Abstract :
This thesis entitled Interpersonal Meaning Negotiated in Oprah Winfrey
Show Broadcast on February 2, 2011 has two objectives. The first is to explain the
Mood system in the dialogue and the second is to construe the Tenor of the
Discourse in the dialogue. Systemic Functional Grammar is used in this thesis
because it describes not only the form but also the functional term; in focuses on
the purposes and uses of language. Mood is an element that carries Interpersonal
meaning during the communication. It is made from the combination of subject,
which the speaker rests his/her case in exchange of communication and finite,
which is the expression of interpersonal meaning. In this research, the data are in
form of spoken text which is realized in written text that is an interview script.
The writer uses descriptive research method, in which the data were
described systemically to get an accurate and actual result. The data consist of 66
clauses. The Mood types of clauses in the interview scripts are: 50 (82 %)
Declarative, 8 (13,1 %) Interrogative, 3 (4,9 %) Imperative. The remainders of
those three mood types are 5 (7, 6 %) non finite clauses. The Mood Adjuncts of
clauses in the interview script are: 2 (25%) Probability, 1 (12,5%) Usuality, 4
(50%) Time and 1 (12,5%) Polarity. The agentive roles of the interview are the
host (Oprah Winfrey) and the guest (Jennifer Aniston) as indicated by the
addressee you and the addresser I. The status is equal as several clauses are shown
that the participants are demanding and giving information to each other. The
social distance is minimal.