Critical Discourse Analysis of Ahok's Speech in Kepulauan Seribu

Abstract

The background of this research comes from a controversial speech of Ahok. Speech delivered in the Kepulauan Seribu must be seen from the capacity of Ahok as the head of a region that has its own power and ideology. This research are not intended to see the true and false aspects of Ahok's speech that alludes to Surah Al-maidah verse 51, but this study aims to: (1) analyze ideological discourse; (2) analyze discourse and power relations; and (3) analyzing the implicatures that emerged from Ahok's speech in Kepulauan Seribu. The approach used in this research is critical discourse analysis. Sources of data in this study is the video of Ahok's speech in Kepulauan Seribu. The research data is a fragment of transcription of speech Ahok. The video of the speech is downloaded from the Youtube page. The analysis is not only in the textual aspect but also on the contextual aspect. The results of this study can be concluded that there are: (1) elements of Islamic ideology and the ideology of feminism in Ahok's speech; (2) power relations in Ahok's speech; (3) implicatures as a model of meaning implied in Ahok's speech.