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form of whether the appraising item is clause or phrase. However they did not analyze whether the appraising item belongs to verbal or nominal group.
This situation provides the researcher to conduct significant research about appraisal analysis by identifying the issues of Ahmadiyah in editorial and opinion
column which is published on The Jakarta Globe and The Jakarta Post Website.
C. Research Objectives
This research will be conducted to investigate the appraisal meaning in Editorial and Opinion column published on The Jakarta Globe and The Jakarta Post
Websites. The objectives are specified into: a.
To figure out the attitude employed in the texts. b.
To describe how is the influence of the attitude toward the texts c.
To find out the similarities and differences of the texts d.
To find out why the attitudes are employed in the texts
D. Research Questions
Based on research objectives, this research is formulated in the following questions: a. What are the attitudes employed in the texts?
b. How do the attitudes influence in the texts? c. What are the similarities and differences of the texts?
d. Why are the attitudes employed in the texts?
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E. Research Significant
. This research is intended to see how appraisal is applied in a text related for
giving opinion. It is hoped that this research will give a better understanding in the detail way to analyze appraisal by classifying it into table of attitude, graduation, and
engagement. Besides, there will be also better understanding to analyze appraising item in the form of verbal and nominal group not only in the form clause or phrase.
Then, this research also shows how the use of attitude can influence the ideology of the writer. Besides, this research also provides how to analyze genre of text by
looking at the attitude used by the writer.
F. Scope of Research
The researcher gives limitation only on appraisal analysis used in the editorial entitled Turning Blind Eye to Religious Bullies and opinion column entitled
‘Ahmadiyah’s Critics Are the Ones Who Should Declare a New Faith’ published on The Jakarta Globe Website. While, the other Editorial text entitled ‘Religious
Persecution’ and Opinion entitled ‘Disbanding Ahmadiyah costs the freedom of the nation’ published in The Jakarta Post website. This research is not meant to analysis
the whole text of opinion and editorial in the website but the researcher just take the comparative analysis of appraisal between opinion and editorial column exposing
issues of Ahmadiyah.
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G. Thesis Organization
