Transitivity Analysis of Rowling`s Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince

Abstract

This paper is dedicated to tackle Halliday`s Transitivity System in J. K. Rowling`s Harry Potter. It aims to answer the following questions: What are the prominent processes that are used in Rowling`s more than others. And does the background and personality of the protagonist and antagonist in the novel affect the use of the type of Transitivity? This study aims at showing the type of process that is heavily used through the observation of given sentences. As well as, it aims at investigating how the background and personality of the characters affect their usage of transitivity. It is hypothesized that the most prominent process used in Rowling's is the material process. Also, it is assumed that the background and personality of the characters, protagonist and antagonist, do affect the type of process chosen by the characters. Halliday (2004 ) model of transitivity is used to analyze Harry Potter and Voldmort`s speeches in chapter four and chapter seven in the whole collection of Rowling`s in the conclusion. It is observed that the given hypotheses are verified in which it is seen that The material process is the most often utilised in Rowling's work. . As well as, the background and personality do affect the very use of process.