CHAPTER IV THE ANALYSIS OF TRANSITIVITY PROCESS AND SCHEMATIC
STRUCTURE OF NEWS GENRE IN “TIME” MAGAZINE ONLINE
4.1 ANALYSIS OF TRANSITIVITY PROCESS
In this chapter, six political articles from “Time” online magazine are analyzed by applying the theory of transitivity. The analysis of transitivity process
consists of material, mental, relational, behavioural, verbal and existential that are found in the six selected texts.
In addition, the analysis of the schematic structures of news genre consist of newsworthy event, background event and source.
The analyses are as follows:
4.1.1 Analysis of Transitivity Process in “
Senate Renews Ban on Plastic Guns, Rejects Expanded Restrictions”
1. In data 1 occurs Material Process; the participants are Actor and Goal: the
circumstance is Circumstance of Time.
Congress renewed an expiring ban on plastic firearms that can go undetected in metal detectors on Monday,
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Congress renewed
an expiring ban on plastic firearms that can go
undetected in metal detectors on Monday,
Actor Material
Goal Circ: Time
2. In data 2 occurs Material Process; the participant is Actor; there is no
circumstance. though tougher restrictions on the guns did not pass.
though tougher restrictions on the guns
did not pass. Actor
Material
3. In data 3 occurs Verbal and Material Process; the participants are Sayer and
Verbiage; the circumstance is Circumstance of Manner quality. The Senate approved the 10-year extension narrowly missing the midnight
deadline. The
Senate approved the 10-year
extension narrowly
missing the
midnight deadline Sayer
Verbal Verbiage
Circ: Manner Quality
Material
4. In Data 4 occurs Material Process; the participants are Actor and Goal; the
Circumstances are Circumstance of Time and Cause. Last week the House passed the measure, which is now headed to the
President to be signed into law. Last week
the House
passed the measure which is
now headed to the President
to be signed into law.
Circ: Time Actor Material Goal
Circ: Cause purpose
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5. In Data 5 occurs Relational: Attributive Process; the participants are Carrier
and Attribute; there is no circumstance. The bill that passed the Senate on Monday is less stringent than the one
proposed by Senator Chuck Schumer, who pushed for a ban on detachable metal parts which can be removed to pass through security screenings
The bill that passed the Senate on
Monday is
less stringent than the one proposed by Senator Chuck Schumer who
pushed for a ban on detachable metal parts which can be removed to pass
through security screenings
Carrier Relational:
Attributive Attribute
6. In Data 6 occurs Relational: Identifying Process; the participants are Token
and Value; the circumstances are Circumstance of Time and Place. The rejection of Schumer’s push by Republican lawmakers marks yet another
setback for stricter gun legislation since the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
The rejection of
Schumer’s push by
Republican lawmakers
marks yet another
setback for stricter
gun legislation
since the Dec. 14
massacre at Sandy Hook
Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Token Relational:
Identifying Value
Circ: Time Circ: Place
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4.1.2 Analysis of Transitivity Process in “White House Touting Mental Health Funding After Sandy Hook School Shooting”
1. In Data 1 occurs Verbal Process; the participant is Sayer; the
circumstance is Circumstance of Time.
Vice President Joe Biden will announce Tuesday Vice President Joe Biden
will announce Tuesday
Sayer Verbal
Circ: Time
2. In Data 2 occurs Verbal Process; the participants are Sayer and Verbiage;
the circumstance is Circumstance of Cause purpose.
that the Obama administration is promising 100 million that
the Obama administration
is promising
100 million
to improve mental health services as part of its
response to the deadly school shooting in
Connecticut almost one year ago
Sayer Verbal
Verbiage Circ: Cause Purpose
3.
In Data 3 occurs Verbal Process; the participant is Sayer.
a White House official said. a White House official
said. Sayer
Verbal
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4. In Data 4 occurs Verbal Process; the participant is Sayer; the
circumstances are Circumstance of Accompaniment and Cause purpose.
The White House, with Biden at the forefront, has pledged to find ways to stop mass shootings,
The White House,
with Biden at the forefront,
has pledged to find ways to stop mass shootings,
Sayer Circ:
Accompaniment Verbal
Circ: Cause purpose
5. In Data 5 occurs Mental Process; the participants are Sayer and Verbiage;
the circumstance is Circumstance of Cause purpose.
but it failed to push any new gun control legislation through Congress, even after the massacre of 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy
Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., late last year. but it
failed to push
any new gun
control legislation
through Congress
even after the
massacre of 26
people, including
20 children,
at Sandy Hook Elementary
School in Newtown,
Conn., late last
year.
Senser Mental Circ:
Cause purpose
Circ: Cause
reason Circ:
Place Circ:
Time
6. In Data 6 occurs Material Process; the participants are Actor and Goal;
the circumstance is Circumstance of Role.
A Biden-led task force identified mental illness as another focus in the effort to stem shootings,
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A Biden-led task force
identified mental illness as another focus in the
effort to stem shootings, Actor
Material Goal
Circ: Role 7.
In Data 7 occurs Material Process, the participants are Actor and Goal;
the circumstances are Circumstance of Role and Manner.
and the White House has already set it as a priority, including by enforcing a 2008 law that requires insurers to treat mental health as a
physical ailment. and
the White
House has
already set
It as a
priority including by enforcing
a 2008 law that requires
insurers to treat mental
health as a physical
ailment.
Actor Material Goal
Circ: Role
Circ: Manner
8. In Data 8 occurs Material Process; the participants are Actor and Goal;
the circumstances are Circumstance of Time, Place and Accompaniment.
Biden will unveil the new funding Tuesday afternoon at the White House “with families who lost loved ones during the shooting in Newtown,”
Biden will
unveil the new
funding Tuesday
afternoon at the White
House “with families
who lost loved ones during the
shooting in Newtown,”
Actor Material Goal
Circ: Time
Circ: Place
Circ: Accompaniment
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9.
In Data 9 occurs Verbal Process; the participant is Sayer.
The White House official said. The White House official
said. Sayer
Verbal
10. In Data 2 occurs Material Process; the participant is Actor; the
circumstance is Circumstance of Place.
The money comes from existing government funding: 50 million from the Department of Health and Human Services to expand behavioral
health services for people with mental illness or addiction, and another 50 million from the Department of Agriculture to expand mental health
services in rural areas. The
money comes
from existing government funding: 50 million from the Department of Health and Human Services to
expand behavioral health services for people with mental illness or addiction, and another 50 million
from the Department of Agriculture to expand mental health services in rural areas.
Actor Material
Circ: Place
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4.1.3 Analysis of Transitivity Process in “Pivotal Senator Backs Out of Iran Sanctions Push”