Open AccessToward socio-contextual perspective: A case in analyzing texts
Author(s) -
Ni Nyoman Ayu Tri Hidayanti
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of linguistics, literature and culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-8028
DOI - 10.21744/ijllc.v7n2.1467
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , context (archaeology) , field (mathematics) , conjunction (astronomy) , orientation (vector space) , linguistics , resolution (logic) , computer science , sociology , artificial intelligence , mathematics , history , philosophy , physics , geometry , archaeology , astronomy , pure mathematics
The purpose of this study is to analyze the social context, the text organization, and the text structure. The data that are analyzed in this study are taken from the book entitled Tales of Wisdom. There are two main texts are used in this study. The theory used was Halliday (1978) advocated placing the context of situation into a broader social context. The result of this study revealed that all of the elements of the context of situation (field, tenor, mode) were found in the texts. Both of the texts were well organized seen from the text organization including starting (orientation), content (complication), and ending (resolution). In terms of text structure, the use of reference and conjunction were frequently occurred. Of the four sub conjunctions, only three sub conjunctions were appeared and additive is the most one of all.