RELATIONAL PROCESS IN THE NEWSPAPER OF THE JAKARTA POST EDITION OF FEBRUARY 2015 – JUNE 2015: A FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR APPROACH

Abstract

This research attempts to investigate the usage of relational processes. Method used is descriptively. The study is focused on verbs in the relational process in the Jakarta Post from which source. The research shows the relational process described as a relation set up between two entities. The English system operates with three main types of relation: intensive, possessive or circumstantial, and each of these comes in two distinct modes of being – ‘attributive’ and ‘identifying’. In conclusion, in the exploration study are found the types of verbs of attribution and the circumstance expressed by the verb.