Revealing Transitivity of Circular Letters as Legal Text Using Systemic Functional Lingusitics Approach

Mahardhika Bekti Prasetya, Riyadi Santosa, Tri Wiratno

Abstract


This research attempts to reveal the linguistics characteristics of circular letters as legal texts through transitivity analysis to explain the way circular letter deliver the message in achieving the goal. This research describes the pattern of transitivity in the text of the Circular Letter of Ministry of Research and Technology/BRIN. This research is a descriptive-qualitative research. This is a case study of transitivity in circular letters as legal texts. The source of data in this research is circular letter texts. The data in this study is the realization of transitivity within clause. Data collection techniques in this research is document analysis. The results showed the average percentage of process occurrence in circular text is Material process 93 (72,09%), verbal process 10 (7,75%), mental behaviour process 11 (8,54%), verbal behaviour process 1 (0,78%), attributive relational process 4 (3,10%), identification relational process 5 (3,88%), existential process 4 (3,10%), and mental process 1 (0,78%). The dominance of material process showed that circular letter texts are generally constructed by verbs of material processes. One of the characteristics of legal grammar in the text was the lack of information about the participants who act as actors in the process.

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Transitivity, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Circular Letter, Legal Text

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