Hello, I am Khairina and today I would like
to tell you about Semantics of Interaction
based on Systemic Functional Linguistics.
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We as humans are known as social beings because
we need each other.
To fulfill our needs, we interact with othersby
using language.
Through the interaction, we establish a relationship
between the person speaking now and the person
who will speak next.
To establish this relationship, we take turns
at speaking with different speech roles in
the exchange.
However, the most fundamental types of speech
roles we can take on are only two.
According to Halliday, they are giving and
demanding.
And at the same time, we also choose the commodity
that we are exchanging, they are information
and goods and services.
Let me show you how things work.
She says "HI!
I'm Jane."
Through this exchange, she tells you about
her name.
So, it means that she gives you the information.
Now, how about this?
She asks you "What's your name?"
By this exchange, she demands the information,
your name.
Then, the exchange "Hi!
I'm Jane" is to give the information and we
call it statement.
While the exchange "What's your name?" is
to demand the information and we call it question.
Let's continue!
Jane asks "Would you like a drink?"
Through this exchange, she offers you to serve
a drink and serving a drink is categorized
as goods and services.
This exchange has a role to give goods and
services.
Meanwhile, another exchange "Can I have a
drink?"
means she asks if she can have a drink from
you.
then, this exchange has a role to demand goods
and services.
Therefore, exchange like "Would you like a
drink?" is to give goods and services and
we call it offer.
While exchange like "Can I have a drink?"
is to demand goods and services and we call
it command.
From the explanation, we can come up with
statement, question, offer and command.
those four are called speech function.
We can say that every starting move in a dialogue
must be one of these speech functions.
Before this video ends, I would like to thank
my Functional Grammar lecturer, Mr Sudarsono,
Powtoon, and all viewers.
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