Interpesonal Meaning in Donald Trump’s Speech in Response to Corona Virus Pandemic

Abstract

This research aims to identify the types of Mood system and to analyze how the speech function realized in mood system in Donald Trump‘s speech in response to Corona virus pandemic by applying the Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) theory. This research used descriptive qualitative research as the research method. In collecting the data, the writer used analysis on written documents as the method. The data was the clauses from the transcript of Donald Trump‘s speech that delivered on March, 11 2020.The model used in this research is interactive model. Based on data analysis, the result of the research shows that: there were three types of mood system found in Donald Trump‘s speech were Declarative clause was 82 (82%), Imperative clause was 15 (15%), Modulated interrogative clause was 3(3%), while Interrogative clause was not found in the data. The realization of speech function in mood system were Typical clause mood and in Non-Typical clause mood. In Typical clause mood, statement was realized by Declarative 82 (82%). Command was realized by imperative 7 (7%). In Non-Typical clause mood, command was realized by declarative 8 (8%), and Offer was realized by declarative 3(3 %).The research revealed that the most frequent speech function found in the data was statement rather than offer and question because the speaker has the opportunity to provide as much information as possible to the listener. Donald Trump response to the spread of this global pandemic in the information and opinion form carried out in preventing the spread of the Corona virus pandemic in the world.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi jenis-jenis Mood system dan menganalisis bagaimana fungsi wicara diwujudkan dalam mood system pada pidato Donald Trump dalam merespon pandemi virus Corona dengan menerapkan teori Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Dalam pengumpulan data, penulis menggunakan metode analisis dokumen tertulis. Data yang digunakan adalah klausa dari transkrip pidato Donald Trump yang disampaikan pada tanggal 11 Maret 2020. Model yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah model interaktif. Berdasarkan analisis data, hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: terdapat tiga jenis mood system yang ditemukan pada pidato Donald Trump yaitu Declarative clause 82 (82%), Imperative clause 15 (15%), Modulated interrogative clause 3 ( 3%), sedangkan klausa interogatif tidak ditemukan dalam data. Realisasi fungsi wicara dalam sistem mood adalah klausa tipikal mood dan klausa non tipikal mood. Dalam mood klausa tipikal, pernyataan direalisasikan oleh Deklaratif 82 (82%). Perintah diwujudkan dengan imperatif 7 (7%). Dalam suasana klausa Non-Tipikal, perintah direalisasikan dengan deklaratif 8 (8%), dan Penawaran direalisasikan dengan deklaratif 3 (3%). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa fungsi tuturan yang paling sering ditemukan dalam data adalah pernyataan daripada tawaran dan pertanyaan karena pembicara memiliki kesempatan untuk memberikan informasi sebanyak mungkin kepada pendengarnya. Respon Donald Trump terhadap penyebaran pandemi global ini dalam bentuk informasi dan opini dilakukan dalam mencegah penyebaran pandemi virus Corona di dunia.