The Interpersonal Meaning Realized in the Lyrics of Christina Perri’S Album “Lovestrong” and the Contribution for Teaching a Modern English Grammar
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DEIKSIS Vol. 09 No.03, September 2017 p-ISSN: 2085-2274, e-ISSN 2502-227X hal. 283-291 THE INTERPERSONAL MEANING REALIZED IN THE LYRICS OF CHRISTINA PERRI’S ALBUM “LOVESTRONG” AND THE CONTRIBUTION FOR TEACHING A MODERN ENGLISH GRAMMAR Dias Andris Susanto and Setiyo Watik University of PGRI Semarang [email protected] Abstract This study examines the interpersonal meaning realized in the lyrics of Christina Perri’s Album “Lovestrong” and the contribution for teaching of a modern English grammar. It will be easier and more interesting to analyze the interpersonal meaning through the literary works that we hear everyday such as song lyrics.The objectives of this study are to describe the interpersonal meaning realized in the lyrics of Christina Perri’s Album “Love strong”, to know the most dominant Mood Types and Speech Roles, to describe the Modality realized in those lyrics and to describe the contribution of interpersonal meaning in the lyrics of Christina Perri’s Album “Love strong”. The design of the research was descriptive qualitative. The main sources of data in this research were the lyrics of Christina Perri’s Album “Love strong”. There were five song lyrics that the writers analyzed in this study. The analysis of the data used the following steps: those followings, listened to the songs, found the printed lyrics of the songs, analyzed the clauses based on the Mood-Residue elements and found the Modality through Modal Finite and Mood Adjunct. Next step, the writer classified the clause to get the most dominant of Mood Types and Speech Roles. The last, the writers drew the conclusion of this study. The results of data analysis shows that the interpersonal meaning in the lyrics of Christina Perri’s Album “Love strong” realized in the wordings of the clause if analyzed based on the elements of interpersonal meaning, the most dominant Mood Types is Declarative, the most dominant Speech Roles is Giving Information, the Modality realized through the use of modal finite and mood adjunct, and the contribution of interpersonal meaning in the lyrics of Christina Perri’s Album “Love strong” for teaching of a modern English grammar is to help the students easier and more interesting to analyze the interpersonal meaning through the lyrics of their favorite song or favorite singer. The conclusions of this study are; the realization of the interpersonal meaning in the song lyrics, we should read them thoroughly while analyzing based on the interpersonal meaning elements. Based on the Mood Types and Speech Roles analysis, the song writer or singer wants to declare something and give information to the readers or listener through these songs. Keywords: interpersonal meaning, song lyrics, mood types, modality, modern English grammar INTRODUCTION sounds or sequences of speech sounds which are used or can be used in People need a language to interpersonal communication by an communicate to others people in the aggregation of human beings and which particular settings. Language produced are rather exhaustively applied to is not only using spoken devices but also catalogue thing, processes and events in written one. Many people communicate human environment. using oral media to express their ideas The interpersonal and thoughts, and some rest people communication can be delivered though prefer having written communication to some media like; advertisements, news, lay their certain purposes. Carol, as cited texts, pictures, etc. Usually, the writer of by Ramelan (1992:10) stated that the advertisements has the particular language is an arbitrary system of speech mood in creating the sentenced produced 283 DEIKSIS | Vol. 09 No.03 | September 2017 | 283-291 in the advertisements themselves. Most ways. Song also tells something or of in the electronics and mobile phones someone’s feeling that uses imaginative advertisements in the Jakarta post, their diction and rhyme. We almost hear songs moods are declarative moods rather than everyday; even we can memorize the imperative and interrogative moods lyrics very well. It’s very interesting to (Susanto, D.A. 2013). It can be said that see how the composer plays with words the designer of those advertisements and cords to convey the message, and it want to giving and exchanging is very interesting to study or analyze information of the benefit having those something that we like very much. products using declarative moods. On Based on the phenomenon the other hands, interpersonal meaning already described above, the writer is analysis is also good in finding out the interested in applying the research on the mood of others texts whether they are interpersonal meaning in the lyrics of short or long texts. Susanto, D.A. (2009) Christina Perri’s album “Lovestrong” argues that interpersonal meaning and the contribution to the teaching of realized in the drink labels are modern English grammar. dominantly is declarative moods-giving and exchanging information and STATEMENTS OF