scholarly journals Transitivity Processes in President Buhari’s ‘My Covenant With Nigerians’

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Isaiah I. Agbo ◽  
Festus U. Ngwoke ◽  
Blessing U. Ijem
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
Frequency Function ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Verbal Process ◽  
The People ◽  
Verbal Processes ◽  
The Masses

Politics and politicking in Nigeria has assumed a considerably new dimension. Actors articulate their ideology and programmes, and construct their subjects and experiences in diverse linguistic processes with a view to achieving political victory. This paper examines clause structures of President Buhari’s My Covenant with Nigerians to reveal the transitivity processes employed by the President in this famous campaign speech in 2015 presidential election. This study utilized Transitivity Processes, which is rooted in Halliday’s (1985) Systemic Functional Grammar, in order to uncover different process types and main participants in the speech, and to explain the functions which these processes perform in the speech in helping the speaker to convey his ideology to Nigerians and convince them to rally support for him. Specifically, objective of this study is the uncover transitivity process types in the speech, their frequency, function and ideological underpinnings. The study reveals that President Muhammadu Buhari utilized mental and verbal processes perception, affection, cognition and volition, and verbal process of saying to appeal to the masses, and to commit himself to serve Nigerians. He equally used material and relational processes to encode his ideology, persuade the people and achieve political victory.

scholarly journals Linguistic Choices in Hamid’s Moth Smoke: A Transitivity Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 303
Author(s):  
Hafiz Muhammad Qasim ◽  
Mubina Talaat ◽  
Qamar Khushi ◽  
Musarrat Azher
Keyword(s):  
Literary Text ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Frequency Of Occurrence ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Prose Fiction ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Male Characters ◽  
Verbal Processes

The present study is aimed at an investigation of how meanings are construed in a literary text. The main theoretical framework employed for the data analysis was transitivity, which finds its roots in Halliday’s (1994) Systemic Functional Grammar. 21 texts from Hamid’s novel, Moth Smoke (MS) were selected as data. A sample size of 1100 complex clause sentences containing different processes, participants and circumstances was drawn for analysis. The focus of the study was the identification of transitivity patterns associated with the main characters of the novel following Simpson (2004) who viewed it “useful indicator of character in prose fiction” (p. 119). The findings of transitivity constructions showed that all types of processes were found in MS. Based on the rank of frequency, material processes were computed the most frequent processes. They did have frequency of occurrence as (1076=51.45%). The projection of mental processes was (13.91%) in the second position. The verbal processes were (11.23%), relational processes (19.75%) while the lowest projection was found in behavioural (2.63%) and existential (0.86%) processes. Male characters were ascribed with more material and verbal processes while females were drawn as having mental and attributive process clauses. The current study concluded that transitivity options can function as a useful analytical tool in the analysis of a literary text.

scholarly journals Comparing Oral and Written Cooking Recipes Using Systemic Functional Grammar

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
Esti Sugiharti
Keyword(s):  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Spoken Text ◽  
Verbal Process ◽  
Cooking Process ◽  
Material Process ◽  
Similarities And Differences

This article compares oral and written cooking recipes of the same food created by the same person, by using systemic functional grammar. The aim of the article is to find out the similarities and differences of the language used in both recipes. The data are obtained from Jamie Oliver’s cooking show aired in a YouTube channel on how to make scones and the written recipe of the same food published in his website. The focus of the analysis is on the lexico-grammar of the clauses used in the texts. The result shows that there are more differences than similarities between the two texts. There are more clauses in the spoken text than those in the written text in terms of quantity and variety. In the ideational function, both texts have a similar variety of processes with the majority of material process showing imperatives of procedural texts and additional information using mental, existential, and relational processes, but in the written text there are two clauses using verbal process that are not found in the spoken text. In the interpersonal function, the two texts show demands of good and services and the use of modalities in expressing the expected results of the cooking process. In the spoken text, the relation between the cook and the audience is friendlier and closer than that in the written text.  It is demonstrated in the use of vocatives and interrogatives that are not used in the written text. The textual functions show similar results in the use of conjunctions but the spoken text displays closer interpersonal textual functions found in the use of vocatives. The analyses of the three metafunctions of the two recipes may contribute to the study of food texts in linguistics that are relatively low compared to those in other disciplines.

scholarly journals Ideological Differences between America and China from Perspectives of Transitivity System —Illustrated by Trump’s and Xi Jinping’s Presidential Inaugural Addresses

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 800
Author(s):  
Guohai Liao ◽  
Gelin Han
Keyword(s):  
American People ◽  
Spiritual Guidance ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Public Speech ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Inaugural Addresses ◽  
The People ◽  
Ideological Differences ◽  
Material Process

Taking Systemic Functional Grammar proposed by M.A.K. Halliday as theoretical framework, this paper is set to quantitatively analyze Donald Trump’s inaugural address and Xi Jinping’s first public speech as president of China in the distribution and functions of six processes from perspectives of transitivity system. Having done this, ideological differences between America and China beneath the textual discourse of their speeches will be qualitatively illustrated. It finds that material, mental and relational processes predominate both speeches and Xi’s speech mainly takes the overall lead in spiritual guidance and inclines to generally control the economic and social development in China. For Trump, he needs to employ all his skill to induce and gain the supports from American people, objectively depicting American mediocre situations by material process, trying to narrow down the psychological distance between his governance and the people by mental process and increasing the belonging of American people by relational process.

