METADISCOURSE MARKERS USED IN ANIES BASWEDAN’S POLITICAL CAMPAIGN “DESAK ANIES”

This study aimed to find types, describe the realization, and elaborates the reasons
of metadiscourse markers realization that found in the “Desak Anies” political
campaign video based on Hyland‟s (2005) theory of metadiscourse markers. This
study utilized qualitative method to elucidate the findings. The study discovered
that there were 738 totals of metadiscourse items, consisting of Anies employed
interactional markers more than the interactive one, in which 231 self-mentions
(48%) from interactional categories and 245 transitions markers (92.4%) from
interactive elements that appeared the highest from the video. The interactive
markers were realized by using specific phrase to construct sequences of thought
and resulting on coherent stance. The interactional elements were realized in the
way the speaker explicitly expressed his presence during current discourse. The
reasons these markers occurred were to reached the common ground with the
hearer and foster a sense of connection so the hearer can feel seen and understood.