AKROM, MAULIDY (2012) A TRANSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NEWS IN THE TOPIC OF CAVE FOSSIL FIND: NEW HUMAN SPECIES OR "NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY"? Skripsi,Fakultas Ilmu Budaya.
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Abstract
The problem of this study is what process, participants, and circumstances found in National Geographic News, and what is the field of discourse of National Geographic News. The object of this study is news, downloaded from the website of National Geographic which was the most popular news in March 2012. In this study, the researcher concerned on functional grammar, mainly on transitivity analysis. In order to get the objective of this study, the researcher used some theories related to the grammar, metafunctions, ideational meaning, types of process, field of discourse and transitivity. The method applied in this final project is qualitative. The procedure of collecting the data included seeking, selecting, and downloading. In analyzing the data, the writer exposed the selected data according to the system of transitivity and segmented into clauses, and afterwards they were categorized into their transitivity system by using the theory of Functional Grammar. The field of the discourse in the news, on the other hand, was explained and interpreted using David Butt's theory. Finally, the findings show that there are 26 paragraphs which consist of 99 major clauses (subject to analysis). The most dominant processes are material processes (33.3%). In line with the domination of material process in the study, Actor and Goal significantly dominate over the other participants. For the circumstance, the circumstances of manner (35.3%) significantly dominates over the other circumstances. The researcher hopes this study will be beneficial for the students, readers, and other researcher who want to know about transitivity analysis of any kind of text.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Universitas Dian Nuswantoro > Fakultas Ilmu Budaya > Bahasa Inggris Z Literatur, Sastra > Bahasa Inggris |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Ilmu Budaya |
| Depositing User: | Psi Udinus |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2014 16:17 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Nov 2014 08:49 |
| URI: | http://eprints.dinus.ac.id/id/eprint/8135 |
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