THE PROBLEM services. In fact, we can see that The discussion of the study is interpersonal meaning always realized in limited in the following problems: any media as far as they have the texts First, How is the interpersonal involved within it. meaning realized in the lyrics of Functional Grammar has three Christina Perri’s album “Lovestrong”?, types of meaning, called it as a second, what is the most dominant Mood metafunction: ideational, textual, and Types used in the lyrics of Christina interpersonal. In this study, the writer Perri’s album “Lovestrong”?. Third, analyzes the interpersonal meaning. what is the most dominant Speech Roles Interpersonal meanings are meanings, used in the lyrics of Christina Perri’s which express a speaker’s attitudes and album “Lovestrong”?. Fourth, how is the judgments. These are meanings for Modality used to realize the acting upon and with others. The interpersonal meaning of the lyrics elements of interpersonal meanings are Christina Perri’s album “Lovestrong”?, Mood and Residue. The component that Fifth, what is the contribution of gets bandied back and forth is what we interpersonal meaning used in the lyrics call the Mood element of the clause. The of Christina Perri’s album “Lovestrong” other component is called the Residue. to the teaching of modern English We can analyze the Mood – Residue that grammar? realized in the texts or articles, such as a song lyric, newspaper, magazine, letter, REVIEW OF RELATED science, speech, and many others. Many LITERATURE media serve knowledge and message or Interpersonal Meaning information either in spoken such as To analyze the interpersonal radio, music, song, television, etc or in meaning in the lyrics of Christina Perri’s written like magazine, newspaper, book, album “Lovestrong”, we have to know etc. In this study, the writer chooses to what the interpersonal meaning itself analyze a song lyric, because song is the clearly. In this part, the writer will way to tell a language, it is used by discuss the interpersonal meaning and its human to tell something in different entire component. This explanation will 284 The Interpersonal Meaning Realized in The Lyrics of Christina Perri’s Album “Lovestrong” and The Contribution for Teaching a Modern English Grammar (Dias Andris Susanto dan Setiyo Watik) help the readers to understand what the giving and demanding. Giving means interpersonal meaning is and how to ‘inviting to receive’ and demanding analyze the sentences based on the means ‘inviting to give’. The commodity element of mood and residue. According that giving or demanding are ‘good and to Gerot and Wignell (1994:13), the services’ and ‘information’. interpersonal meanings are meanings which express a speaker’s attitudes and Table (1.1) Type of Speech Roles judgments. These are meanings for Commodity exchanged Role in acting upon and with others. Goods and Information exchange Interpersonal meaning, according to Butt services (2001:86) is one of the most basic Giving “offer” “statement” interactive distinction is between using Would you He is giving language to exchange information and like this her the using it to exchange goods and services. teapot? teapot. These meanings are most centrally Demanding “command” “question” influenced by tenor (who/what kind of Give me What is he person produced this text? For whom?) that teapot! giving her? of discourse. Martin (1997:62) gives two According to the Table (1.1) reasons for recognizing this kind of above, it can be interpreted as follows; interpersonal clause structure: the first 1. Giving information reason is that, if a speaker wants to get a The speaker and the writer give verbal response to a declarative or information by making statements, imperative clause, s/he can add a tag such as “He is giving her the (Mood tag) that picks up only part of the teapot”. This sentence is a clause. The second reason for declarative sentence that giving recognizing Mood and Residue as the information. major function of the clause, when 2. Demanding information viewed interpersonally, is that the The speaker and the writer different mood categories (declarative, demanding information by asking interrogative, etc.) are realized in question, such as “What is he giving English by the mood element, while the her?” This sentence is an Residue may in part or whole be interrogative sentence that involved in ellipsis in responding moves. demanding information. 3. Giving goods and services Type of Speech Roles The speaker and the writer The other material that related to giving goods and services by the analysis of the interpersonal meaning offering, such as in “Would you like is the type of speech roles. In this study, this teapot?” This sentence is an the writer wants to know the most interrogative sentence that offering dominant type of speech roles in the good or something. lyrics of “Christina Perri’s album “Love 4. Demanding good and services strong”. Before analyzing the type of the The speaker and the writer speech roles and identify the most demanding goods and services by dominant of it, we have to master about giving command or instruction, such what type of speech roles are.