THEMATIC STRUCTURE, TRANSITIVITY, AND MODALITY IN INTRODUCTION SECTION OF ACADEMIC JOURNALS: A CASE STUDY OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS JOURNAL – OXFORD ACADEMIC

FINA, JULIARTI (2023) THEMATIC STRUCTURE, TRANSITIVITY, AND MODALITY IN INTRODUCTION SECTION OF ACADEMIC JOURNALS: A CASE STUDY OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS JOURNAL – OXFORD ACADEMIC. S1 thesis, Universitas Mataram.

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Abstract

This aims of this research are describing the schematic structures and the scientific ideas presented in the introduction section of RA published in Applied Linguistics, and describing the authors position themselves in the introduction section of the scientific publication. This study is applied qualitative descriptive and used a documentary technique to collected the data. The data were collected from five research articles from highly cited article in published Applied Linguistics Journal released by Oxford University Press. The results of research findings showed that three schematic structures were presented in five introduction section. There are three thematic structures were found namely 71 marked ideational/topical (34.78%) and 51 unmarked ideational/topical themes (25%), 12 interpersonal themes (3.92%), and 73 textual themes (35.78%). The transitivity was found five processes consist of 31 material processes (20.80%), 42 mental processes (28.18%), 16 verbal processes (6.71%), 50 relational processes (33.55%), and 10 existential processes (6.71%). This result modality was found two types namely 116 modalization (89.92%) and 13 modulation (10.7%). The time of modality three kinds were had 95 present (73.64%), 27 past (20.93%), and 7 future (5.77%), whereas for speaker judgments were found, consists of 86 high (66.66%), 34 median (36.35%), and 11 low (9.42%). Therefore, the highest of thematic structure is ideational/topical theme. The scientific ideas presented in introduction section are ideational process. The authors position themselves in the introduction section of the scientific ideas troughs modalization, present tense time, and high speaker judgments. It can be concluded that the frequency of use of thematic structure, transitivity and modality are decided by the language used in the contents of an introduction.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Keywords (Kata Kunci): Thematic structure, Transitivity, Modality, Academic journal, Introduction section
Subjects: L Education > LC Special aspects of education
L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
Divisions: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Depositing User: Meike Megawati
Date Deposited: 15 Nov 2023 02:28
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2023 02:28
URI: http://eprints.unram.ac.id/id/eprint/43356

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