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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Gina Lopez is an eco-campaigner and a former Philippine
environment minister known for her strong stance against mining, closing
down many of the country’s quarries
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The terms transitivity is distinctively a long way from the significance
of transitivity in customary syntax
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In a straightforward manner that transitivity is the investigation of
what individuals doing by which predominantly examined who does what to
whom (Machin and Mayr, 2012)
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What transitivity processes are manifested in Gina Lopez's speeches
after being rejected as the DENR secretary?; And

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The main
objective of ideational metafunction is to give information and clear content to
represent reality and to give information that seem unclear to listeners
(Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004; Sharififar & Rahimi, 2015)
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Additionally, according to Kondowe
(2014) interpersonal metafunction focuses on the interaction being
maintained by the speaker and the listener
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Machin and Mayr (2012) mention that transitivity system can give
clarity to certain discourses and ideologies unfamiliar to listeners
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• Mental processes are the known as the process of sensing
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• Relational processes are the processes of being
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• Existential
something)

processes represent experience by posting that “there was/is

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Content Analysis
Studies utilizing content analysis focus on the feature of language as
communication with cognizance to the content or contextual meaning of the
text (Budd, Thorp, & Donohew 1967; Lindkvist, 1981; Mctavish & Pirro 1990;
Tesch 1990)
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As quoted by Downe-Wamboldt (1992) the aim of content analysis is
“to give knowledge and understanding of a certain phenomenon under study”
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RESEARCH DESIGN
Qualitative
The descriptive approach is to examine how DENR Secretary Gina
Lopez in her interviews used transitivity processes
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METHODOLOGY
Analysis in this study occurred in three phases
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Interview transcripts were reviewed several times, searching for “recurring
regularities” Merriam (1998)
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And
lastly, to know the recurring regularities in terms of transitivity, frequency count is
needed to establish the certain regularities manifested in the interviews
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However in this study, material processes are used to present act of doing in the interviews of
Gina Lopez right after being rejected as the DENR secretary
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Through analyzing these participants, it could show who does the action and who is the receiver
of the action
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She used
them in highlighting her actions in giving some solutions to environmental problems, the actions
of people involved in illegal activities and capabilities among women in the position
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Giving Solution/s to the Environmental Problem
They’re gonna make (Material Process) more than 10 Billion pesos, in Zambales alone 1
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all I’m asking is that you give (Material Process) two million pesos for every hectare of farm
land …
I’m asking (Material Process) the miners to give (Material Process) money to the farmers, that’s
going against the constitution?
The extracts given show the solutions to the environmental problems
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The material processes
used in the excerpts are make, give, asking, removing, work, do, discover, put, step and vote
indicates that the actions will surely be done
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Giving Enlightenment
If you kill (material process) the environment, you kill everything
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Sino ang
nagdudusa ‘pag winawasak yong kalikasan, sino?
…Whose duty is it to protect (material process) our people?
When you make decision (material process) based on businesses, you have shirked (material
process) your responsibility
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Gina lopez used the material processes kill, depends, protects, decision, shirked
and rule to deliver her strong stand in protecting the environment
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Gina chose these material processes to give a strong stance for
what she’s fighting for
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Material processes also acts as a proof of people’s doing
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The material processes prove, support, kill and
recommended manifested the implied determination, bravery and assurance of gina lopez to the
people
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Mental processes
Did you see (mental process) what I did, ah you were there when I give the presentation on the
pasig river you are there?
…You see (mental process) what i did there when i give the presentation on the pasig river you
were there?
…If you look (mental process) at it
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…Then look (mental process) at this

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In the first extract, the word see acted as the senser of the
mental process recognize
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The use of the mental processes feel,suffer, dismay, doubt manifested the implied
strong sympathy, love, and care of gina lopez to the people
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Relational Processes
And you’re telling me I don’t have (relational process) capabilities, I have experiences of
removing poverty to care of the environment, congressman zamora, what qualifications are you
looking for?
First, we have (relational process) to do is to have design which is very aesthetic yung design
na saksakan na maganda kasi…
I just have (relational process) much more leverage now
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Gina used the word
have to indicate possession
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She already
proved in her G diaries and when she became the DENR secretary to the people that she is
capable of helping the environment as well as the people
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Verbal Process
Yeah
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The constitution itself stands for social justice so everything lahat ng ginawa ko is for social
justice and i can read (verbal process) it to you
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The verbal process that was used in the extract are the words talked, read, and say
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Gina is indeed very sophisticated
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Behavioral Process

Behavioral process deals with psychological and physiological activities which states of human
physical behaviour (gerot and wignell, 1994:60)
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Whatever i say and whatever i show (behavioral process) he keeps on harping on the same
thing over and over and over again
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This is use to tell certain
behavior of gina that she is indeed a woman of her words
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Lopez frequently used material processes to show power and
persuasiveness in her interview
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She also used
mental processes to sympathize with the poor people and the voiceless
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In addition, the
results of this study presented that transitivity processes were useful in revealing the root of the
problem, inequalities, and injustices that this world is having
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By analyzing the linguistic spin in political rhetoric, people could
understand the implied meaning and ideology embedded in the language used by a speaker
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THANK YOU!

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