Tri Rismaharini’s Speech, The Mayor of Surabaya : A Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)

Abstract

Language plays the important roles in everyday life for human being. This article relates to the governmental leader using language in communicating with the community or people she leads in order to convey her thoughts of programs of work which will be implemented. It elaborates the usage of Tri Rismaharini’s language as the Mayor of Surabaya Indonesia with Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) Approach. The method, meanwhile, used in the research is qualitative descriptive and it is found the elements of language usage and content of speech providing a macro-themed structure of texts.