Abstract
Functional systemic linguistics studies the meaning of texts. In Understanding the meaning of the text, it needs the involvment of situation context and cultural context. The aim of this research is to analyze the speech text conveyed Barack Obama in terms of situation context and cultural context. This research used descriptive qualitative approach as research design. Technique of data analysis uses the context situation and cultural context analysis as formulated by Suzanne Eggins (2004) and Halliday and Hasan (1985). The result showed that situation context is determined in term of field, tenor, and mode. The field of the text is about description of the problems faced by American State and how to solve those problems. The tenor of this text describes that relation between Barak Obama and the audience is not equal. The mode of the text shows that text was conveyed orally and rewrited by the jurnalist in the form of written text. Then, the cutural context is determined in term of the word choice in making the meaning of the text. in addition, cultural context is also detemined by the genre and the purpose of text. Thus is analitical text by purposing to give the new hope and the solution solution about crisis happening in America.
Highlights
English is used in academic field where it is used as a means of communication in education whether in the oral or written form
This context analysis covers the context of the situation and cultural context
Tenor influences interpersonal choices in the linguistic system, and thereby it affects role the structures and the strategies chosen to activate thelinguistic exchange. The tenor of this text is that Barak Obama is as new President of United States of America in which he pursued American citizen to strugle to end the economic crisis faced by American citizen
Summary
English is used in academic field where it is used as a means of communication in education whether in the oral or written form. In a written speech text, language in specific English text will be used to persuade, influence, and give information to societies or audiences toward the content and the purpose of speech which is delivered by the speakers. The written text of political speech is in Indonesian text and English one. The English text as a language found in the speech text has two functions; as a means of transaction and interaction. Transaction means a language, English texts, is used to express an ‘information’ or idea from the speaker or writer to the listener or reader. It is called ideational meaning (Halliday, 1994). The most important thing should pay attention for speaker is know the societies socio-cultural condition because knowing those condition will centaintly affect the speakers’ need
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