ANALYSIS OF INTERPERSONAL MEANING OF MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE’S SPEECH AT THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL TEACHER’S DAY IN 2019

Abstract

This study investigates how interpersonal meaning is actualized in the Minister of Education and Culture’s speech at the celebration of National Teacher’s Day in 2019. This study is aimed to uncover (1) the mood types found in the speech, (2) the actualization of interpersonal meaning in the speech and (3) the modality used in the speech. This study used qualitative descriptive design. The source of the data is Minister of Education and Culture’s speech. The analysis showed that there were two types of mood found in the speech, namely declarative mood (30 clauses) and imperative mood (9 clauses) from 39 clauses in total. The actualization of interpersonal meaning was done by analysing the structure of the clause, which is represented by subject, finite, predicator, and adjunct. The subject and the finite have an important role in order to identify the mood of the clause. And the predicator and adjunct as the elements of residue. The analysis of Modality showed that the use of “will” implies about probability and it refers to the intention of the speaker in trying to improve the education system in Indonesia.