A Functional Analysis On A Speech Delivered By Pope Paul VI

Abstract

This research is a functional analysis on a text. The text analyzed is one of the speeches delivered byPope Paul VI in Sydney, Australia. The aim is to describe how Pope Paul VI used the language toconvince and to feed the children with the doctrine of love as a basic domain of Christianity. Toanalize the text the systemic functional grammar is used to look at the genre, field, tenor, and mode inthe text. The result indicates that the text has the characteristic of spoken language which isgrammatically complex with parataxis and hypotaxis, and it is lexically sparse. On the transitivityanalysis, the greatest number of mental processes used which indicates that this text is highlythoughtful piece of discourse. In term of tenor, this monologue is just like an authority to hiscommunity. Futhermore, the role of the Holy Father as a leader and a theologian can be seen from thechoice of declarative and imperative clauses which are used to inform and give command to thebelievers. And rhetorical device used to transfer the message shows repetition.