AN ATTITUDE ANALYSIS OF NARA MASISTA‟S RIGHT OF REPLY SPEECH IN THE UNITED NATION GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2016

Dr. Yudi Juniardi, M.Pd as the first Advisor and Dina Rachmawati, M.Pd as the second Advisor

The objective of this research was to investigate the type of Attitude and how Attitude was employed in Nara Masista Right of Reply Speech. This research used the Appraisal Theory (Martin and White, 2005) and focuses on the Attitude subsystem which consists of Affect, Judgment, and Appreciation. Qualitative method was employed in this research particularly for content analysis. In answering the research question, the data gain was obtained from the speech transcription. The data was classified using coding on each clause and interpreted according to the Attitude domain. The result of Attitude analysis was dissolved 67 clauses comprising of 17 Affects, 32 Judgements, and 18 Appreciations. The negative attitudes were higher than the positive attitude. Moreover, the use of Negative Judgements dominates the percentage of Attitude employed to counter the issue brought by Asia Pacific country. Meanwhile, the positive Appreciation and Affect were employed to represent Indonesia as a good country, respecting and appraised the Leader in the UN General Assembly. The findings suggest that the speaker highly affirmative in countering political statements from the APCs and showing that Indonesia is a sovereign country.

Keywords: Speech, Appraisal Theory, Attitude

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