AN ANALYSIS OF THEME SYSTEM ON THE STUDENTS’ SHORT STORY WRITING : SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS

Abstract

This study is aimed at applying Haliday’s theory of functional grammar approach in students’ short story. It is intended to investigate an analysis functional grammar on students’ short story. The study used Purposive Sampling and Document to collected the data. This study used without any participant because it was focused on analyzed the students’ short story text. The collected data were analyzed by using Purpossive Sampling and Document. The findings show that the implementation and Systemic Functional Grammar. Systemic Functional Grammar is the tecnique which makes easier to analyze. Thus, it can be concluded that the the students’ short story there were used several types of theme but the more appear are ideational/topical theme and textual theme with the total number of occurrence 42 (47%) from 89 themes. And followed by the ideational/topical theme with slight diversity, in only one theme with the total number of occurrence 41 (46%) from 89 themes. It showed that the students’ short story using the structure that made relation between the sentences and used less expression on the story because it only used 6 (7%) interpersonal theme from 89 themes. Those made the story in general text which the text is less expressions. Key words : Systemic Functional Linguistics, Theme system, Students’ short story.