2.2.3.1 The Schematic Structure of News Genre
In news genre, the schematic structures are divided into three stages. They are newsworthy events, background events and sources.
a. Newsworthy Events
Newsworthy events recounts the event in summary form. This is like the summary of the news in few clauses.
Example: Moscow A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear
catastrophe, which killed 10 sailors and contaminated an entire town.
b. Background Events
Background events elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstances. In this structure, the events in the news are explained, what the event is, how it happens,
why it happens, when it happens and who gets involved. Example:
The accident, which occured 13 months before the Chernobyl disaster, spread radioactive fall-out over the base and nearby town, but was covered up by officials of
the then Soviet Union.
c. Sources
Sources are comments by participants in, witnesses to and authorities or expert on the event.
Example: A board of investigators was later to describe it as the worst accident in the history of
the Soviet Navy.
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2.4 Relevant Studies
There are some books and theses which also discussed about transitivity process and schematic structure of genre that the writer uses as references. Those
books and theses are reviewed as the following: Halliday Matthienssen 2004 identifies that there are six transitivity
process. They are material, mental, relational, verbal, behavioural, and existential. This book helps the writer to identify six processes in six political articles of Time
Online Magazine. Martin, J.R. Christie, Frances 2000 identifies that there are many genres.
One of them is news genre which schematic structure consists of newsworthy event, background event and source. This book helps the writer to identify the schematic
structure of news genre in six political articles of Time Online Magazine. Gerot Wignell 2001 develop simple understanding about functional
grammar and genre. This book helps the writer to get knowledge about transitivity process as well as to identify the schematic structure of news genre in six articles of
Time Online Magazine. Harahap, UN 2012 compares the schematic structures of narrative genre in
“Beauty and the Best” and recount genre in letter “Weekend at the Beach”. The result shows that the structure of narrative genre is Abstract, Orientation,
Complication, Evaluation, Resolution and Coda while the structure of recount genre is Orientation, Events and Re-orientation. From this thesis, the writer may take a
look at how Ummi Natsiroh classified structure of a genre. Frismatiladanis 2009 analyzes type of process and finds out the schematic
structures in narrative genre using systemic functional linguistics theory by Halliday. The result shows that the most prominent process is material process. This thesis also
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finds that each story has the schematic structures: Abstract, Orientation, Complication, Evaluation, Resolution and Coda. But there are two stories which do
not have “Evaluation”. From this thesis, the writer knows that a text does not always have complete schematic structure. This thesis is a reference to the writer to analyze
transitivity process and schematic structures. Instead of narrative genre, the writer chooses news genre to analyze.
Indra 2005 analyzes the schematic structure and transitivity process in three short stories in Annida, A Moslem Magazine. Those short stories are The Words on
the Ceiling, A Letter for Grandma, The Wise King using systemic functional theory. The result shows that not all of schematic structure of narrative genre and types of
transitivity process exist in those short stories. This thesis helps the writer to analyze schematic structure and transitivity process. Instead of narrative genre in short
stories, the writer choose news genre in political articles. Lubis, DS 2009 analyzes six experiental functions occur in four selected
articles of Reader’s Digest Magazine using systemic functional theory. The result shows that material function dominates other function, followed by relational, verbal,
mental and existential function. This thesis helps the writer to identify transitivity process in verbal groups. Instead of random articles of Reader’s Digest Magazine,
the writer focuses on political articles in Time Online Magazine.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
3.1. Research Method
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