TRANSITIVITY IN THE TRANSLATION OF BANYU HURUNG TEXT: SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUSITIC-BASED STUDY

Abstract

This article reports the transitivity system in Banyu Hurung text translation and its relevance to Indonesian language learning in Junior High School. The objective the article is: 1) to identify the transitivity process and the meaning beyond the dominant type of process, 2) to describe the relevance of result of the study to Indonesian language learning in Junior High School. The research approach used in this study is qualitative descriptive and based on Systemic Functional Linguistics teory (SFL). Data collection method employed was literature study and technique used was note-taking. Data analysis is done by identification technique and the result was elaborated into two methods; formal and informal method. The research indicated that the most dominant process was material 71 clauses (37%). Then, verbal process is 50 clauses (27%), mental process is 41 clauses (22%), relational is 16 clauses (9%), and behavioral process is 9 clauses (5%), while existential process was not found. The meanings or the values implied in dominant process within Banyu Hurung text were value of struggling, sacrifice, courage, and courtesy. Banyu Hurung text is relevant to taken as Indonesian language teaching material in expressing moral or social value and the aspect of language study for junior high school students.