Rita Dina Akmalia , 2201415006 (2020) THE REALIZATION OF EXPERIENTIAL MEANING IN UP SCREENPLAY. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

This study deals with experiential meaning realized by transitivity covering Processes, Participants, and Circumstances. It investigated the application of Systemic Functional Linguistics by Halliday’s theory of transitivity (2014) as the main theoretical framework. The aims of the study are to explain how the processs, participants, and circumstances are realized through language used in Up screenplay by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson. It applied descriptive qualitative method completed by quantitative data to enrich the depth of the analysis. The data are in the form of clauses of the two main characters’ dialogues taken from the screenplay. After analysing 479 clauses, all types of processes were found in the screenplay and were realized by verbal group. Based on the rank of frequency, material processes are the most dominant process which occurs 162 times (50.46%). Material processes are used to tell that the two main characters, Carl and Russell, physically do something in which the action is real and tangible. It was found that Actor is the most dominant participant that realized by nominal group in the clauses. It has 136 (25.23%) of occurrences. Actor relates to the Material process as the dominant process in the screenplay. Third, the circumstance of place is the most dominant circumstance found in the Up screenplay. It was found 43 times (43.43%) and it showed where the action that the characters do take place.

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