Experiential meaning in TED Talks on Education
Abstract
TED talks have never ceased to draw public attention because of their high educational values. This paper is conducted with the aim to realize the experiential meaning in the light of Systemic Functional Grammar framework. The combination of qualitative and quantitative approach is employed to analyze transitivity system from which the author explains the experiential meaning of this text type . The results reveal that all speakers in the investigation prefer to use relational processes and material processes rather than the others. The experiential meaning emerging from the article shows that presenters are in favor of using relational process to explain definitions or concepts of terminologies and employing material process to express activities that the presenters observe.