Furthermore, Al Jazeera and New York Post have different results in terms of the process and participant component, but there are similarities in the circumstance element. Next, circumstance types found in Al Jazeera appear in 56.2%, while New York Post has 73.6%.
Background of Study
This was evident in the media's coverage of controversial issues that occurred earlier this year due to the assassination of Iran's military leader. Together with the New York Post as one of the American English newspapers and is considered the 4th largest in terms of its distribution in the United States in 2018.
Research Question
Research Objective
Therefore, the researcher also found that an editor who describes a topic or an actor with the mention of "American air strike" which means the American air force as the main cause of the assassination. Next comes the "assassination" objective, which acts as the process intent for the actor to take. While the goal is “the death of Soleimani and al-Muhandis”, it is shown as the result of a process performed by the actor and acts as the direct object in the clause.
It is signed by the action verb "also sent", which means the process of happening in the form. The date is taken from the Al Jazeera editorial titled "The mystification of Qassem Soleimani" and the example above denotes the substantive process. It is expressed with the action verb "signed" as the process of doing in the past tense.
Therefore, the scope in the written clause that functions as the reset of the process has "terminated". The date is taken from Al Jazeera editorials titled "The Mystification of Qassem Solemani" and the example above indicates the verbal process. It is signed by the verb "argue that" which expresses the process of citation.
The data is taken from Al Jazeera's editorial titled "The Mystification of Qaseem Soleimani", and the example above illustrates the relational process. The data is taken from Al Jazeera's editorial titled "The Mystification of Qassem Soleimani", and the example above illustrates the relational process.
The Uses of the Study
Scope of Study
Moreover, through grammatical processes, the researcher also intended to describe different types of transitivity components that represent inside the newspaper editorials by seeing which clause contains Soleimani's presence, the cause of Soleimani's death, the people who have been affected, and the situation happened after assassination written in the leaders.
Previous Study
Ong'onda analysis talks about how a figure is depicted as the main cause of terrorism that happened in Kenya. Al Fajri intends to investigate these questions by taking two different newspapers which have contrasting background such as BBC and Al Jazeera newspapers in qualitative research.
Theory
Ideational Metafunction
- Transitivity
Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia (ii) participant is an entity required in the process (eg actor, say, senses, goal) (iii) Circumstances are about the process as the main idea, especially when, how. The process is represented by verbs; be, exist, arise, and the participle role is called existing where it represents an entity that exists.
Research Design
Data and Data Source
Data Collecting Technique
Data Analyzing Technique
These clauses lead the present researcher to analyze the written language used that describes the components of transitivity. He then explains the clauses to define the language used in Al Jazeera and New York Post editorials over questions about the Soleimani assassination. This chapter presents the findings of an analysis of transitivity and its components taken from three editorials of each newspaper, particularly Al Jazeera and the New York Post.
The selected editorials based on the issues of the killing of Soleimani, those people who were affected and the situation that happened after the assassination, focusing on the language used that was written in both newspaper editorials and the way the writer or editor gives the information. The analysis of the clauses written in Al Jazeera and New York Post Editorials is presented based on the distribution in each component of the transition such as process, participant and circumstances.
The Frequency of Transitivity Components
It is signed by the action verb "that killed" which represents the process of doing. Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia The date is taken from New York Post editorials titled “Drinking confusion over the Soleimani strike” and the example above indicates the material process. It is signed by the action verb "ended" in which the process of doing is written in the past tense.
It is signed with the verb 'quote', which expresses the process of citing. It is signed by the auxiliary verb "will not help"in any process of intensive attribute. It is signed by the auxiliary verb 'is', which expresses the process of intensive attribute.
It is signed by the auxiliary verb 'was supposed', in which it expresses the process of intensive attribute.
Process Types, Participant Role and Circumstance Element
Material Processes Analysis
- Material Process Analysis in Al Jazeera Editorials
- Material Process Analysis in New York Post Editorials
It is signed by the action verb "ordered" in which it expresses the process of doing written in the past tense. It is signed by the action verb "celebrated", in which it represents the process of doing written in the past tense form. It is signed by the action verb "have called privately" in which signs as a process of doing in the form of the present perfect.
