Task 4 (M4 LA2 )

Topic 3: Lexicogrammatical Features of News Reports

Task 4

Now, you will analyse the lexicogrammatical features of the captions.

EXAMPLE

1)      The main part of most captions is one or two grammatically complete sentences, consisting of -          the Subject (Who/What?) -          the Verb -          the Object/Complement (Who/What?) -          Prepositional Phrases of Time (When?) -          Prepositional Phrases of Place (Where?) 2)      The Verb -          the first sentence is usually in the Simple Present Tense, in the Active voice: pose, talk, browse, holds, poses, sign, celebrates, sign, stands, loot, supply, is, photographs, comes, poses, arranges, can’t command. -          the second sentence is usually in the Simple PastTense:shared, was, was. 3)      Prepositionalphrases to state the place, time, and other circumstances Example: Caption 1 -          onthe podium, withtheir trophies, after beating Denmark’s Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen, during the men’s doubles final, at the All England Open Badminton Championships, inBirmingham, England, on Sunday. 4)      Bold characters to state the headline, mostly in Noun Phrases or Present Participles. Example: -          Winning duo: -          Celebrating rights:

CAPTION 1

1)      The main part of most captions is one or two grammatically complete sentences, consisting of -          the Subject (Who/What?) -          the Verb -          the Object/Complement (Who/What?) -          Prepositional Phrases of Time (When?) -          Prepositional Phrases of Place (Where?) 2)      The Verb -          the first sentence is usually in the Simple Present Tense, in the Active voice: pose, 3)      Prepositionalphrases to state the place, time, and other circumstances Caption 1 -          onthe podium, withtheir trophies, after beating Denmark’s Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen, during the men’s doubles final, at the All England Open Badminton Championships, inBirmingham, England, on Sunday. 4)      Bold characters to state the headline, mostly in Noun Phrases or Present Participles. -          Winning duo:

CAPTION 2

1)      The main part of most captions is one or two grammatically complete sentences, consisting of -          the Subject (Who/What?) -          the Verb -          the Object/Complement (Who/What?) -          Prepositional Phrases of Time (When?) -          Prepositional Phrases of Place (Where?) 2)      The Verb -          the first sentence is usually in the Simple Present Tense, in the Active voice:talk -          the second sentence is usually in the Simple PastTense:shared, 3)      Prepositionalphrases to state the place, time, and other circumstances Example: Caption 1 -          to reporters in Kontras’ office in Central Jakarta on Monday, in the country. 4)      Bold characters to state the headline, mostly in Noun Phrases or Present Participles. -          Celebrating rights:

CAPTION 3

1)      The main part of most captions is one or two grammatically complete sentences, consisting of -          the Subject (Who/What?) -          the Verb -          the Object/Complement (Who/What?) -          Prepositional Phrases of Time (When?) -          Prepositional Phrases of Place (Where?) 2)      The Verb -          the first sentence is usually in the Simple Present Tense, in the Active voice:browse 3)      Prepositionalphrases to state the place, time, and other circumstances Caption 3 -          at a shopping mall in Jakarta. 4)      Bold characters to state the headline, mostly in Noun Phrases or Present Participles. Example: -          Love for bags:

CAPTION 13

1)      The main part of most captions is one or two grammatically complete sentences, consisting of -          the Subject (Who/What?) -          the Verb -          the Object/Complement (Who/What?) -          Prepositional Phrases of Time (When?) -          Prepositional Phrases of Place (Where?) 2)      The Verb -          the first sentence is usually in the Simple Present Tense, in the Active voice: poses -          the second sentence is usually in the Simple PastTense:distinguished 3)      Prepositionalphrases to state the place, time, and other circumstances Caption 13 -          with speakers Seung Kon-oh from the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (second left), former chairman of the Indonesia Bank Restructuring Agency, Glenn Yusuf (second right), after a seminar entitled “20 Years of Asian Financial Crisis: Strengthening Infrastructure for Financial Crisis Resolution” in Jakarta on Wednesday. 4)      Bold characters to state the headline, mostly in Noun Phrases or Present Participles. -          There is no Bold characters

CAPTION 14

5)      The main part of most captions is one or two grammatically complete sentences, consisting of -          the Subject (Who/What?) -          the Verb -          the Object/Complement (Who/What?) -          Prepositional Phrases of Time (When?) -          Prepositional Phrases of Place (Where?) 6)      The Verb -          the first sentence is usually in the Simple Present Tense, in the Active voice:arranges -          the second sentence is in the Simple Present Tense, in the Active voice: tend to drop -          the Third sentence is usually in the Simple PastTense:Compared 7)      Prepositionalphrases to state the place, time, and other circumstances Example: Caption 1 -          on a shelf in Jakarta on Thursday, during Ramadhan, between 250 and 300 bags of blood a day compared to 1,500 to 2000 bags on normal days. 8)      Bold characters to state the headline, mostly in Noun Phrases or Present Participles. Example: -          There is no bold characters