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A textual analysis of theme and rheme structures in Malaysian editorials / Huzaifah A. Hamid

The present study aims to analyze the way writers use language in order to fulfill a purpose by measuring the similarities and differences in editorials with regard to Theme and Rheme choices. Two letters of opinion of an editorial were used in this study to investigate the thematic choices that mig...

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Main Author: A. Hamid, Huzaifah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA 2018
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Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar
Language and languages
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43183/1/43183.pdf
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http://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ijmal/article/view/8572
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spelling my.uitm.ir.431832021-03-09T02:21:58Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43183/ A textual analysis of theme and rheme structures in Malaysian editorials / Huzaifah A. Hamid A. Hamid, Huzaifah Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar Language and languages The present study aims to analyze the way writers use language in order to fulfill a purpose by measuring the similarities and differences in editorials with regard to Theme and Rheme choices. Two letters of opinion of an editorial were used in this study to investigate the thematic choices that might differ, given their different purposes. The results indicated that the writers presented the information directly without emphasizing on any proposition encoded in the clauses. Besides, it was also found that the intervention made by the writers is less obvious, as measured by the low occurrences of Interpersonal Theme. In addition, it can also be concluded that the letter of support is more cohesive than the letter of oppose because of its higher occurrences of Textual Theme. Universiti Teknologi MARA 2018-06 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43183/1/43183.pdf A. Hamid, Huzaifah (2018) A textual analysis of theme and rheme structures in Malaysian editorials / Huzaifah A. Hamid. International Journal of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics (IJMAL), 2 (2). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2600-7266 http://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ijmal/article/view/8572
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topic Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar
Language and languages
spellingShingle Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar
Language and languages
A. Hamid, Huzaifah
A textual analysis of theme and rheme structures in Malaysian editorials / Huzaifah A. Hamid
description The present study aims to analyze the way writers use language in order to fulfill a purpose by measuring the similarities and differences in editorials with regard to Theme and Rheme choices. Two letters of opinion of an editorial were used in this study to investigate the thematic choices that might differ, given their different purposes. The results indicated that the writers presented the information directly without emphasizing on any proposition encoded in the clauses. Besides, it was also found that the intervention made by the writers is less obvious, as measured by the low occurrences of Interpersonal Theme. In addition, it can also be concluded that the letter of support is more cohesive than the letter of oppose because of its higher occurrences of Textual Theme.
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title A textual analysis of theme and rheme structures in Malaysian editorials / Huzaifah A. Hamid
title_short A textual analysis of theme and rheme structures in Malaysian editorials / Huzaifah A. Hamid
title_full A textual analysis of theme and rheme structures in Malaysian editorials / Huzaifah A. Hamid
title_fullStr A textual analysis of theme and rheme structures in Malaysian editorials / Huzaifah A. Hamid
title_full_unstemmed A textual analysis of theme and rheme structures in Malaysian editorials / Huzaifah A. Hamid
title_sort textual analysis of theme and rheme structures in malaysian editorials / huzaifah a. hamid
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