An Analysis of Interpersonal Meaning in Cristiano Ronaldo’s Speech at Ballon D’or Award

Abstract

This research is through the analysis of interpersonal meaning in Cristiano Ronaldo’s speech at Ballon d’Or award. The object of this research is to realize the mood types used in Cristiano Ronaldo’s speech at the Ballon d’Or award and the most dominant types of mood in Cristiano Ronaldo speech at Ballon d’Or award. The researchers used a descriptive qualitative method and an analysis of the subject of this research. It purposed is to describe the mood types in Cristiano Ronaldo's speech. The data in this study was analyzed using document analysis. The speech script served as the study’s source data. The data for this research is derived from Cristiano Ronaldo speech. The researchers then conducted an analysis by locating the mood types used on the speech based on his utterances.  In this research, the researchers employed Wallen and Hyun theory to analyzed the interpersonal meaning. To analyze the relational meaning, the author inspected mood types in speech, and the author divided each mood types into 3 kind. The sequel accrues this investigation, the author observes utterances of expressive mood types. It is composed expressions of declarative mood, expression interrogative mood, expression imperative mood. From the sequel of the investigation, the expressive of declarative are the most dominant mood types because Cristiano Ronaldo’s the same position or parallel to the listener's position.