THE DISCOURSE MARKERS IN PRESIDENT JOKO WIDODO'S SPEECHES IN KTT APEC IN CHINA 2015. ENGLISH APPLIED LINGUITICS STUDY PROGRAM. POST GADUAE SCHOOL SATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDAN (UNIMED) 2018

This study deals with The Discourse marker in Joko Widodo’s Speeches in KTT APEC
CHINA in 2015. This study attampted to investigate the domaint elements of Discourse
Marker of Joko Widodo speeches in KTT APEC in CHINA 2015, the type and how discourse
marker are coded in the president Joko Widodo speeches in KTT APEC in CHINA 2015. The
study was conducted by quantitative design. The data in this study were the vidio of Joko
Widodo’s Speeches in KTT APEC in China 2015 which got 102 clauses from the vidio. The
clauses were transcribed in order to be analyzed.In relation to the problems of the study, the
purpose of the study is to find the types of discourse markers and to elaborate the reasons of
occurrence of discourse markers used the speech based on situational context.And this
research was using descriptive qualitative method. From the data analysis and findings it is
found that the dominant category found in President Joko Widodo’s Speeches was Cognitive
category (41, 18%), followed by structural category (31, 37%) and interpersonal category and
referential categories have the same number (13,73%). Related to situational context, the
dominant one is mode, becuase the vidio is connected to interection to the audiences in that
meeting. As a result, the discourse markers where it consist of cognitive categories and as the
most complete unit determine by mode situation.