scholarly journals Existential Process in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secret: A Systemic Functional Linguistic Study

TEKNOSASTIK ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Afrianto Afrianto ◽  
Anisa Inayati
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Linguistic Study ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistic ◽  
Auxiliary Verb ◽  
Clause Complex

Dealing with sense of experience people undergo, transitivity construes the process of the experiences. One of the processes in transitivity is discussed here, that is existential process. Qualitatively conducted, this research employs Hallidayan theoretical framework especially transitivity which covers six processes, they are material, mental, verbal, behavioural, relational and the last one is existential process.  This process construes existence of matters such as people, things, events, actions and moments which are called as existent. Discussing process, this research focuses on clause because transitivity analysis lies on clauses. Basically, clauses found are not all in form of clause but some of them are taken from clause complex which are then broken down into clauses. Further, there are twenty clauses found engaging existential processes and dummy subject (there). Those processes are auxiliary verb or to be (was and were). Thus far, the existential processes construe two types of existent, they are entity and event. Thirteen of twenty clauses carry out the existent of entity which covers people and things while the rest construe the existent of event which covers action and moment. Another point found is circumstance; there are ten circumstances which are categorized into three types, they are circumstance of place, circumstance of time, and circumstance of manner (comparison).

scholarly journals REALIZATIONS OF PROJECTION IN NEWS STORY AND EDITORIAL TEXTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Aini Melbebahwati Saragih ◽  
Sri Minda Murni ◽  
Meisuri . .
Keyword(s):  
News Story ◽  
Formal Grammar ◽  
Reported Speech ◽  
Logical Function ◽  
Linguistic Experience ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Local Newspapers ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistic ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Clause Complex

ABSTRACTThis research deals with projection that is used in news story and editorial texts. Projection is well defined as representation of a linguistic experience in another linguistic experience. Projection is equivalent to direct and indirect or reported speech in traditional or formal grammar. As projection is an element of the logical function, it is realized as a clause complex, where there are at least two clauses. With reference to some theories, projection is also potentially realized in the form of single clause and phrase. The aim of this research is to describe similarities and differences with reference to the realizations of projection used in the news story and editorial texts. This research is conducted by using descriptive qualitative design. The data of this research are clause complexes containing projection in news story and editorial texts of Indonesian newspapers. The sources of data are taken from news story and editorial texts of four newspaper publications, namely the daily Kompas, Republika, Waspada and Sinar Indonesia Baru (SIB). The four daily newspapers are assumed to represent national and provincial or local newspapers. Each of the newspapers is represented by seven headlines for news story texts and seven leading articles for editorial texts. The data are analyzed by using interactive model in which the clause complexes are analyzed with reference to systemic functional linguistic (SFL) theory about projection. The findings indicate that there are similarities and diffrences with reference to the realizations of projetion in the news story and editorial texts of Indonesian newspapers. Keywords: Projection, News Story, Editorial, Newspaper, Systemic Functional Linguistic

scholarly journals A linguistic study of humour and allusions in J. R. R. Tolkien’s "Farmer Giles of Ham"

2019 ◽  
pp. 25-58
Author(s):  
Szymon Pindur
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Linguistic Study ◽  
Incongruity Theory ◽  
Different Levels

“Farmer Giles of Ham” is a satirical story by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is full of humour and allusions. The diversity of these elements allows for a detailed linguistic study distinguishing different levels at which the humour can be found and the different ways in which it is achieved. In the present paper, we attempt to discuss these devices and levels of humour and draw some conclusions on their effects. Our study is reinforced by a discussion of theoretical preliminaries of humour analysis, including the classification of the different levels, forms and devices of humour, as well as a brief discussion of the most widely acknowledged theory of humour ‒ the incongruity theory. Using this theoretical framework, we explore the possibilities of viewing the phenomenon of humour in literature from a linguistic perspective and attempt to show the utility of this perspective in literature studies.

scholarly journals PARTICIPANTS OF MATERIAL PROCESSES IN GRAMMATICAL METAPHORS INVOLVING THE VERBS MAKE AND TAKE

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Dede Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
American English ◽  
Linguistic Study ◽  
Grammatical Metaphor ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistic

This article, based on the transitivity system in a systemic functional linguistic study, is focused on the participants of material processes in grammatical metaphors involving the verbs Make and Take. The objective of this study is to analyze how the participants play a significant role in determining the processes of grammatical metaphors in the clauses. The data were taken from the Corpus of Contemporary American English from 2015 to 2017. The qualitative method was employed since the data were in the form of words rather than numbers. The result of this research showed that the participants of material processes are actors and scopes rather than actors and goals as they commonly occur in material processes. Scopes are represented in the clause since the processes of doing are expressed only by the participants. However, in the congruent forms, the participants of material processes are actors and goals since their participants are expressed as �things� rather than expressing the process of doing as they occur in the non-congruent forms termed as grammatical metaphors.Keywords: grammatical metaphor; congruent; non-congruent; material processes; participant; goal; scope.

