A Comparative Study Of Transition Signal In Narrativer and Popular Scientific Texts

Anggraeni, Ayu Dwi (2015) A Comparative Study Of Transition Signal In Narrativer and Popular Scientific Texts. Undergraduate thesis, Untag 1945 Surabaya.

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The thesis reports a comparative study of the use of transition signals in two text types, namely narrative and scientific texts. The study adopts Oshima and Hogue’s (1998) theory of text types and use of transition signals in different text types. The research method is descriptive qualitative. The data are taken from Thomas A. Green’s World Folktales (2008) and Omniglot the Language Encyclopedia Online.The study involves eight folktales and eight encyclopedia articles. The study found similarities and differences in the use of transition signals. The similarities of transition signals in folktales and articles are connectors (also, therefore, next, thus, however, too), coordinators (and, but,so for, or, and so, and yet), and subordinators (while, since, though, when, as, before, as though, if, until, because, after). The differences involve transition signals that are used only in folktales: connectors (then, and then, and then on the other, and on the other, instead of, and moreover, and thus, for thus, or otherwise and just then), coordinators (so that and as yet), subordinators (as soon as, but if, till, as if, and after, for when, and as, after a time, and because, just as soon as, after that, and after that, and if, and when, so when, as before, until after, meanwhile, but when, and and though) and others (the result of, and another, in the middle, such, one day, for a little while, and at last, and in the morning, a long time ago, and in due time). On the other hand, the use of transition signals that are only found in articles are connectors (for example, indeed, an example, for instance, accordingly, in fact, in brief and otherwise), coordinators (or so), subordinators (although, even though, even after, but after, so if, but for and so while) and others (despite, such as, years ago, in the middle ages, at the end, another and over the last half). The study shows that different text types seem to have preferences of transition signals for organization of ideas and information

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