Interpersonal Meaning in Dalia Mogahed’s Speech: a systemic functional linguistics study

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Nisak, Khoirun (2020) Interpersonal Meaning in Dalia Mogahed’s Speech: a systemic functional linguistics study. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This study aims to reveal the interpersonal meaning in Dalia Mogahed’s speech at TED Talks (Technology, Entertainment, Design) entitled “What it is like to be Muslim in America” using Halliday’s theory of systemic functional linguistics. This study has three research problems: (1) what are the MOOD types found in Dalia Mogahed’s speech? (2) How is the modal commitment realized in Dalia Mogahed’s speech?, and (3) How does the subject pronoun reveal the interpersonal meaning in Dalia Mogahed’s speech? The research design used in this study was descriptive qualitative. The primary data source of this study was the speech of Dalia Mogahed. The data were collected by reading the whole script of the speech and then collecting them in clauses. It was followed by identifying the data based on the interpersonal structure, which deals with mood and residue elements to find the MOOD types, modal commitment, and subject pronoun, then classifying the data and analyzing the data as the data steps analysis. The last is, concluding this study. As the results, the study found three types of MOOD occur in Dalia Mogahed’s speech: declarative, interrogative, and imperative. Among those types of MOOD, declarative is frequently used by Dalia Mogahed. It occurs 127 times. Furthermore, the medium modal commitment and the first subject pronoun are mostly adopted in Dalia Mogahed’s speech with 11 occurrences and 65 occurrences, respectively. The use of medium modal commitment, Dalia Mogahed successfully attracts the audience’s attention and gets their support to make a better world without terrorism. Then, through the use of the first subject pronoun, Dalia Mogahed shows her responsibility as a Muslim to change the negative perception and bring a better understanding of Islam and Muslims. Besides, she makes the audience feel the same as her. Therefore, Dalia Mogahed has successfully shortened the distance with them.