An SF-MDA of the Textual and the Logical Cohesive Devices in a Postgraduate Accounting Course

Alyousef, Hesham Suleiman

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“…To analyze the representation of religious values, the researchers adapted SF-MDA as an analytical tool. SF-MDA is a combination of the theory of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) utilized to analyze the linguistics aspects and to construe the non-linguistics elements through Multimodal Discourse Analysis (Al-Ghamdi & Albawardi, 2020;Alyousef, 2020;Bayat et al, 2020;Goebel, 2011;Wignell et al, 2017). The SF-MDA approach adapted for this study focused on ideational meaning through the analysis of transitivity for the linguistic elements, and representational meaning for the visual analysis.…”

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The Representation of Counterproductive Religious Values in a Selected Chapter of an Indonesian ELT Textbook: Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis

Andriani,

Abdullah,

Nurhaedin

et al. 2024

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Countless studies have examined the vital role of ELT textbooks as learning sources, particularly in terms of intercultural, multicultural, and trans-cultural analysis. Yet, none of them specifically talked about religious values as the research focus. Hence, this study aimed at construing religious values represented in a selected chapter of an Indonesian ELT textbook. Descriptive problem-driven content analysis was used as the research design, whilst the research data were collected through document analysis. Later, to analyze the data, the research utilized Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis (SF-MDA) (O’Halloran, 2008c) as the framework with a focus on representational meaning and transitivity analysis for each visual and textual data. The findings showed that two data modes represent religiosity, namely visual and verbal data. In visual, religious values (artifacts, beliefs, and behaviors) are represented by the classificational process while in verbal data; they are represented by the material and relational processes. Four of Indonesia's large recognized religious communities were represented namely Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Confucianism. Yet, there is no single datum that figures Islamic values, whereas, the Islamic community is the largest in the country and even in the world. Hence, this implication suggests that stakeholders (particularly textbook authors) should pay attention to the issue of how to fairly present the five legalized communities' values existing in Indonesia. Therefore, because Indonesia has varied its communities, ethnicities, and backgrounds, ELT textbooks should fairly embody the diversities more over the religious aspects which are the core competence to gain.

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The Representation of Counterproductive Religious Values in a Selected Chapter of an Indonesian ELT Textbook: Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis

Andriani,

Abdullah,

Nurhaedin

et al. 2024

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“…They focused on advertisement (Enli, 2014), language acquisition (Liu, 2022), magazine (Gao, 2017), and tweets (Wignell et al, 2021), to mention a few. In academic discourse, the frameworks have been intensively used to investigate cohesion found in international postgraduate business students' multimodal written texts (Alyousef & Alnasser, 2015), thematic progression in Saudi Postgraduate Business Students' multimodal texts (Alyousef & Alsharif, 2019), theme and information structure (Alyousef, 2020a), the Textual and the Logical Cohesive Devices in a Postgraduate Accounting Course (Alyousef, 2020b), and experiential meaning in Saudi Postgraduate Business Students' multimodal accounting texts (Alyousef & Alsharif, 2017). Although there are also papers dealing with ideational meanings of multimodal texts (O'Halloran, 2008; Rafelina & Hermawan, 2022), they are not concerned with English students' final project reports yet.…”

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Ideational Meanings in Results and Discussion Section of English Students’ Final Project Reports Viewed from SF-MDA

Khorina,

Sembiring,

Nugraha

2023

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The purpose of this study is to investigate how knowledge is construed by integrating multimodal texts in English Students’ Final Project Reports, especially in the results and discussion section. Therefore, the qualitative data were obtained from the results and discussion section of English Students’ Final Project Reports published in 2022, Politeknik Negeri Bandung. In analyzing the data, Systemic Functional-Multimodality Discourse Analysis (SF-MDA) was employed. The SFL framework was used in investigating verbal texts that were supported by visual texts. The visual texts were studied by applying MDA. Both frameworks were applied to find out the intersemiosis relation of verbal and visual modes. The results show that the students used tables and graphs to support their claims in the verbal texts. However, the intersemiosis of the modes is divergent. It is implied that the students were not aware yet of the function of the visual mode in their final project reports. This study can be a reference to improve students’ academic writing.

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“…These cohesive devices are achieved through grammatical and lexical words. Whereas reference, substitution and ellipses are expressed through grammar, lexical cohesion is expressed through meaning (or lexis), and conjunctions are both grammatical and lexical (Alyousef, 2020).…”

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English-Arabic Translator Education Through Systemic Functional Linguistics: Analysis of Cohesive Devices in Investopedia Business Texts

Alshalan

Alyousef

2020

Int. J. Appl. Linguist. Engl. Lit.

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In translation courses, students are asked to practice translation skills by translating a source text (ST) in a specific field. While teachers usually select texts based on topic and language accuracy, some such texts do not provide rich textual features that help students practice and improve their translation skills. This study aimed to analyze the cohesive features in business texts collected from “Investopedia” to investigate their suitability for use as STs to practice translation skills in the field of finance and administration. It was framed by Halliday’s (1978) systemic functional linguistics (SFL) approach to language and Halliday and Hassan’s (1976) cohesion analysis scheme. The findings demonstrated that the most prominent type used was lexical cohesion, followed by reference and conjunctions. Ellipses and substitution were rarely used. The findings indicated that the intensive use of lexical cohesion and the various subcategories used in these texts can help enrich the background knowledge of financial terminology and provide a communicative understanding of the ST while practicing various elements of textual features. The study provided a demonstration of the significance of SFL in providing coherent and cohesive STs that facilitate the needs of translation instructors and students in the field of finance and administration. Other SFL tools can be employed to provide a better understanding of these texts.

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An SF-MDA of the Textual and the Logical Cohesive Devices in a Postgraduate Accounting Course

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

The Representation of Counterproductive Religious Values in a Selected Chapter of an Indonesian ELT Textbook: Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis

The Representation of Counterproductive Religious Values in a Selected Chapter of an Indonesian ELT Textbook: Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis

Ideational Meanings in Results and Discussion Section of English Students’ Final Project Reports Viewed from SF-MDA

English-Arabic Translator Education Through Systemic Functional Linguistics: Analysis of Cohesive Devices in Investopedia Business Texts

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