Appraisal Attitude In Greta Thunberg’s and Jason Momoa’s Speeches On Climate Change Address

Abstract

This research discusses about the Appraisal theory especially the Attitude device in two speeches talked about one crucial climate issue that happened all over the world. It analyzes the speeches by Greta Thunberg and Jason Momoa at the United Nations Climate Action 2019. The speech analysis was done by breaking down the speech into several clauses and analyzing them to find out the types of Attitude that being used. This research used descriptive qualitative method. The findings showed that there were 31 clauses that have been used by Greta and Jason. The using of Attitude by Greta Thunberg is 15 clauses consist of 9 clauses of Affect (60%), 5 clauses of Judgement (33,33%), and 1 clause of Appreciation (6,67%), while the using of Attitude by Jason is 16 clauses consist of 4 clauses of Affect (25%), 10 clauses of Judgement (62,5%), and 2 clauses of Appreciation (12,5%). The dominant percentage of Greta‟s Attitude is shown by the use of Affect, while the dominant percentage of Jason‟s Attitude is shown by the use of Judgement. Negative Attitudes were used more than Positive Attitudes in the speech. It means that Greta Thunberg and Jason Momoa prefer to use negative feeling in delivering the speech due to the climate change address. The research revealed that Greta was more affected by her feeling and emotions in delivering her speech, while Jason could deliver his speech with more objective, powerful and has a good capability in public speaking.