ro

disdrle

Ll idhtifi utiotr
-l]]ir

df tbc

lroblrB

Estrrch is lEused on t*o main probl.ns Thcy

l. Wl.t
2.

it

rhe rcal meenings behind

$t

e

tn3 rypes oi

m6

follorvingl

kelvd.ds lound in A.rack Obana\ nce sp€ech?

connobtiv. meaning

cs

b€ derived

6on 6e

key {ords

ol

Bmck Obma\trespc-h2

Tii5

lgch

k D attmpl

in *riden rert of Bnock
kerlord found in $ccch

ro stody keFvord

Ob€ma

dd i3

connobtivd hedning

s Fce spe€h ln do;na $is tes.arch, thc

and {he Prccess

ofitlentiryios thc otuoGivD mcming

of lnde key sords de dcscnb€d Mor6!er, this rhesis helP $c rcndod

uderldd

$e meaning ol

a

tet

to

motu lbJougl its kela\_ords, b€cause knowhdge

ol s n; .inpoturropem Iu' b untletud !h_ r*d

aoprobn;e'v

CIIAPTER,I
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

evert

rexr

will h.ve cerlai! keyavods, whethgr in

rhe

of1h.l.n,

phrasq *hich are ctucial to lhe unde6lrnding ol the baic coF.pl

dclancq

$e

sod

c

in.Ae, rhc word has po*er or spirit

dre

*onl

that

Kewo.d h6 sev.ml c.ireria such
be build a positive or negative

un

credte rhe

rnd rhe word

6

hiqh fFquency df

inplicn naninS, ihe wod lhat ehpo{ed ptoplc

cd cret

anolher sbdy like

!r

lom olRord

or tum out people\ bclict It aho

tusltio.. dd

il ako ca.

Io do 5melning.

tu

be applied in

b€ used for analyzing

$a

{tle lnd

Luer'j.od\qrt.qqlF.nboi.\3 c r\.,. ornour\,c",
Coniotdive ncrning

h

eeneElly unsrable. h varies considerabll a.coilL.g to

such Ii.rors such as culture, hislori.sl p.riod,
expenence oa the

sF€lei

Th€

sinildty

Triner d.ulru?lEile"c hrt:.

orre

sial :la* and dE e.deEl lil.

benveen

'inE

hctr

key*d,n Md

sorh,!'.

Havi4 an.ltzed the pEvious dal4 ir is concluded $or
Bamck Obma u$d rhe sign

stslm

ii

hk s!€eh,

io convey lbc intended n,es@es views

norivalions in thc comohlile fom ol keyyods. as
intended

conDotlrive

mcss!6 rold aboul the spnl to hale

I

loqd 6oh

di€ da6.

dd
hk

perfecl unior spinr to figfir

aeains thc .Jcial discih;naiion. rhc ptul.sr for moratiry and hrmoi!,, and de
bclicr in Cod, Clristirlity

ed

rhe

hlh

48

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