After that, those specific numbers of data is analyzed. To do that the writer runs steps as follows:
1. To determine its semantics meaning of the data by using thematic roles
of Saeed. 2.
To describe the function of thematic roles which has processed in step 1.
3. To make conclusions based on that theoritical description.
4. The Instrument of the Research
The instrument of the research is the data card in order to write, to identify which are needed from that article.
5. The units of analysis
The unit of analysis is the thematic roles in the article of The Jakarta Post an opinion article from AboeprijadiSantoso
„What ever happened in Kraras, Timor Leste, „Pak‟ Prabowo?‟,
6
CHAPTER II THE THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION
A. Previous Researches
Some previous studies about thematic roles have been investigated by several researchers in different perspectives and resources which are taken from
narrative, argumentative or persuasive text. First, An important question in the study of language production is the
nature of the semantics information that speakers use to create syntactic structures. A common answer to this question assumes that thematic roles help to
mediate the mapping from messages to syntax. However, research using structural priming has suggested that the construction of syntactic frames may be insensitive
to variations in thematic roles within messages. Because these studies involved structural alternations whose syntax covaries with the order of thematic roles, it is
difficult to assess any independent contribution that role information may make to the positioning of phrases. In this study, we primed the order of the roles without
changingthe syntactic structure of the sentences produced, and found that the order of the roleswas influenced by the priming manipulation. This implies that
thematic roles or the features that differentiate them are active within the mapping between messages and sentence structures.
9
9
Franklin Chang, et al., “Thematic Roles Leave Traces” accessed date: February 24, 2015,
retrievedfrom:http:www.princeton.edu~adelefinalfranklincognition.pdf.
