The Study of Systemic Functional Linguistic toward the Inaugural Address Text of President Joko Widodo

Relationship between the transitivity system and the situational context is very close since transitivity system in the text makes the interpretation of context of situation easy. The most participants are actors. Joko Widodo in his address never mentioned himself, but always used the word ???we???, meaning that all Indonesian people and himself must be involved in carrying out his duty as a leader of Indonesian nation.This paper discusses the inaugural address of Ir. H Joko Widodo, the President of the Republic of Indonesia. The study aimed to explain (1) transitivity system focusing on ideational meaning in the address text, and (2) relationship between the transitivity system and the situational context in the address text.\ud In order to achieve the objectives of the study, SFL theory, audio method and note taking technique are applied. The data were oral text obtained from internet in the form of video. The data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively.\ud The results of the analysis indicate that (1) transitivity system focusing on ideational meaning consists of process, participant, and circumstance. Types of process are material, relational, verbal and mental. Of the 58 clauses as samples of the study, material has the highest appearance, followed by behavioral, relational, verbal, and mental process respectively. Next, types of participant are actor, senser, sayer, phenomenon, token, receiver, client, recipient, beneficiary, attribute, and behaviour. Actor has the highest appearance. Types of circumstance are manner, cause, role, and location. Manner has the highest appearance and the lowest is location; (2) Relationship between the transitivity system and the context of situation is very close since transitivity system in the text makes the interpretation of the situational context easy. Material which shows the highest appearance means that Joko Widodo put an emphasis on action in leading Indonesia in years to come. The lowest appearance of mental shows that Joko Widodo in his leadership did not fully involve mental relation to emotional. The most participants are actors. Joko Widodo in his address never mentioned himself, but always used the word ???we???, meaning that all Indonesian people and himself must be involved in carrying out his duty as a leader of Indonesian nation