An Analysis of Experiential Function in Maher Zain’s Album Song Lyric Thank You Allah

Abstract

This research discusses about Experiential Function. The objective of this research are to find out 1) The types of process, 2) How are the process used, 3) Why are the process used. The research on this thesis was carried by using descriptive qualitative. The data were taken from Maher Zain’s album song lyrics Thank You Allah. The result on this research show that were five types of process based on 32 clauses in the song lyrics of For The Rest Of My Life, such as Material was occurred 7 clauses, Mental was occurred 9 clauses, Relational was 9 clauses, Verbal was occurred 6 clauses, and Extential was occurred 1 clause. This research found the realization of experiential function was seen from the process wich determined the participants function and circumstance element that was used in the song lyrics. The last this research also found the reason why are the process used in the song lyrics because for special purpose such as Material process is used in order to express the examples of what the actor had done in the singer’s life, Mental process is used for explained about the process of sensing, Relational prosess realize as the process of being (including having), Verbal process is used for explained about the process of saying or signaling, and This process was used to describe that something happened. This research was expected to deliver an introduction about experiential function for the people who read this research