THE ANALYSIS OF TRANSITIVITY IN SOME DISCOURSES IN THE BALI TIMES
Ida Bagus Astika Pidada, Baiq Mandalika Adawiyah
Universitas Warmadewa
Abstract
The title of this paper is The Analysis of Transitivity in Some Discourses in The Bali Times. The problems of this study are related to the types of processes and the roles of participants each process found in Bali Times News. This research has two objectives. First, it aims at finding out the types of process derived from the transitivity analysis on the texts, second it aims at finding out roles of the participant on that transitivity analysis on the texts. Data of this research were collected by reading newspaper and identifying the sentences relating to the problems. Then, the data were analyzed based on theory of transitivity by Halliday in his book entitled An Introduction to Functional Grammar (1985). The data which are collected through library research method are analyzed by using descriptive method. Based on the analysis it was found that five types of process found in data sources, they are (1) material process, (2) mental process, (3) relational process, (4) verbal process, (5) existential process. The role of participants in material process are actor, goal, range,and reciepient. The role of participants found in mental process are senser and phenomenon. The participants of relational process as intensive process are carrier and attribute, identified(token) and identifier(value). The participants of relational process as circumstantial are carrier and attribute. The participants of relational process as possessive are carrier and attribute. The participants of verbal process are sayer and verbiage, and the participant of existential process is existent.
Keywords: Transitivity, Discourse, The Bali Times
Topic: Language