Metadiscourse of Political Texts with Different Genres
Ayu Widyaningtyas, S.Pd; Prof. Dr. Sri Minda Murni, M.S; Dr. Siti Aisyah Ginting, M.Hum
State University of Medan (UNIMED), Medan, Indonesia
Abstract
This study was aimed at examining the Metadiscourse of Political Texts with Different Genres. The objectives of this study were to find out the types of metadiscourse occurred in political texts with different genres and to explain the reasons of metadiscourse is used in Political texts with different genres. This study was conducted by descriptive qualitative method. the source of the data was political texts with different genres; they were Academic genres (textbook and journal) and Pure Polical Genre (Report of Political Development). There were two writers that wrote both of genres. The first writer wrote political text book and journal, while the second writer wrote political text book, journal and pure political report. The technique of data collection was documentary technique. The technique of data analysis was interactive model by Miles and Huberman (2014). The findings of the study showed that:1) all types of metadiscourse occurred in Political texts with different genres namely textual metadiscourse (text connectives, code glosses, validity markers, and narrators) and interpersonal metadiscourse (illocution markers, attitude markers, and commentaries). 2) The reasons for using metadiscourse of Political texts with different genres were writing style and communicative needs of social context.
Keywords: Metadiscourse, Political texts, Genre
Topic: Social,Language and Cultural Education