PROCESS OF A SCHIZOPHRENIC’S DIALOGUES IN A BEAUTIFUL MIND MOVIE.

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PROCESS OF A SCHIZOPHRENIC’S DIALOGUES

IN A BEAUTIFUL MIND MOVIE

A THESIS

Submitted to the English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Medan, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for

the Degree of Sarjana Sastra

By:

SISKA PRATIWI

Registration Number 209520014

ENGLISH AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS

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ABSTRACT

Pratiwi, Siska. Process of a Schizophrenic’s Dialogues in a Beautiful Mind

Movie. Faculty of Language and Art. State University of Medan. 2013.

This study concerns with the analysis of transitivity system which focusing on the types of process uttered by the schizophrenic character in A Beautiful Mind movie, John Nash. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. There are six types of process in transitivity system. The results of data analysis show material process 44.67%, mental process 18.83%, relational process 28.03%, behavioral process 1.17%, verbal process 4.53% and existential process 2.77%. The most dominant process is material process, that is the process which indicates action; activities and events, things happen and people or other actors do things or make them happen. The indication reflects Nash’s activities with real people and hallucination people especially when his hallucination friends: Charles, Parcher and Marcee. Nash intensively met them so that he talked much with them and kept their memories in his mind.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillah, all the praise, honor and power belong to Allah SWT for

giving the writer blessing, love and mercy in accomplishing this thesis. In the

process of accomplishing this thesis, the writer was helped by many people who

have participated in giving helps and supports and she would like to express the

greatest gratitude to:

1. Prof. Dr. Ibnu Hajar Damanik, M.Si as the Rector of State University of

Medan

2. Dr. Isda Pramuniati, M.Hum as the Dean of Faculty of Language and Art.

3. Prof. Dr. Hj. Sumarsih, M.Pd as the Head of English and Literature

Department

4. Dra. Rahmah, M.Hum as the Secretary of English and Literature

Department and also as her thesis adviser, for the guidance, comment, and

precious time in supervising the draft of writing.

5. Dra. Meisuri, M.A as the Head of Applied Linguistics Program and also Dra. Masitowarni Siregar, M.Ed as the Head of Educational English

Program

6. Drs. Elia Masa Gintings, M.Hum as her academic adviser

7. All lecturers at English and Literature Department for giving the writer

knowledge

8. Enda Rahayu S.S who has helped her in providing academic administration

9. Her beloved parents, Edi Supriyadi and Julhana for their prayer, love,

attention, motivation and financial support. They have given a lot of things

the writer needed in accomplishing this thesis

10. Her dearest sister and brothers, Sari Rahmadini, Firmansyah and

Muhammad Al Hafizh for giving motivation

11. All uncles and aunties who have given her supports during accomplishing

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12. Her beloved friends, Winda Abdianti Hsb, Suci Retno Utami, Elisa

Perdana,Vany Tarsidasari, Muhammad Luthfi Shandy and many others

who can’t be mentioned one by one

13. Her classmates in Applied Linguistics 2009 class A and B for all the sweet

memories especially for them who would like to graduate in April 2013

14. Ali Fikri Hsb, S.E, M.Si for his love and support. He helped the writer so

much in accomplishing this thesis

15. All people whose names can’t be mentioned. Thanks for everything. May

Allah bless us.

Medan, March 2013

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 2.1. Examples of Material Process ... 14

Table 2.2. Examples of Behavioral Process ... 16

Table 2.3. Examples of Verbal Process ... 17

Table 2.4. Examples of Existential Process ... 17

Table 2.5. Participants ... 18

Table 2.6. Types of Circumstances ... 19

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix A. All Dialogues ... 46

Appendix B. Nash’s Dialogues ... 77

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

Language plays an important role in human life. Language indicates the

existence of human being. As human being, we do need language to express our

emotions, ideas, feelings and thoughts to other people by using sound, gesture,

and signals. Language is fundamentally an instrument of communication (Clark

and Clark, 1997:7). Communication exists because of language, that’s why

human being can’t be separated from language.

In the last few decades, language has been studied in scientific way. Many

linguists appeared and interested in analyzing how language is structured by

applying a theory which is called Systemic Functional Linguistics. In this theory,

language is said as a resource for making meaning which is situated in a context

of situation and a context of culture (Halliday, 1994: 16). This theory also stresses

on communication. In other word, it concerns with relation between language and

context used.

Saragih (2010:1) states that functionalism refers to an approach to

languages studies with reference to roles or functions played by language in

human life as social beings. One of the application of functional approach to study

of language results in functional grammar. Experiential function is a part of

functional grammar which is also called as transitivity system in which the main

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(doing), mental process (sensing), relational process (being), verbal process

(saying), behavioral process (behaving), and existential process (existing).

