A STUDY OF IDEATIONAL FUNCTION IN SYSTEMATIC FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR: TRANSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF RASHIDA TALIB’S SPEECH

Abstract

Language is essential to political discourse because it shapes arguments and presents speeches, both of which frequently contain an ideology. This study applies Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar to the discourse analysis of Rashida Talib's political speech. Additionally, it aims to support the theory that Systemic Functional Grammar, specifically the idealization meta-functions, underpins Rashida Talib's political discourse's success. This study uses qualitative approach and the sample of this study is consisted of the speech delivered by Rashida Talib (D-Mitch), the only Palestinian-American in Congress, spoken on the House Floor on Nov. 7 and called for a cease-fire in Gaza. Afterwards, transitivity analysis has used to determine the outcomes. The transitivity system has used to analyze the speech. The study's conclusions show that Rashida Talib makes extensive use of the idealization meta-functions in her speech.