A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF HILLARY CLINTON’S SELECTED TWEETS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32670/ht.v1i2.1018Abstract
This study aims to find out the text structure, social cognition, and social
context used in Hillary Clinton’s selected tweets regarding Critical Discourse
Analysis. The selected tweets were taken from Hillary Clinton’s personal
account concerning transgender issues. This study used a descriptive
qualitative method by applying Dijk’s Critical Discourse Analysis theory
(2008) focusing on the socio-cognitive approach. Using a three-leveled
analysis, the data were analyzed from textual, socio-cognitive, and social
context perspectives. The findings showed the global meaning of Hillary’s
tweets is equal right for transgender people or community. From the analysis
of superstructure there are three types of structure found (argumentative,
narrative, and descriptive). In microstructure analysis, there are four elements
of semantics found (setting, detail, intent, and prejudice) and five elements of
syntax (pronouns, cohesion, substitution, references, and conjunction).
Scheme of event, self-scheme, and role-scheme were found in the social
cognition analysis to provide arguments to support transgender community.
Access of media, social elites, political elites, and transgender people were
found in the social context analysis.
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