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Meanwhile, a hyperTheme as I have slightly touched upon, is always a marked Theme which functions as the Theme for the whole paragraph in question. Thus, the
thematic structure of the above paragraph can be represented as follows:
Table 4-8 HyperThematic Structure
No HyperTheme
1 Theme Rheme
Kawula nuwun para tamu ingkang satuhu bagya mulya
HyperRheme Theme Rheme
Nuwun injih sarwi angungak liwaraning suasana angesti
luhuring susila, linambaran lumiting basa, sarta endah
miwah edining budaya, introduces the new information
keparenga kulo ingkang minangka jejering pambiyo woro badhe hangaturaken tata urut
reruncening adi cara ingkang sampun rinakit sarta tinoto ing rahino punika’
Table 4-7 above indicates that a hyperTheme consists of Theme and Rheme of its own and a hyperRheme also consists of Theme and Rheme of its own. However, it
should be noted that the thematic structrure should be constructed without violating the rules of discourse semantics in order to achieve cohesion and coherence.
4.3.2 Itemizing
Upon completion of the introductory remarks opening as I have described above in terms of communicative purpose, rhetorical strategy,
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thematic structure, I would like to describe the next stage—itemizing. Mr. Sudiono, the Pranatacara on duty, started itemizing as follows:
Hainggih minongko titi cara ingkang sapisan putro panganten sarimbit kalenggehaken ing sono pinajat. Ingkang badhe
hangalenggahaken nuwun injih panjenengane Ibu RY Indrato saha Ibu Tujiyanto. Dene minongko sobo manggolo nuwun injih
Drs. Leo Agung Sahardi. Sasampunipun pinanganten kekaleh lenggah ing sono pinajat, kalajengaken titi acara ingkang angka
kaleh, aninjih atur panuwun pandhonga awit sampun kalampahan nampi saha nampeaken sakramen ijab. Pandhonga samangke
bede pun dipun astha panjenengan Ibu Probo Asmane. Wondene atur pambagyoharjo samangke ibu Veronika, samangke badhe
kasalira panjengeniphun Bapak Drs. Alex Mardi Utomo dumawah titi cara ingkang kaping tiga. Titi coro ingkang kaping sekawan,
aninggih titi coro adat mantu pungkasasan, sinebat Tumplak Punjen. Wondene titi coro ingkang pungkasan injih puniko
paripurno. Makaten sagung para tamu menggah toto urut rerantamaning titi coro ingkang sampun rinakit ing rahino
puniko. Pramila ing samangke saksuwuking gendhing puniko, minangkani pinanganten kekalih tumuli badhe kalenggehaken
wonten ing sana pinajat Recorded corpus data
The first item is to let the bride and groom be seated on a pre-set bridal sofa. The usherettes are Mrs. RY Indrato and Mrs. Tujianto.
Meanwhile, the leader commander in chief is Mr. Leo Agung Sahardi. The bride and groom being seated, the next item is a
thank-you address by Mrs. Probo Asmane, thanking everybody for the successfully held marital sacrament. A welcome address from
Mrs. Veronika in this occasion represented by Mr. Alex Mardi Utomo will be the third item. The fourth item is the traditional
item called Tumplak Punjen. The last item is closing. Ladies and gentlemen, those were all the items that had been organized for
today’s reception. Well, while this Javanese song is being played, the bride and groom will soon be ushered to their seat.
From the quotation above, it is clear that the Pranatacara simply read out from the list of items. However, since he is a very professional master of ceremony, he
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managed to vary the structure in such a way that the audience would not get bored with listening to a tedious flow of speech. One strategy that he employed in varying the
sentence construction was to change the thematic structure as shown in the following table.
Table 4-9 Varying Thematic Structure No. Theme
Rheme Type
1 Hainggih minongko titi cara
ingkang sapisan, putro panganten
sarimbit kalenggehaken ing sono pinajat
Unmarked
2 Ingkang badhe
hangalenggahaken, nuwun injih
panjenengane Ibu RY Indrato saha Ibu
Tujiyanto Marked
3 Dene,
minongko sobo manggolo nuwun injih
Drs. Leo Agung Sahardi Marked
4 Sasampunipun pinanganten
kekaleh lenggah ing sono pinajat,
kalajengaken titi acara ingkang angka kaleh,
aninjih atur panuwun pandhonga awit sampun
kalampahan nampi saha nampeaken sakramen
ijab. Marked
5 Pandhonga samangke,
badhe pun dipun astha panjenengan Ibu Probo
Asmane. Marked
6 Wondene atur pambagyoharjo
samangke ibu Veronika, samangke badhe
kasalira panjengeniphun Bapak
Drs. Alex Mardi Utomo dumawah titi cara
ingkang kaping tiga Marked
7 Titi coro ingkang kaping
aninggih titi coro adat mantu pungkasasan,
Unmarked
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No. Theme Rheme
Type
sekawan, sinebat Tumplak Punjen
8 Wondene titi coro ingkang
pungkasan injih puniko paripurno
Marked 9
Makaten sagung para tamu, menggah toto urut
rerantamaning titi coro ingkang sampun rinakit
ing rahino puniko Marked
10 Pramila ing samangke
saksuwuking gending puniko, minangkani
pinanganten kekalih tumuli badhe
kalenggehaken wonten ing sana pinajat
Marked
The sentences are all well-structured, except Sentence 6 in which there is one redundant word, namely the word ‘samangke’ in the Theme element that could be
deleted. It might be a kind of ‘slip of the tongue’ that will go unnoticed—unless by a critical audience. The thematic structure varies with the domination of marked Theme,
which is normal in such a context where emphasis is required. The communicative purpose of this stage is to inform the audience of the items
that would be undertaken one after another. This stage gives the audience a clear profile of what is going to happen. Therefore, it will be easy for them to follow item by item of
the on-going reception. The phrase ‘Makaten sagung para tamu’ is a generic marker that all the items
have been read out. Sentence 10 ‘Pramila ing samangke saksuwuking gending puniko, minangkani pinanganten kekalih tumuli badhe kalenggehaken wonten ing sana pinajat’
signals out that item one will soon commence.
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4.3.3 Transitioning