Standing Next to You, Seven Days A Week: Transitivity Analysis of Bts Jungkook's Lyrics

Abstract

It has piqued interest to study the songs of a particular artist since they have garnered a lot of attention from listeners. The study aims to explore the use of language through the transitivity theory, which is the core of Halliday's (1969) Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) that focuses on language functions. To analyze the function, the study focuses on the transitivity processes present in the artist's first debut single, "Seven", and the latest release, "Standing Next to You". The study results show that both songs have dominant material processes for 66 occurrences, which accounts for about 45.8% of the total 144 processes. Although both songs predominantly use the same processes, they differ in the second most commonly used processes. "Seven" emphasizes the thoughts, feelings, or perceptions (mental processes) that arise after experiencing love (material processes). In contrast, "Standing Next to You" emphasizes the verbal communication that follows the act of showing love. Based on this study, it is recommended to conduct further analysis of the participants involved in the process and the circumstances for future research.