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Types of Modality in News Item is Used in the Texts News in the Jakarta Post Newspaper T. Aldilla Syahira; T. Silvana Sinar; Masdiana Lubis
Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences Vol 4, No 1 (2021): Budapest International Research and Critics Institute February
Publisher : Budapest International Research and Critics University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33258/birci.v4i1.1537

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This research aimed to find out types of modality  and  to  explain  how  the  most  dominant types of modality in news item is used in  the  texts  news  in  The  Jakarta  Post  newspaper. This research was conducted by using corpus analysis as the appropriate tool to analyze the online written text.  The  data  were  taken  from  the  source  of  Jakarta  Post  newspaper which published online from the 1st August until 31th December  2019.  The sources varied in four themes i.e. politic, education, sports and economic news.  As a result, the researcher found 2 types of modality there are modalization and modulation. These types have 2 types of intermediacy on each, probability and usuality for modalization and obligation and inclination for modulation.
Analysis of Textual Realization in Genre Description and Explanation by Students of Samudra University Husni Az-Zhahir; T. Silvana Sinar; T. Thyrhaya Zein
Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences Vol 3, No 3 (2020): Budapest International Research and Critics Institute August
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33258/birci.v3i3.1114

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This article discusses the Linguistic features found in the text description and explanation of the events or cultural activities of Aceh in the city of Langsa. The purpose of this research is to examine the realization of textual features in the text description and explanation. The method used in this research is descriptive-qualitative, qualitative research is a research procedure that produces descriptive data in the form of words written or spoken from people or behaviors that can be observed '. The data of this study are linguistic units in the form of clauses derived from 10 written texts of genre description and explanation by fifth semester students, English Education Study Program at the Faculty of Teacher Training at Samudra Langsa University. The analysis is carried out based on the functional systemic linguistic theory (LSF) framework, with the analytical construct formulated. The findings of this study are complex theme types, including markers such as: and, and then, when, becouse, cause, after that, before that, if, so, while, that and next. These markers function as conjunctions, connectors and successors. Of all these markers, contained in the text, only the "and then" markers are the most dominant markers.