scholarly journals Transitivity Analysis of Proverbs in Achebe’s A Man of the People

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Emodi Livina Nkeiruka
Keyword(s):  
Literary Texts ◽  
Chinua Achebe ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
The People ◽  
Cultural Element ◽  
Verbal Processes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Linguistic Structures

The language of literary texts is adorned with proverbs, a cultural element which to some extent has become significant in the growth and development of African literature and in the portrayal of meaning assigned by the writer. This paper explores the relationship between linguistic structures and culturally constructed meaning in Chinua Achebe’s novel A Man of the people by critically examining the transitivity of proverbs used in the work. This study is anchored on Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar. The analysis reveals that Achebe uses more material processes, followed by mental processes and then relational and verbal processes. Furthermore, the types of transitivity process, participants, circumstatials contribute towards the construction of themes reflected in the novel. Based on the results, the paper concludes that Achebe uses a variety of transitivity processes as proposed by M.A.K. Halliday with the exception of existential and behaviour. He uses actors, sensers, carriers, identifiers, to convey message of his novel. Achebe mostly uses circumstances of extent, location, and manner to show that the actions take place in a certain place, time, and at a certain frequency. The paper concludes that Achebe’s use of varieties of processes, participants and circumstances has made his novel interesting and readable.

scholarly journals Revealing the Meanings of Prince Harry’s First Speech after Royal Split: Systemic Functional Grammar Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 362-375
Author(s):  
Widi Handayani
Keyword(s):  
Personal Pronoun ◽  
Mental Process ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Mental Processes ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
The People ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Grammar Analysis ◽  
Media Power

The speech is delivered by Prince Harry. Three areas of SFG are applied to analyze the speech. The result shows that in terms of ideational metafunction, material, and mental processes are 2 highest occurrences in the speech. It happens since the speaker displays all his concrete actions including doing charity and meeting many people of his country. Through mental process, it shows that he involves his senses to communicate the language in his mind. Three types of mental process, namely cognition, affection, and perception are found in the speech indicating his empathy to the people towards the news of the royal split. The interpersonal metafunction shows that he does take sides on the wife and family. Using modality, he employs that the media power force creates huge speculations among the citizens. They accuse his wife for bringing bad impacts for him. By applying high commitment of modality, he reassures people that his wife is not the cause of the split. He also requests the people to love her as much as they love him. The modality shows that the split will not change the commitment he has for serving the country. The polarity displays a clarification that the decision of splitting is taken after long consideration. The personal pronoun ‘I’ shows that the speaker is the subject matter of the speech. The textual metafunction in the speech shows that unmarked theme deploys the idea that it is a declarative speech which functions to give information or clarification. The additional conjunction is used to explore detailed information people must know.

scholarly journals A Symptomatic Analysis of the Justice and Development Party's Populism in Turkey, 2007–2010

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 618-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Şakir Dinçşahin
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Constitutional Amendments ◽  
Justice And Development Party ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The People ◽  
Turkish Politics ◽  
The Masses

AbstractThis article focuses on the populist strategy of the Turkish Justice and Development Party between the 2007 presidential election, when Turkish politics experienced an impasse, and the 2010 referendum over the constitutional amendments. As a means of analysing populism, the symptomatic approach is preferred over other theoretical perspectives, including empiricism and historicism. An analysis of the discourse articulated by Prime Minister Erdoğan leads us to the conclusion that he has continually appealed to the masses with an anti-institutional rhetoric that divides society into ‘the people’ and ‘the elite’, thereby fulfilling the criteria of populism according to the symptomatic approach.

A systemic typology of existential and possessive constructions

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Wang ◽  
Jie Xu
Keyword(s):  
Word Order ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Case Marking ◽  
Possessive Constructions ◽  
Systemic Network ◽  
Definiteness Effect

In this article, we examine locational constructions (including existentials, locatives, and possessives) in a number of languages. Morpho-syntactically, locationals resemble or are related to one another in word order, in case marking, and in the choice of verbs. In semantics, the relatedness lies in the definiteness effect, in the locative feature, and in the mutually defining relationship between the semantic elements within each construction. As is recognized by Heine (1997), Stassen (2001) and others, the existential is one of the major sources from which possessives are derived. Basically, possessive constructions are existentials whose locative elements are prototypically human. We argue that locational constructions are relational processes and that they can be integrated into a systemic network with respect to two semantic features, i.e., the definiteness of the existent element and the humanness of the locative element. This systemic relationship between locationals has implications for the description and comparison of languages within the Systemic Functional Grammar framework, particularly where locationals are concerned.

