1. TRANSITIVITY ANALYSIS
DIALOGUE
By
Suryasa

2. Processes, Participants and Circumstances
• One of the functions of clause is to represent
experience: to describe the events and states of the
real and unreal world.
• In the SFL model, a representation of experience
consists of:
1. Processes : what kind of event/state is being
described?
2. Participants : the entities involved in the
process, e.g., Actor and Sender.
3. Circumstances : specifying the when, where, why
and how of the process.

3. e.g:
Our bell boy will escort you to the room
Participant Process Participant circumstance

4. Types of Process
SFL typically recognizes 4 main types of processes
(the examples found in dialog text):
• Material : (‘doing’): help, want, check, fill, pay,
take, and escort.
• Mental : (‘experiencing’ or ‘sensing’): see, hear,
like and know.
• Verbal : (‘saying’): say, tell, warn, argue, and
ask.
• Relational : (‘being’ or ‘becoming’): be, have,
become.

5. Sometimes also recognized:
• Behavior : (laugh, talk, cry and breath)
• Existential : (‘exist’. “there is…”)

6. Material process and their participants
Material processes: physical action in the real
world.
Participants:
• Actor : the one who does the action
• Goal : the one who is effected by the
action
• Recipient : the one who receives something
• Beneficiary : the one for whom something
done

7. A : Could I take an imprint of A : Bisakah saya meng-imprint
your credit card, please? kartu anda?
B : Sure. Here you are. B : Tentu. Ini.
A : Thank you. A : Terima kasih.
A : Here you are A : Ini Tuan (mengembalikan
(returning the card to the kartu ke tamu)
guest). B : Terima kasih
B : Mr Scott, your room A : Tuan Scott, kamar anda
number is 4425. nomor 4425. Ini kunci
Here is the room key. kamarnya. Bell boy kami
Our bell boy will escort you akan mengantar anda ke
to the room. Enjoy your kamar. Nikmati tinggal
stay with us. bersama kami.

8. SL TL
B : May I know, what is it? B : Boleh aku tau apa itu ?
A : Of course. I bought uncle a A : Tentu. Aku membelikan
very good wallet. Made in paman sebuah dompet
Italy. yang sangat bagus sekali.
Buatan Italy.
B : Wow… Your uncle must be B : Wow… Pamanmu pasti
happy to receive it. sangat senang sekali
A : I hope so. menerimanya.
A : Aku juga berharap begitu.

9. SL TL
B : I will arrive on 27th December B : Saya akan datang tanggal 27
and depart on January 03rd. Desember dan berangkat tanggal 3
Januari.
A : All right Sir. I will make a room A : Baik Tuan, saya akan membuatkan
reservation for you. Could I know pemesanan kamar untuk anda.
your name please? Bisa saya tahu nama Tuan?
B : Chris Scott B : Chris Scott
A : Could you spell it for me please? A : Bisakah tuan meng-eja-nya untuk
saya?
B : C for Charlie, H for Hotel, R for B : C untuk Charlie, H untuk Hotel, R
Romeo, I for India S for Sierra. S untuk Romeo, I untuk India S untuk
for Sierra, C for Charlie, O for Sierra. S untuk Sierra, C untuk
Oscar, T for Tango, T for Tango…… Charlie,

10. Handling Check In Menerima Tamu Check In
A : Receptionist A : Receptionist
B : Mr Chris Scott B : Mr Chris Scott
A : Good morning. Welcome to A : Selamat pagi. Selamat datang di
Kimuni Hotel Kimuni. Bisa saya bantu
Hotel. May I help you? (anda)?
B : Good morning. I want to check in. B : Selamat pagi. Saya mau check in.
A : Have you got a reservation? A : Apakah anda punya reservasi?
B : Yes, under (the name of) Chris B : Ya, atas nama Chris Scott
Scott. A : Mohon tunggu sebentar. Saya
A : Please wait a moment. I will akan mengecek milik anda dulu.
check yours first.

11. A : Yes Mr Scott. We have A : Ya, Tuan Scott. Kami
your reservation for punya reservasi anda
one deluxe room. untuk sebuah kamar
Check in today and deluxe. Check in hari ini
check out on dan check out tanggal 3
January 03, total Januari, totalnya 7
7(seven) nights. Is that malam. Apakah benar
begitu?
correct (in order)?
B : Ya, Benar.
B : Yes, It’s correct.

12. Our bell boy will escort you to the room
Actor Process Goal Cir: destination
We have your reservation for one deluxe room
Actor Process Beneficiary Goal

13. Our bell boy will escort you To the room
Actor Process Goal Cir: destination
I bought uncle a very good wallet
Actor Process Goal Circumstance
I will check yours first
Actor Process Goal Circumstance

14. Focusing:
1. Our bell boy will escort you to the
room
2. Your room number is 4425
3. We have your reservation for one
deluxe room

15. Cohesion:
• A : Have you got a reservation?
B : Yes, under (the name of) Chris Scott.
A : Please wait a moment. I will check it first.
A : Yes Mr Scott. We have your reservation for
one deluxe room.
• A : Could I take an imprint of your credit card,
please?
B : Sure. Here you are.

16. References
• Halliday, M.A.K. 1961. Categories of the
theory of grammar. Word 17. Reprinted in
Bertil Malmberg (ed), .... . Abridged version in
• Halliday (1976). Halliday, M.A.K. 1994
Introduction to Functional Grammar, Second
Edition, London: Edward Arnold.
• Martin, James R. 1992 English Text: system
and structure. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

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