ABSTRACT Nafilatun Nasuha. 160511100005. An Analysis of Personal Pronouns in Donald Trump’s Speech: A Critical Discourse Analysis. Thesis.English Study Program, Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, University of Trunojoyo.Madura. Advisor: Dr. Rosyida Ekawati, S.S., M.A. This study concerns with the use of personal pronouns in political speech. The aims of this study are(1) to find out what are the personal pronouns in Donald Trump’s speech (2) to find out the use of personal pronouns in Donald Trump’s speech within the framework of critical discourse analysis. The source of data of this research is the speech by Donald trump at 74th session of the united nation general assembly. This study used descriptive qualitative method. In collecting data, the writer used the document method. Since the data is in the form of text. In analyzing the data, the writer used personal pronoun theory by Collins (2011) to classify the type of personal pronouns. The result shows that Donald Trump used personal pronoun I to emphasize his authority and his good qualities such as confident, share experience, and opinion. Donald Trump used personal pronoun you to refer to a specific group when he wants to separate one group from other groups. He also used you to refer to general to avoid conflict. He used personal pronoun we inclusive to involve himself with the united nation member when he shares bad news. He used we exclusive to show his good relation with other groups in sharing responsibility. He used personal pronouns they to make him and the united nation members less responsible for other groups activities. Keywords: Personal Pronouns, Critical Discourse Analysis, Donald Trump, United Nations


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ABSTRACT Nafilatun Nasuha. 160511100005. An Analysis of Personal Pronouns in Donald Trump’s Speech: A Critical Discourse Analysis. Thesis.English Study Program, Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, University of Trunojoyo.Madura. Advisor: Dr. Rosyida Ekawati, S.S., M.A. This study concerns with the use of personal pronouns in political speech. The aims of this study are(1) to find out what are the personal pronouns in Donald Trump’s speech (2) to find out the use of personal pronouns in Donald Trump’s speech within the framework of critical discourse analysis. The source of data of this research is the speech by Donald trump at 74th session of the united nation general assembly. This study used descriptive qualitative method. In collecting data, the writer used the document method. Since the data is in the form of text. In analyzing the data, the writer used personal pronoun theory by Collins (2011) to classify the type of personal pronouns. The result shows that Donald Trump used personal pronoun I to emphasize his authority and his good qualities such as confident, share experience, and opinion. Donald Trump used personal pronoun you to refer to a specific group when he wants to separate one group from other groups. He also used you to refer to general to avoid conflict. He used personal pronoun we inclusive to involve himself with the united nation member when he shares bad news. He used we exclusive to show his good relation with other groups in sharing responsibility. He used personal pronouns they to make him and the united nation members less responsible for other groups activities. Keywords: Personal Pronouns, Critical Discourse Analysis, Donald Trump, United Nations

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