Logical Semantics in the “Stories for Rainy Days” by Naela Ali

Authors

  • Rada Mayasari universitas sumatera utara
  • Masdiana Lubis Universitas Sumatera Utara
  • Dian Marisha Putri Universitas Sumatera Utara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32734/lingpoet.v2i2.5603

Keywords:

Metafunction, logico semantics, complex clauses.

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the elaboration, extension, and improvement contained in the data. The data source of this research is Naela Ali’s story of rainy days written by Naela Ali as the best-selling short story in 2018. The research data is in the form of clauses collected from short stories on rainy days. The theory used to analyze the meaning of the data is a logical-semantic theory. From this study, There are 3 types of logical semantic found in “Stories for Rainy Days” Short Story By Naela Ali: elaboration, extension, and enhancement. this research concludes that there is 83 logical semantics (expansion) found in the "stories for rainy days" consisting of 5 elaborations; 65 paratactic extensions and 1 hypotactic extension; 1 increased paratactic and 9 increased hypotactic; and 2 extensions and enhancements. The realization of logical semantic relation used in “Stories for Rainy Days” Short Story By Naela Ali based on the kinds of each logical-semantics those are: Elaboration consist of exemplification and clarification, there is no exposition. Extension consists of addition, variation, alternation. Enhancement consists of paratactic enhancement and hypotactic enhancement including manner, causal-purpose, spatial and causal-reason.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Alaei, M, and Ahangari, S. (2016). A Study of Ideational Metafunction in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness": A Critical Discourse Analysis. in Canadian Center of Science and Education: Journal of English Language Teaching; Vol. 9, No. 4; 2016.

Ali, N. (2018). Stories For Rainy Days Volume III. Jakarta: Pt Gramedia Publications Research.

Bisiada, M. (2014). From Hypotaxis to Parataxis: An Investigation of English-German Syntactic Convergence in Translation. The University of Manchester (United Kingdom), Inggris: ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.

Bogdan, R.C, & Biklen, S. K. (1992). Qualitative Research for Education: An Introduction to Theory and Methods. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Bronkhorst, H., Roorda, G., Suhre, C., and Goedhart, M. (2020) Logical Reasoning in Formal and Everyday Reasoning Tasks. in New York: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, v18 n8 p1673-1694 Dec 2020.

Gerot, L. And Wignel, P. (1994). Making sense of functional Grammar. Sydney: Southwood press.

Halliday, M.A.K. (1978). Language As A Social Semiotic: The Social Interpretation Of Language And Meaning. London: Edward Arnold.

Halliday, M.A.K. (1985). An Introduction to Functional Grammar. London: Edward Arnold.

Halliday, M.A.K. (1994). An Introduction Grammar. London: Edward Arnold.

Halliday, M.A.K. (2004). An Introduction To Functional Grammar. London: Edward Arnold.

Halliday, M.A.K. & C.M.I.M, Matthiesen (2014). Halliday’s Introduction To Functional Grammar Fourth Edition. New York: Rotledge.

Matthiessen, Christian M.I.M. & Thompson, Sandra A. (1988). Clause Combining In Grammar And Discourse. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Miles, M.B, Huberman, A.M and Saldana, J. (2014). Qualitative Data Analysis, A Methods Sourcebook, Edition 3. London: Sage Publications.

Fatahillah, Raja Fanny. (2019). A Logico Semantic Analysisi in Jokowi and Prabowo Political Campaigns. Indonesia : Universitas Sumatra Utara.

Seyaji. A, Tarjana, S.S, Nababan, M.R, M.R. & Wiratno, T. (2019) Translation Analysis of Taxis in “The Old Man and the Sea” Novel (Systemic Functional Linguistics Approach). Journal of Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 245-254. Indonesia : universitas sebelas maret.

Sinar, T.S. (2002). An Introduction To A Systemic-Functional Linguistics-Oriented Discourse Analysis. Singapore: Deezed Consult.

Steel, G., Rose, M., and Eadie, P. (2016). The Production of Complement Clauses in Children with Language Impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v59 n2 p330-341 Apr 2016.

Stubbs, M. (1983). Discourse Analysis: The Sociolinguistic Analysis Of Natural Language (Vol. 4). Chicago: University Of Chicago Press.

Suhandi, J. (2015). Course in English functional grammar. Medan: LPPM UINSU Press.

Wahyuni, S. (2016). Qualitative Research Method: Theory And Practice Second Edition. Jakarta: Salembaempat.

Published

2021-05-31

How to Cite

Mayasari, R., Lubis, M., & Putri, D. M. (2021). Logical Semantics in the “Stories for Rainy Days” by Naela Ali. LingPoet: Journal of Linguistics and Literary Research, 2(2), 54-63. https://doi.org/10.32734/lingpoet.v2i2.5603