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The linguistic features can be explained based on the mood types. The mood type involves different configuration of a set of basic clause
constituents. Full English clauses, that is clauses which have not had any elements left out or ellipsed, generally consist of two pivotal
constituent : a Subject and a Finite. In addition to these pivotal constituents, we also generally find a Predicator, and some combination
of Complements or Adjuncts. Eggins and Slade, 1997
I also describe the social contextual factors which explain the participants in the interaction and the communicative situation, and
politeness which describe the respect that an individual has for him or herself, and maintaining that self-esteem in public or in private
situations.
1.2 . Statement of the Problem
With the above background, there were some proposed research questions :
a. How far are the transactional conversations in EOS English on Sky 1 realized ?
b. How far are the interpersonal conversations in the English textbook realized ?
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c. How do the linguistic features serve the communicative purposes in the transactional and interpersonal conversations in the English
textbook ?
1.3. Objective
The objectives of this research are to describe : a. the realization of the transactional conversations found in the
English textbook ; b. the realization of the interpersonal conversations found in the
English textbook ; c. the linguistic features that serve the communicative purposes in
the transactional and interpersonal conversation found in the English textbook.
1.4.Significance of the Study
The result of this study will be important because of the following . a. It will give the data about the realization of transactional and
interpersonal conversations introduced in grade VII English textbook.
b. It will give the data about the implementation of the standard of content, especially the usage of transactional and interpersonal
conversations introduced in grade VII English textbook. c. Users will be able to make evaluation to the transactional and
interpersonal conversations introduced in grade VII English textbook.
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d. It will give the input data to next writers to arrange a new English textbook at grade VII.
1.5. Scope and Limitation
This research is limited to the description of transactional and interpersonal conversations introduced in grade VII English textbook.
The conversation is not natural because it is made up by the writers of the English textbook to provide the transactional and interpersonal
conversation as specified in the standard of content. The problem that is discussed in this study is to describe the realization of transactional
and interpersonal conversations found in the English textbook. The realization of the transactional and interpersonal conversations
represent the standard of content description and the theory of how speech function can be applied for conversations acceptably or suitably
to students in grade VII. The English textbook in grade VII is EOS English on Sky 1 for junior high school students published by
Erlangga, Jakarta 2007.
1.6. Keywords Definition
