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B. Problem Statement
Considering the background of this research that analysed the writer’s perspective based on the text, the researcher proposed the problems of research as
follows: 1. What is the lexicogrammar of the text?
2. What is the genre of the text? 3. How can the genre support the ideology of the text?
B. Research Limitation
The research studies the genre and ideologies of news text taken from Asiaweek and Review magazine using Systemic Functional Linguistics SFL.
This research will analyse the affect in the texts. The texts are responses toward Abdurrahman Wahid acts as the president of Indonesia.
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C. Research Objectives
The research will be conducted to analyse the affect of the texts, which are taken from Asiweek and Review magazine. Afterwards, the researcher
specifically formulated the research objectives as follows: 1. Describe the lexicogrammar of the text.
2. Describe the genre of the text. 3. Explain how the genre and lexicogrammar support the writer’s
perspective in the text.
D. Research Significance
The researcher is expected to provide a contribution to: 1. This research will provide the description about how Systemic
Functional Linguistics, Text and Context, Lexicogrammar, Register, field, Tenor, Mode and Genre represent the writer’s perspective in the
text. The researcher explores the affect, which can identify the ideology of the writer.
2. The research will stimulate other researchers to analyse further genre and ideology or other point of views in Systemic Functional
Linguistics.
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E. Research Methodology
This is a descriptive research, which employs a descriptive method, namely collecting data, classifying, analysing and interpreting data Hadi, 1983.
It is descriptive because the data produced are as words. The data of the research are taken from Asiaweek magazine, May 12,
2000, and Review magazine, June 28, 2001. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling technique.
The details of the research methodology will be clarified in chapter III.
F. Thesis Organization
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