Systemic linguistic analysis of samples from economic speeches by Barack Obama and John McCain

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cadmus Kyrala
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Barack Obama ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
John Mccain ◽  
The World

Using the principles of Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) as pioneered by Michael Halliday, this paper compares samples from speeches by John McCain and Barack Obama. Given the world-wide media coverage of the 2008 United States Presidential Election, it was thought to be both relevant and potentially informative to apply such an analysis in attempt to identify ideologies in the texts and to explore the significance of notable differences or similarities. It was discovered that both texts manage the experiential, interpersonal, and textual meanings in ways which provide clear indications of ideology.

scholarly journals POWER AND DOMINANCE: A MODALITY ANALYSIS OF PRABOWO SUBIANTO’S NATIONAL ADDRESS ‘INDONESIA WINS’

Widyaparwa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-172
Author(s):  
Indah Utami Chaerunnisah
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Frequent Use

This study examines Prabowo’s speech during the first national address of the 2019 pre-election campaign. It aims at revealing the types of modality, modal value, and modal responsibility employed in the speech, and describing how the choice of modality reflects Prabowo’s attitude and strategy to win the 2019 presidential election. This study is qualitative research that applies Halliday’s theory of modality in systemic functional grammar. The results reveal that 1) he used modulation inclination frequently to show his determination to help people, 2) the dominant use of median modal value in inclination reveals that rather than determined he is just keen to help, the domination of high modal value in obligation signified that he believes he has the power to make people follow his instruction, and the frequent use of low modal value in probability indicated that he is not certain about the information he shares, 3) the domination of subjective implicit subject shows that Prabowo tend to emphasize his dominance and superiority in the communication process, and he strongly believes that he can realize all his promises when he becomes the president and he is ready to take responsibility if he cannot.Penelitian ini menganalisis pidato kebangsaan Prabowo Subianto dalam kampanye pra-pemilu 2019. Adapun tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengungkapkan tipe-tipe modality, modal value dan modal responsibility  yang dipakai Prabowo dalam pidato tersebut, dan untuk menjelaskan bagaimana pilihan modality tersebut merefleksikan sikap dan strategi Prabowo dalam visi misinya untuk memenangkan pemilu 2019. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dan menggunakan teori modality dalam Systemic Functional Grammar oleh Halliday. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 1) Prabowo menggunakan modulation inclination untuk menunjukkan tekad membantu rakyat dan membawa Indonesia kearah yang lebih baik, 2) dominasi penggunaan  modal berskala medium keinginan (inclination) menunjukkan bahwa Prabowo hanya berkeinginan untuk membantu negara, tidak sampai tahap bertekad, dominasi penggunaan modal berskala tinggi dalam tipe kewajiban (obligation) menunjukkan kepercayaan diri Prabowo bahwa ia memiliki kekuasaan untuk membuat pendukungnya menuruti perintahnya, dominasi penggunaan modal berskala rendah dalam tipe kemungkinan (probability) menunjukkan bahwa Prabowo tidak terlalu yakin akan informasi yang ia bagikan dalam pidatonya, 3) dominasi penggunaan subjek implisit subjektif menunjukkan bahwa Prabowo cenderung menggunakan gaya komunikasi dimana dia menjadi pihak yang dominan dan superior, dan ia sangat percaya ia dapat menepati semua janjinya saat ia terpilih dan siap menghadapi konsekuensinya jika tidak dapat menepati janji-janji tersebut.

scholarly journals Examining Word List and Processes in Law of The Republic of Indonesia Number 6 Year 2011

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Eva Tuckyta Sari Sujatna ◽  
Cece Sobarna
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Word List ◽  
Mental Processes ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Verbal Process ◽  
Dominant Process ◽  
Material Process ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Verbal Processes ◽  
Descriptive Method

This research tries to figure out the word list and the types of processes in Law of the Republic of Indonesia No 6 of Year 2011 concerning immigration. The research method applied in this research is descriptive method to describe the word list and the process in each data. Based on the result of the data analysis, firstly, it was found that the word “yang” is the highest frequency gramatically, while “pasal” is the highest frequency lexically. Secondly, it was reported there are four different processes; they are material process, mental process, relational process, and verbal process. Among the processes, the dominant process applied in Law of the Republic of Indonesia No 6 Year 2011 concerning Immigration is the verb “dipidana” as material processes, “menolak” as mental processes, “melarang” as verbal processes, and “adalah” as relational processes. AbstrakTujuan penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan kosakata dan jenis-jenis proses dalam Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 6 Tahun 2011 tentang Keimigrasian. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif untuk mendeskripsikan kosakata dan proses dalam setiap data. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data, pertama ditemukan bahwa kata “yang” secara gramatikal memiliki frekuensi tertinggi, sedangkan secara leksikal kata “pasal” memiliki frekuensi tertinggi. Kedua, ditemukan empat proses yang berbeda, yaitu proses material, proses mental, proses relasional, dan proses verbal. Di antara proses-proses tersebut, proses yang dominan diterapkan dalam UUD RI No 6 Tahun 2011 tentang Keimigrasian adalah verba “dipidana” sebagai proses material, “menolak” sebagai proses mental, “melarang” sebagai proses verbal, dan “adalah” sebagai proses relasional.

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