scholarly journals Ntulekorita 'Na' n'Igbo Izugbe na Oluasusu Nekede

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-213
Author(s):  
Felista Chidi Akidi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Contrastive Analysis ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Auxiliary Verb

‘Na’ is one of the important topics in standard Igbo. There are accepted rules of writing ‘na’ in standard Igbo which include ‘na’ as: preposition, auxiliary verb, conjunction and verbroot. The researcher’s observation that Nekede variety can do without ‘na’ in some of the rules and still have meaningful sentences motivated the study. The study adopted contrastive analysis of Lado (1957) as its theoretical framework for analysis. It was found that there are both similarities and differences between the use of ‘na’ in Nekede variety and standard Igbo. The contrastive theory of lado helps to conclude that the knowledge of both the difference of the uses of ‘na’ in Nekede variety and standard Igbo will felicitate teaching and learning of ‘na’ for Nekede variety and also other varieties of the Igbo language . The study will help other researchers to delve into the study of ‘na’ in other dialects.

scholarly journals ENGAGEMENT ANALYSIS OF CRIME NEWS IN THE JAKARTA POST AND THE JAKARTA GLOBE: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTIC STUDY

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-73
Author(s):  
Dien Novita
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
Linguistic Study ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistic ◽  
Crime News ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

This research explores the application of Appraisal Theory, more specifically, its sub-system Engagement. There were six texts of the Crime News taken from The Jakarta Post and The Jakarta Globe and they were classified into the same topics. The present research aims at comparing the engagement of crime news in The Jakarta Post and The Jakarta Globe employed by appraisal theory. Through this research, the researcher wants to know whether The Jakarta Post and The Jakarta Globe describe the Crime News in Subjective or Objective. It applies quantitative and qualitative methods. The technique used in this research was the total sampling technique since all the data that contains appraising items become the data of this research.

Theme unit analysis

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Structural Shape ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistic ◽  
Unit Analysis

According to Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) theory the structural shape of the clause in English is determined by the three metafunctions — ideational, interpersonal and textual (Halliday 1994:179). In Japanese, the situation is similar as far as ideational (Teruya 1998) and interpersonal (Fukui 1998) meanings are concerned. With respect to the textual metafunction, however, the situation appears to be different. Due to the presence of ellipsis, both anaphoric Subject ellipsis and formal exophoric Subject ellipsis (Hasan 1996), along with the operation of clause chaining, Japanese appears to organise textually over another kind of unit, the Theme unit. This paper will explore the Theme unit as it functions to organise discourse in Japanese, offering grammatical and semantic recognition criteria within a Systemic Functional theoretical framework. Justification for the theorisation of this textual unit will be presented together with a number of examples. In Japanese, the Theme unit is the unit within which Theme and Rheme unfold. Theme is realised by first position in the Theme unit, and the Theme unit can map onto clause simplexes, complexes, clauses within a complex and across sentences (in written texts). The paper will conclude with a discussion of the function of the Theme unit and the nature or status of the Theme unit within the SFL model of language, arguing that the notion is possibly applicable to the analyses of other languages, including English.

Mind wandering as data augmentation: How mental travel supports abstraction

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myrthe Faber
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Data Augmentation ◽  
Mental Content ◽  
Mind Wandering ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Important Addition

Abstract Gilead et al. state that abstraction supports mental travel, and that mental travel critically relies on abstraction. I propose an important addition to this theoretical framework, namely that mental travel might also support abstraction. Specifically, I argue that spontaneous mental travel (mind wandering), much like data augmentation in machine learning, provides variability in mental content and context necessary for abstraction.

Adaptive and Maladaptive Neural Plasticity Due to Facial Nerve Palsy

2016 ◽  
Vol 224 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten M. Klingner ◽  
Stefan Brodoehl ◽  
Gerd F. Volk ◽  
Orlando Guntinas-Lichius ◽  
Otto W. Witte
Keyword(s):  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Neural Plasticity ◽  
Cortical Plasticity ◽  
Brain Plasticity ◽  
Motor Nerve ◽  
Predictive Coding ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Cortical Reorganization ◽  
Nerve Lesion ◽  
Peripheral Facial Palsy

Abstract. This paper reviews adaptive and maladaptive mechanisms of cortical plasticity in patients suffering from peripheral facial palsy. As the peripheral facial nerve is a pure motor nerve, a facial nerve lesion is causing an exclusive deefferentation without deafferentation. We focus on the question of how the investigation of pure deefferentation adds to our current understanding of brain plasticity which derives from studies on learning and studies on brain lesions. The importance of efference and afference as drivers for cortical plasticity is discussed in addition to the crossmodal influence of different competitive sensory inputs. We make the attempt to integrate the experimental findings of the effects of pure deefferentation within the theoretical framework of cortical responses and predictive coding. We show that the available experimental data can be explained within this theoretical framework which also clarifies the necessity for maladaptive plasticity. Finally, we propose rehabilitation approaches for directing cortical reorganization in the appropriate direction and highlight some challenging questions that are yet unexplored in the field.

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