Next, the notion of the action verb "I called privately" does not refer to ordering something by phone, but functions as an order to do something and must be done by the subject. It is signed by the action verb "ordered" in which it expresses the process of doing and is written in the form of the past tense. It is signed by the action verb "did exactly that" as a process of doing written in the past tense form.
The goal is: “By hitting and killing Iran's most resourceful and clever military thinker and leader” means the result of the process carried out by the subject and it is also signed by the preposition “by” at the beginning of the sentence to indicate that the subject does this. action.
Mental Processes Analysis
- Mental Process Analysis in Al Jazeera Editorials
- Mental Process Analysis in New York Post Editorials
The information is taken from the New York Post editorial titled “Cheering the death of Soleimani” and the example above indicates the material process. The data is taken from Al Jazeera editorials titled "Soleimani is not an anti-imperialist hero", and the example above indicates a material process. It is followed by the phenomenon of “like war criminals” which indicates the negative emotion it gives to the perceiver as the subject in the clause and according to Halliday (1994) in Eggins (2004) the phenomenon is categorized as examples because the subject perceives a negative sentiment after being criticized and is written in the form of a polar lexicon (Bal, 2014).
This date is taken in Al Jazeera editorials titled "Soleimani is no anti-imperialist hero" and the example above indicates the mental process. The observer is "they" refers to the local citizens and functions as subject in the clause. The date was taken from New York Post editorials titled "Cheer the death of Qaseem Soleimani—no ifs, ands or buts" and the example above indicates the mental process.
Followed by phenomenon "to engage" indicates the desire to be achieved by the observer.
Verbal Processes Analysis
- Verbal Process Analysis in Al Jazeera Editorials
- Verbal Process Analysis in New York Post Editorials
Followed by wording that is "Trump makes domestic and foreign policy decisions based on his ego and what suits him" indicates the information stated by the sayer, or the word word written in material structure containing actor, material and purpose, defines the researcher it clause as word word because it is written as the information after the verbal statement they most agree that Trump made the decision based on his desire. But in this context, the researcher found that it functions as a statement that the speaker wants to make. Followed by words that are "imminent threats", indicating Soleimani as the most dangerous enemy the US faces.
The researcher categorizes the verb “are convinced” as verbal because it concerns statements that the editors want to convey to the readers and where this verb functions to convince the readers if the enemy will take action. Soleimani was planning a major attack” means an action that is claimed to take place by the speaker as speaker. Or the verbiage is written in the form of a material component that has actor, action verb and target, but the researcher categorizes it as verbiage because in this context it functions as information that the speaker wants to convey and follows a verbal process.
Followed by the words "comments on the strike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani", considered a rewarding statement given by the speaker who succeeds in killing Soleimani as the target.
Relational Processes Analysis
- Relational Process Analysis in Al Jazeera Editorials
- Relational Process Analysis in New York Post Editorials
The information is taken from a New York Post editorial titled "Cheering the death of Soleimani", and the above example indicates a verbal process. It is signed by the auxiliary verb "was", in which the process of the intensive attribute is written in the form of the past tense. It is signed by the auxiliary verb "had accepted", in which the process of the intensive attribute is written in the past perfect tense.
It is therefore a descriptive nickname of the effect of Soleimani's assassination as "on the internal affairs". It is drawn by auxiliary verb "was" in which process of intensive attribute that explains a condition that happened in the past. It is marked by the auxiliary verb "was" in which process of intensive attribute written in the past tense to show the description when the action took place.
From the description above, it can be seen that the editors mainly used material and attitude in the editorials of Al Jazeera and the New York Post when describing the information they want to convey to the readers, especially about Soleimani's assassination. This study aims to reveal the language used around the Soleimani assassination issues in three editorials in Al Jazeera and New York Post newspaper editorials by adopting Halliday's transitivity process. Location was the most dominant circumstance; it reaches 56.2% at Al Jazeera and 73.6% at the New York Post.
