The Lexicogrammar of Hate Speech
Diah Ikawati Ayuningtias, Oikurema Purwati, Pratiwi Retnaningdyah · Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research/Advances in social science, education and humanities research · 2021
This study aims to investigate the hate speech appearing in the comment section of YouTube channel entitled "New Zealand Mass Shooting in the Christchurch mosque" through the lexicogrammar of SFL's interpersonal meaning, i.e., MOOD and modality.This study employed qualitative approach.Using content analysis method, this study analysed as many as 20 comments.The result shows that declarative MOOD is the most frequently used, serving the functions of giving statements, of indirect directive, and of threat.The other MOOD types used are imperative as well as interrogative that functions as a rhetorical question to assert a proposition.In terms of modality, modulated clauses outnumber modalized clause.The use of MOOD types in expressing hate speech responding to the incident indicates that the writers position themselves as superior toward the targeted people, i.e., the victims; whereas the type of modality used shows that the writers play as an authority and deprive others' rights.