LINGUISTIK TERAPAN
Vol 12, No 1 (2015)

Thematic Realization of Car Advertisements in Kompas Newspapers

Jasawitten Brando Purba (LTBI Universitas Negeri Medan)
Tina Mariany Arifin (LTBI Universitas Negeri Medan)
Amrin Saragih (LTBI Universitas Negeri Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 May 2015

Abstract

Thematic realization in car advertisements is quite different from other fields. There are 11 English car advertisements chosen from 8 brands. The analysis is conducted based on the principles of Thematic Structures as proposed by Halliday (1994), Bloor and Bloor (1995), and Young (2006). The data analysis reveals that the thematic structures are Unmarked Theme (89, 77%), Marked Theme (10.23%), Simple Theme (94.32%), Multiple Theme (5.68%), Constant Theme Pattern is the dominant Theme with few Linear Theme Pattern. More Marked Themes are used by expensive price cars. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the dominant theme of the three metafuncions is the Topical Theme with emphasis on Participant and Process which aimed at engaging the readers to read and to take action in buying the advertised products. Keywords: Advertisement; Theme; and Rheme.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

LTBI

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Jurnal Linguistik Terapan is a peer-reviewed journal that supports research in the field of Linguistics, Literature, and English Language Teaching. This Journal aims to publish academic research on applied linguistics relevant to actual issues and to be a publication platform for original research ...