Speech Function of Anies Baswedan’s Speech in Approval Ceremony as the Governor of Jakarta in the Period of 2017-2022

Language forms a dialogue that becomes a very
important matter in communicating. Dialogue is related with
speech functions. Halliday (1994) suggest that dialogue is a
process of exchange involving two variables; those are: (1) a
commodity to be exchanged; either information or good and
service and (2) roles associated with exchange relations; either
giving or demanding. Halliday (1994) states that there are four
basic types of speech functions; those are: offer, statement,
command, and question. This study tries to analyze the speech
function of used by Aneis Baswedan in his speech when he was
ceremonially approved as the governor of Jakarta in the period
of 2017-2022. This study tries to analyze the speech function of
used by Anies Baswedan in his speech when he was ceremonially
approved as the governor of Jakarta in the period of 2017-2022.
Based on the data analysis, it was got that there are 75
independent clauses of which speech functions are statement, and
there are 7 independent clauses of which speech functions are
command. The speech functions of statement are in marked and
unmarked mood, while the command ones are in unmarked
mood. The types of speech function found in the speech are
correlated with the function and the goal of the speech