There’s unusual language impairments which are uttered by patients with

schizophrenia. These unusual language impairments are highly variable and often

hard to characterize (Covington et. al, 2005). Schizophrenia is a mental disorder

often characterized by abnormal thinking, hallucination, delusions, and social

withdrawal. Formally, schizophrenia can be meant as one of psychosis types that

causes mental severe disorder that disrupts thought, speech and behavior.

An example of schizophrenic can be watched in a movie which titles A

Beautiful Mind. A movie, also called a film, is a story conveyed with moving

images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras or by

creating images by using animation technique or visual effects. Movie uses

spoken language which shows the power of communication in which the movie

need dialogues between two or more people.

Considering the relationship among language, schizophrenia and movie,

the writer would like to analyze the process of transitivity system in A Beautiful

Mind movie in which the main actor is a schizophrenic, John Nash. This movie

was produced by Universal Pictures in 2001. It has received four Academy

Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best

Supporting Actress. The unique phenomenon that makes the writer feels interested

to analyze the transitivity process is because of the speaker who has has mental

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uttered by schizophrenic and whether it has relation to the schizophrenic’s

psychology or not.

Before this thesis, there are some theses which also analyze process of

transitivity system. Some of them which relate to this study title “Types of

Process in Asterix and the Great Divide Comic” by Stephanie Wally in which

Material Process (28.04%) is the dominant process, “Transitivity System in

English Text Book of Senior High School” by Nora Januarti in which Relational

Process (40.74%) is the dominant process, and “Transitivity in Mario Teguh

Golden Ways Show” by Priska Sandi Sinurat in which Mental Process (47.08%) is

the dominant process.

There are also some journals such as “Using Transitivity as a Framework

in Stylistic Analysis of Virginia Wolf’s Old Mrs. Grey” by Bonifacio T Cunanan,

student of Bulacan State University in Philippines which the dominant process is

Existential Process (35.49%) and “Process of Transitivity System in Weeping for

My Smoking Daughter” by Wang Caili from Sozou University which gets

Material Process (44.17%) as the dominant process.

B. The Problems of the Study

Based on the background of the study, the writer formulates the research

problems as the followings:

1. What are the types of process of a schizophrenic’s dialogues occurred in A

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2. What’s the dominant process uttered by a schizophrenic character in A

Beautiful Mind movie?

3. What relationship is made between the dominant process and schizophrenic’s

psychology?

C. The Scope of the Study

This study focuses on the process of schizophrenic’s dialogues found in A

Beautiful Mind movie text. In this movie, the schizophrenic is played by John

Nash as the main character.

D. The Objectives of the Study

Dealing with the analysis of process of schizophrenic’s dialogues found in

A Beautiful Mind movie, the objectives are stated as:

1. to find out the types of process in the statements which are uttered by John

Nash as a schizophrenic character in A Beautiful Mind movie.

2. to find out the most dominant process uttered by John Nash as a

schizophrenic character in A Beautiful Mind movie.

3. to find out the relationship between the dominant process and a

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E. The Significance of the Study

These findings of this study are expected to be useful for:

1. the students especially linguistics students to increase the understanding about

the process in transitivity system.

2. the researchers to use them as reference to conduct other related researches.

3. to all readers who’d like to increase their understanding about transitivity

system.

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CHAPTER V

CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

A. Conclusions

After identifying the process in transitivity system and analyzing them,

some conclusions are made in the followings:

1. All types of process occurs in Nash’s dialogue in A Beautiful Mind movie,

namely material process, mental process, relational process , behavioral

process, verbal process and existential process.

2. The dominant process in Nash’s dialogue from A Beautiful Mind movie is

material process (306 clauses, 44.67%), that is the process which indicates

action; activities and events, things happen, and people or other actors do

things or make them happen. Then, it is followed by relational process (192

clauses, 28.03%), mental process (129 clauses, 18.82%), verbal process (32

clauses, 4.53%), existential process (19 clauses, 2.77%) and behavioral

process (8 clauses, 1.17%)

3. The reason why material process is the dominant process because it reflects

Nash’s activities with real people and hallucination people especially when

his hallucination friends: Charles, Parcher and Marcee. Nash intensively met

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B. Suggestions

Based on the conclusions given, the following suggestion are needed to be

considered:

1. It is suggested for those students who are studying language and discourse

analysis to use transitivity theory in observing further study.

2. It is expected that the future research can analyze other aspects of

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