This article is a functional description of an aspect textual grammar Vietnamese. The theoretical framework adopted for the Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) as developed by Halliday and other systemicists. focus on Theme in clause simplex. Two main questions which form basis this are: (1) “what Vietnamese simplex how it recognised?”; (2) are delicate options available environment THEME they di...

Metadiscourse features are those facets of a text, which make the organization of the text explicit, provide information about the writer's attitude toward the text content, and engage the reader in the interaction. This study interpreted metadiscourse markers in translated and non-translated persuasive texts. To this end, the researcher chose the translated versions of one of the leading newsp...

Recount text is a staple material taught in the first year of Indonesian secondary schools yet research on this dominant ELT unit limited despite common observation many students struggling to produce well-written recount text. To address gap and problem, study conducted textual meaning analysis texts written by tenth-grade Vocational School. This aimed figure out types themes shown 14 from two...

Translation, ipso facto, is an understanding and a transferal of meaning from one language into another. Therefore, it may be fitting to conclude that a suitable semantic theory should underpin any attempt to that end. This paper advocates implementing Systemic Functional Linguistics (henceforth SFL) which subscribes to a view of language as a "meaning-potential". In fact, Halliday and Matthies...

This paper deals with the concept of grammatical subjecthood, and focuses on different perspectives from which this grammatical function has been defined and described in a number of linguistic schools. Properties that have been assigned to the Subject function are grouped into four dimensions (i.e. predication, mood, voice/diathesis, and theme), and it is argued that each of these Subject dime...

Since the early development of interest in the interpersonal dimensions of academic communication in the 1980s, the analytic potentials of the concept of metadiscourse have motivated a large number of investigations. Although these analytic potentials have facilitated the study of diverse academic genres, there has always been a risk of detachment of textual analyses form the contextual origins...

It is generally recognized that many second language learners have difficulties with cohesion in academic texts.  Writing seems to be the most difficult subject for many students. To produce good writing, it is necessary to know how to organize Theme and Rheme in a text. Thematic structure as an important feature in textual metafunction plays a significant role in promoting the textual coherenc...