The Realization of Interpersonal Meaning in Conversations between Native and Non-Native Speakers

Abstract

This study reveals the function of mood, modality, and speech function in the conversation produced by native and non-native speakers. This study of Systemic Functional Linguistics and its practical theories were adopted from Halliday and Matthessien (2014) and Eggins (2007). Therefore, the researcher applied discourse analysis to find the units of mood, modality, and speech function through conversation. The sample of documentation was taken from four kinds of conversations. The instrument was qualitatively collected from casual conversations. The result showed that the use of mood in terms of declarative mood was the most mode applied by the speakers; they employed both positive declaration and negative declaration. Besides, the writer also summarized the modality system where the speakers mainly used the probability system to modify their conversation, while the last type of interpersonal meaning was speech mode; the speakers frequently utilized statement type to deliver their messages to the listener. This research then practically and pedagogically suggested to both teachers and further researchers to comprehend the concept of interpersonal meaning. For practical purposes, the teachers are advised to teach their pupils how to create understandable conversations such as the utilities of subject and finite; the researchers also needed to know their further study about interpersonal meaning if they influenced humans' communication or their status. Keywords: Interpersonal Meaning, Mood, Modality, Speech Function.