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that written texts especially those in the academic register incorporate grammatical metaphors in order to make a good written text Martin, 1997.
1.6 Operational Definition
Grammatical metaphor is a variation in the grammatical forms through which a semantic choice is typically realized in the lexicogrammar Halliday, 1994.
1.7 Outline of the Thesis
The subsequent chapters of the thesis are presented as follows. Chapter II discusses the literatures used in the study. These cover how meaning is constructed in Systemic Functional
Linguistics from which the notion of grammatical originated, written language characteristics, grammatical metaphor, the importance of grammatical metaphor in written text and research
article as a product of written language. The methodology of the study will be elaborated in Chapter II that includes research questions, research design, research setting and participants,
data collection and data analysis. A sample of data analysis will also be presented in this chapter. Chapter IV will present the data analysis that covers the types of grammatical metaphors used in
students’ assignments and how the use of these grammatical metaphors contributes to the writteness of the text. The findings from the data analysis will also be discussed in this chapter.
Finally, Chapter Five will conclude the discussions of the preceding chapter as well as outline the limitations of the study and provide recommendations for further research.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter outlines the methodology used in this research that includes purpose of the study and research questions, research settings and participants, Research design and research method,
data collection and data analysis.
3.1 Aims of the Study
As mentioned in Chapter I, the study was conducted with the aims to: 1.
find out types of grammatical metaphor which are used in students’ assignments; and 2.
investigate the impact of the use of grammatical metaphor on the written characteristics of the texts.
3.2 Research Questions
