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c. Topical Theme
Topical Theme has three constituents, i.e. participant Subject, process Predicator and Circumstance. The findings of topical Theme constituent
occurrences in the data are presented in Table 41 as follows.
Table 41. Topical Themes Occurrence
No. Topical Themes English Text T1
Bahasa Indonesia Text T2 Frequency Percentage
Frequency Percentage
1 Participant
1,103 62.49
1,059 60.31
2 Process
369 20.91
384 21.87
3 Circumstance
293 16.60
313 17.82
Total 1,765
100 1,756
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From Table 41 above, in both texts, the sequence of constituents which appear from the highest to the lowest is Participant
62.49 in T1 and
60.31 in T2,
Process 20.91
in T1 and 21.87
in T2 and Circumstance 16.60
in T1 and 17.82
in T2. Frequency of Participant in English text 1,103 items is higher than that in Bahasa Indonesia text 1,059 items. Frequency of Process in English text
369 items is lower than that in Bahasa Indonesia
384 items. Frequency of Circumstance
in English text 293
items is lower than that in Bahasa Indonesia text 313
items. Meanwhile, the total of frequency of topical Theme constituents in English text
1,765 items is higher than that in Bahasa Indonesia text
1,756 items.
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3. Theme Selection
The analysis of Theme selection is based on the choice of the topical Theme in a clause, or of the mood of the clause. In the analysis, Theme selection is divided
into three constituents, i.e. marked, unmarked and predicated Theme. The findings of Theme selection constituent occurrences in the data are presented in Table 42 as
follows. Table 42. Theme Selection Occurrence
No. Theme Selection English Text
Bahasa Indonesia Text Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
1 Marked
662 37.51
697 39.69
2 Unmarked
1,103 62.49
1,059 60.31
Total 1,765
100 1,756
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From Table 42 above, in both texts, the sequence of constituents which appear from the highest to the lowest is unmarked Theme 62.49 in T1 and 60.31 in T2,
marked Theme 37.51 in T1 and 39.69 in T2. Frequency of unmarked Theme in English text 1,103 items is higher than that in Bahasa Indonesia text 1,059 items.
Frequency of marked Theme in English text 662 items is lower than that in Bahasa Indonesia 697 items. Meanwhile, the total of frequency of Theme selection
constituents in English text 1,765 items is higher than that in Bahasa Indonesia text 1,756 items.
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