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Anglicist

ISSN 2301-5837

Vol. 2 / No. 2 / Published : 2013-08

Order : 6, and page :92 - 99

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Original Article :

The situated meaning of abraham lincoln’s speech on lincoln movie

Author :

  1. Dian Octaviana*1
  2. Layli Hamida*2
  1. Mahasiswa Fakultas Ilmu Budaya
  2. Dosen Fakultas Ilmu Budaya

Abstract :

This study was conducted to analyze the situated meaning of Lincoln’s speech on Lincoln movie. The writer used qualitative method to conduct the research. The data were collected and transcribed from Lincoln movie. The writer used Gee’s situated meaning theory to know what the situated meaning of Lincoln’s speech that the movie tried to enact with the help of seven building tasks. The results of the situated meaning conveyed by the movie were the characteristics of an ideal president, equality, and building nationalism. The writer found that the Significance building tool on the movie brought the idea of Lincoln’s success to pass the 13thamendment to abolish slavery as the cure of the Civil War. Lincoln was pictured as an ideal president who build nationalism feeling to the people surround him. On Activities building tool, the movie showed that Lincoln’s activity on telling stories was his attempt to spread out his ideology of equality to the people surround him. Later, Identities building tool portrayed Lincoln as an ideal president who could maintain different identities for different context. Next, Relationships building tool showed Lincoln as an ideal president who could sustain good relationship with the people surrounds him. Moreover, Politics building tool supported Lincoln on distributing the social goods of equality and building nationalism. Next, Connections building tool defined Lincoln as an ideal president for his ability on connecting two things and making them relevant. The last, Sign Systems and Knowledge building tool described Lincoln as an ideal president who masters the right choice of words.

Keyword :

Lincoln, movie, seven building tasks, situated meaning, speech,


References :

Gee, J. P.,(2011) How to do Discourse Analysis New York : Routledge





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