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A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON REGISTER, GENRE, AND IDEOLOGY OF EDITORIAL AND YOUR LETTERS COLUMN IN THE JAKARTA POST NEWSPAPER VIEWING CARTOON CONTROVERSY OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (BASED ON SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS)

This is a descriptive-qualitative research in nature employing comparative method aiming to describe and to compare the register, genre, and ideology of the texts on Editorial Column and Your Letters Column discussing the issue of The Prophet Muhammad cartoons controversy published in The Jakarta Post Newspaper on February 2006 and finally to discover the similarities and differences of both texts. The technique sampling used was total sampling for all aspects of lexicogrammar system, text structure and cohesion system considered as data. The source of data of the research were the texts taken from Editorial column Wednesday, February 8, 2006 and Your Letters column Saturday, February 18, 2006 of The Jakarta Post Newspaper. The data were two texts divided into one text from Editorial column and one text from Your Letters column issuing The Prophet Muhammad carton controversy. The data were further observed and analyzed by describing the lexicogrammar, interpreting register, genre, and ideology and were discussed to find out the writer’s ideology and to discover the similarities and differences of the data based on systemic Functional Linguistics. The interpretation of register covers three aspects, namely filed, tenor and mode. The interpretation of field shows that both texts have the same issue viewing the cartoons controversy of The Prophet Muhammad. In the tenor analysis involving status, affect, and contact, both texts have different characteristics. The status between the readers and the writer in the text I and the text II is unequal. The unequality status also occurs in the status between the writer and the inside participants in the text I. However, the status between the writer and the inside participants in the text II is equal. The affect of both texts illustrate that the writer tends to give negative judgment toward the inside participants and the appearing issue of the publication of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons. the contact shows that both texts have high readability and the language used is familiar. The analysis of mode concludes that both texts employ spoken- written channel. The style of spoken-written channel is appropriate for the medium that is Editorial Column and Your Letters Column of The Jakarta Post newspaper. Text I employs exposition genre. The Generic Structure Potential shows that the text comprises of Thesis – Argument I – Elaboration I – Event – Elaboration II – Argument II – Argument III – Recommendation I – Recommendation II – Argument IV – Restatement of Thesis. The text focuses on the international issue of the cartoon controversy of the Prophet Muhammad published by the Danish newspaper Jylland-Posten in September 2005. As well, Text II also employs exposition genre. The Generic Structure Potential shows that the text comprises of Thesis – Argument I – Argument II – Argument III – Argument IV – Argument V – Recommendation. The text concerns the way that should be done by both sides having debate in the cartoon controversy of the Prophet Muhammad. The writer’s ideology can be discovered through the employment of the register including field, tenor, mode, and genre. The occurrence of one point of view in both texts that rejects the issue of the cartoons controversy of The prophet Muhammad and the position of the writer having power to gain imply that both texts employ left antagonist ideology.
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TENOR OF NONPROFIT ADVERTISEMENT TEXTS CONCERNING HIV/AIDS BETWEEN UNICEF AND WORLD VISION ON THE INTERNET

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ABSTRACT 2007. This research belongs to a qualitative research employing descriptive comparative method. It purposed to explore and compare the tenor of nonprofit advertisement texts of UNICEF and World Vision on internet by using Systemic Functional Linguistics Approach. The research was aimed to find out the three dimensions of tenor, namely status, affect and contact. It was also intended to know the similarities and differences of both texts. The data were lexicogrammar, cohesion system, text structure and genre. The sources of data were two nonprofit advertisement texts concerning HIV/AIDS on internet published in www.unicef.org and www.worldvision.com.au on February 27th 2007. The research applied total sampling technique because all data in the form of clauses were collected for the analysis. The research had been conducted by analyzing the data through the description of lexicogrammar, cohesion, text structure and genre to define the aspect of tenor: status, affect and contact. Then, the research was purposed to discover the similarities and differences of both texts. Based on the data analysis, it can be concluded that both texts apply unequal status. It is indicated by the occurrence of imperative proposal clauses showing that the advertisers persuade and demand the readers to join the programme held by UNICEF and World Vision in helping the children suffering HIV/AIDS. Instructional Protocol genre in text I and Hortatory Exposition in text II also indicate the unequal status between the advertisers and the readers. The positive judgment between the advertisers and the readers is shown by the employment of positive polarity and indicative declarative functioning as proposition. Meanwhile, negative judgment occurs between the advertisers and the participants inside the texts. It is shown by the application of indicative declarative functioning as proposition, negative polarity and positive polarity consisting of attitudinal lexis with negative choice of terms. The language in both texts is familiar. It can be known through the application of dominant simplex clauses, simplex nominal and verbal group, less ideational metaphor, nominalization and technicality and cohesion system. Both texts also involve the readers by using “you”, “we” and their possessive pronoun “your” and “our” in text I, and “your” in text II.
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TENOR IN THE TEXTS OF MELBOURNE CITY ARTICLE IN INFINITY HOLIDAYS BROCHURE AND TRAVEL POINT BROCHURE

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ABSTRAK 2006. This is a qualitative research employing a descriptive and comparative method. The analysis aims to find out and compare the tenor in article texts of Melbourne city. The sources of data in the article texts of Melbourne city were taken from Infinity Holidays brochure and Travel Point brochure in new edition 2005-2006. The data were the clauses in the forms of lexicogrammar, cohesion, text structure and genre. The researcher used a total sampling technique since the data used in this research were all clauses taken from the texts. This research was conducted by analyzing the data through the description of lexicogrammar, cohesion, text structure and genre, which further it was to define the tenor consisting of status, contact and affect of both texts. At last, this research was aimed at looking for some similarities and differences between them. From the data analysis, it can be concluded that the status, which refers to the relative position of the participants in the text, is equal. It can be seen from the use of dominant indicative declarative clauses functioning proposition. The contact, which refers to the readability and familiarity of language used in the text, is considered high. The texts are easy to understand when they are regarded to the target readers. It can be proved by the employment of simplex clauses, dominant simplex nominal and verbal group, logical relation, text structure etc of the texts. Furthermore, the involvement of readers in the texts can be found through the use of personal pronoun, the employment of proposal and logical relation. The affect of both texts shows positive judgment of the writers to the readers and the promoted city. This is shown by the application of positive polarity, attitudinal lexis, type of clauses, thematic system, MOOD system and genre of both texts. Based on the lexicogrammar description, there are many similarities which are applied in both texts such as MOOD system which functions to give information, the employment of dominant simplex nominal group, simplex verbal group, material process and attributive relational process. Besides, both texts also apply the same genre, that is description genre. The differences between the two texts can be seen through clause system, text 1 employs more complex clause, while text 2 employs more simplex clause. Then, the other differences can be found in the term of interdependency and logico semantic relation, polarity, metaphor, thematic system
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