theme in all dialogues. However, dialogues 8 and 10 have the highest proportion of textual theme found in the dialogues.
4.2. Discussion of findings 1. Data Presentation
Data 1: Dialogue 1
Shanti :
Hello Dona
: Hello, this is Dona. Could I speak to Nurul,please? Shanti
: Hi, Dona. Just a moment,please. Mom,where is Nurul? Mom
: I think she’s going out with Bertha. Shanti
: Hello? Sorry, Dona. She’s not in. Dona
: Oh
Shanti : Mom said she was going out with Bertha.
Dona : With Bertha?
Shanti :
Yeah Dona
: OK. Can I leave a message? Shanti
: Sure
Dona : Could you ask her to call me back?
Shanti : She knows your phone number, doesn’t she?
Dona : Yes, she does
Shanti : All right. I’ll tell her when she arrives
Dona : Thanks a lot. Bye.
Shanti :
Bye.
1.1. Lexico-grammatical analysis of dialogue 1 1.
Minor Clause : Hello 2. Declarative
Hello, this
is Dona
Interpersonal Cont:Adj Subj Fin
Comp MOOD
RESIDUE Ideational Cont:Adj
token Pro:Relat Value
Textual Textual
Topical THEME
RHEME 3. Interrogative
Could I
speak to Nurul,
Please ? Inter. Fin
Sub Predicator
Adj:Circ Adj MOOD
RESIDUE Ideat..
Actor Pro:Mat
Circ Circ
Text.. Interpersonal topical THEME
RHEME
4. Hi, Dona : Minor Clause
Hi Dona
Interpersonal Cont:Adj Voc:Adj RESIDUE
Ideational Left Unanlyzed
Textual Textual Textual
THEME 5. Just a moment please
: Minor Clause 6. Interrogative
Mom where
is Nurul ?
Inter.. Voc:Adj Wh:Adj
Fin Subject
RESIDUE MOOD Ideat…
Pr:Attributive Carrier
Text… Interpersonal topical
THEME RHEME
7. Declarative I
think She’
s going
out with Berta Inter.. Mood:Adj
Sub Fin
Predicator Adj:Circ
MOOD RESIDUE
Ideat.. Senser Pro:mental
Actor Pro:Material Circumstance
Text.. Interpersonal
Topical THEME
RHEME 8. Hello? Sorry, Dona
: Minor Clause 9. Negative
She is not
in Interpersonal.. Subj..
Fini.. Adj:circ
MOOD RESIDUE
Ideational.. Carrier Pr:
Attributive Circumstance
Textual.. Topical THEME
RHEME 10. Oh
: Minor Clause
11. Declarative Mom
said She
was going
out with Berta Interper.. Sub
Fin Pred Sub Fin
Predicator Adj:Circ MOOD
RES.. MOOD
RESIDUE Ideat.. Sayer Pr:Verbal
Actor Pr:Material Circumstance
Text… Topical
Topical THEME RHEME
THEME RHEME
12. Declarative With Berta
Interpersonal Adj : Circ
RESIDUE Ideational Circumstance
Textual RHEME 13. Yeah
: Minor Clause 14. OK
: Minor Clause 15. Interrogative
Can I
leave a message ?
Inter.. Fin..
Subj Predicator
Complement MOOD
RESIDUE Ideat…
Actor Pro:Mat
Goal Text.. Interpersonal
Topical THEME
RHEME 16. Sure
: Minor Clause 17. Interrogative
Could you
ask her
to call me
back? Inter.
. Fin
Sub Pred
Comp Pred
Com p
Adj:Cir c
MOOD RESIDUE
RESIDUE Ideat.
Senser Pro:menta l
Phenomeno n
Pro:Ma t
Goal Circ Text.
. Interper
s Topica
l THEME
RHEME
18. Tag Question She
knows your phone
number doesn’t She
? Inter..
Sub Fin
Pred Complement Fin
Sub MOOD
RESIDUE MOOD
Ideat.. Senser
Pro:Mental Phenomenon Pro:Mat Actor
Text… Topical Topical
THEME RHEME RHEME THEME
19. Declarative Yes
She does
Interpersonal Mood:Adj
Sub Fin
MOOD Ideational
Actor Pro:Mat
Textual Textual
Topical THEME RHEME
20. All right : Minor Clause 21. Declarative
I’ ll
tell her
when She
arrives Inter.
Sub Fin Pred Comp
Conj:Adj Sub Fin Pred
MOOD RESIDUE MOOD
RESIDUE Ideat.. Senser
Pro:Mental Phenome Actor
Pro:Mat Text.. Topical
Textual Topical
THEME RHEME THEME
RHEME 22. Thank, a lot, Bye
: Minor Clause 23. Bye
: Minor Clause
1.2. Description of field of discourse of dialogue 1 1.