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2.1.5 Recount
This part elaborates a discussion of recount as the subject matter in this study. The discussion includes definition, purpose, types, generic structure,
lexicogrammatical features, and the example of recount text.
2.1.5.1 Definition of Recount
Recount is known as a series of events which is told or written using specific generic structure and lexicogrammatical features Board of Studies New
South Wales, 1994: 40. Its lexicogrammatical features and generic structure differ from other text-type to meet its social purpose.
2.1.5.2 Purpose of Recount
The social purpose of every genre is different from the other. Recount is to retell events with the purpose of either informing or entertaining its audience or
both Gerot Wignell, 1994: 194.
2.1.5.3 Types of Recount
The types of recount are classified based on their purpose. According to Hardy and Klarwein 1990, the types of recount are as follows:
1. Personal Recount This usually retells past events or experiences of individual or specific
persons.
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2. Factual Recount This type of recount usually records past incidents which are based on facts,
for example: science experiments, police report, and biography.
2.1.5.4 Generic Structure of Recount
Each text-type is characterized by distinctive generic structures, namely beginning, middle, and end. According to Hardy and Klarwein 1990: 26 generic
structure of recount is usually organized to include: 1. Orientation
Orientation provides the setting or background information about who were involved, when the event happened, and where the event happened.
2. Sequence of events Sequence of events tells what happened in chronological order.
3. Reorientation Reorientation is the closure of events. It is an optional element.
2.1.5.5 Lexicogrammatical Features of Recount
Lexicogrammatical features are essential part within text-type. The meaning of a text is realized through the lexicogrammatical choices Gerot and
Wignell, 1994: 190. To fulfill different social purpose, each text-type employs different lexicogrammatical features. Significant lexicogrammatical features of a
recount include Board of Studies New South Wales, 1994: 146:
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1. Use of past tense,
2. Use of material processes to refer to the actions,
3. Use of specific participants to identify people, animals, or things involved,
4. Use of circumstances of time and place yesterday, after lunch, to the beach,
5. Use of temporal connectives to sequence events first, next, finally, etc.
2.1.5.6 Example of Recount Text
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