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Indonesian-English Fable Characters
’
Representation and Authors’ Worldview
A Research Paper
Submitted to the English Education Department of the Faculty of Languages and Arts Education of the Indonesia University of Education as Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for Sarjana Sastra Degree
By:
TERRA PATRIANA (0806398)
English Education Department
Faculty of Language and Arts Education
Indonesia University of Education
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Indonesian-
English Fable Characters’
Representation and Authors’
Worldview
Oleh Terra Patriana
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Indonesian-English Fable Characters’ Representation and Authors’ Worldview
A Research Paper By
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Abstrak
Riset ini membahas mengenai bagaimana binatang sebagai karakter
direpresentasikan dalam fabel berbahasa Indonesia dan Inggris, juga pandangan
seperti apa yang penulis sampaikan melalui fabel yang mereka tulis. Riset ini
deskriptif dengan elemen kuantitatif berupa persentase. Teori yang dipakai dalam
riset ini adalah Transitivity dan Theme-rheme yang dikembangkan oleh Halliday
dan para pengikutnya. “Si Kancil dan Siput” dan “The Tortoise and The Hare”
yang diunduh pada Oktober 2012 dari childhoodreading.com dan
www.ceritaanak.org adalah sumber data riset ini. Dalam riset ini, ditemukan bahwa penulis Indonesia memandang binatang sebagai pembicara (dilihat dari
proses verbal), dan biasanya melakukan sesuatu tanpa terlalu banyak
pertimbangan, sementara penulis Inggris memandang binatang sebagai makhluk
hidup (dilihat dari proses behavioural), yang mana, selain melakukan aksi,
binatang juga memahami itu. Terlebih lagi, fabel berbahasa Inggris melihat
partisipan dalam klausa sebagai aspek penting dalam cerita, juga sebagai titik
tolak dari kejadian-kejadian dalam cerita, lebih dari fabel berbahasa Indonesia.
Kata Kunci: SFL, transitivity, theme-rheme, thematic progression, fabel, ,
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Abstract
The present research investigates how animals as characters are represented in
Indonesian and English fables and the authors’ worldview through the fable they
rewrite. It is descriptive with the element of quantitative in the form of
percentages. The main theoretical framework of the research is transitivity and
theme-rheme as proposed by Halliday and his followers. “Si Kancil dan Siput”
and “The Tortoise and The Hare” which were downloaded October 2012 from
childhoodreading.com and www.ceritaanak.org have been used as the source of
the data. The research finds that Indonesian author sees animals as the sayer
(verbal process), and usually do things without too much considerations, while
English author sees animals as the being (behavioural process), in which besides
doing actions, animals also sense it. Furthermore, English fable considers
participants of the events as the important aspect in the story, and as the
departure of events more than Indonesian fable does.
Keywords: SFL, transitivity, theme-rheme, thematic progression, fables,
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
STATEMENT……… i
PREFACE………. ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT……… iii
ABSTRACT……….. iv THEORITICAL FOUNDATIONS……… 10
2.1. Narrative……… 10
2.2. Representation………13
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2.3.1. Hallidayan Functional Grammar………16
2.3.2. The strands of meanings……… 18
2.3.3. Transitivity………. 19
2.3.3.1. Clause as Representation…………... 19
2.3.3.2. Types of Process……… 20
2.3.3.2.1. Material Clauses……….23
2.3.3.2.2. Mental clauses..………...24
2.3.3.2.3. Relational Clauses…………. 26
2.3.3.2.4. Behavioural Clauses……….. 28
2.3.3.2.5. Existential Clauses…………. 31
2.3.3.3. Range………. 32
2.3.3.4. Circumstantial elements………. 33
2.3.4. Theme-Rheme..………...35
2.3.4.1 Ideational………36
2.3.4.2 Textual………... 36
2.3.4.3 Interpersonal Theme……….. 37
2.3.4.3.1 Modal adjunct..………...37
2.3.4.3.2 Vocatives………37
2.3.4.4 Thematic Progression..………...38
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3.1. Research Method………... 41
3.2. Data Collection……….. 42
3.2.1 Summary of The Stories……… 42
3.3. Data Analysis………. 43
3.4. Research Procedure……… 43
3.5. The Presentation of Data Analysis………. 44
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION……….. 46
4.1. Findings………. 46
4.1.1. The transitivity analysis of Indonesian fable entitled ‘Si Kancil dan Siput’……….. 46
4.1.1.1. Material Process………. 47
4.1.1.2. Verbal Process………... 49
4.1.1.3. Attributive Process………. 50
4.1.1.4. Behavioural Process……….. 52
4.1.1.5. Mental Process………... 52
4.1.1.6. Identifying Process……….53
4.1.2. The transitivity analysis of English fable entitled ‘The Tortoise and The Hare’……….. 55
4.1.2.1. Material Process………. 56
4.1.2.2. Behavioural Process……….. 57
4.1.2.3. Attributive Process………. 59
4.1.2.4. Mental Process………... 60
4.1.2.5. Verbal Process………... 61
4.1.2.6. Existential Process………. 63
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4.1.3. The theme-rheme analysis of Indonesian fable entitled ‘Si
Kancil dan Siput’………. 64
4.1.3.1. Participants as theme………. 65
4.1.3.2. Process as theme……… 66
4.1.3.3. Conjunction structural as theme…… 67
4.1.3.4. Thematic Progression of Indonesian Fable entitled ‘Si Kancil dan Siput’………... 67
4.1.4. The theme-rheme analysis of English fable entitled ‘The Tortoise and The Hare’……….. 68
4.1.4.1. Participants as theme………..70
4.1.4.2. Conjunction structural as theme……. 70
4.1.4.3. Process as theme……… 71
4.1.4.4. Thematic Progression of English fable entitled ‘The Tortoise and The Hare’………. 71
4.2 Discussions……….. 73
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS………... 76
5.1. Conclusions……… 76
5.2. Suggestions for future research………. 77
BIBLIOGRAPHY……….. 78
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 2. 1 Grammars perspective………... 17
Table 2. 2 Relationship between context, meanings, and wordings (Gerot and
Wignell: 1994)………... 18
Table 2. 3 Process types, their meanings and characteristic participants (Halliday and Matthiessen: 2004)……….. 32
Table 4. 1 Distribution of Process Types in Indonesian fable………... 46
Table 4. 2 Distribution of Material Process in Indonesian fable…………... 48
Table 4. 3 Distribution of Verbal Process in Indonesian fable……….. 50
Table 4. 4 Distribution of Attributive Process in Indonesian fable………... 51
Table 4. 5 Distribution of Identifying Process in Indonesian fable………... 54
Table 4. 6 Distribution of Process Types in English fable……… 55
Table 4. 7 Distribution of Material Process in English fable………. 57
Table 4. 8 Distribution of Behavioural Process in English fable………….. 58
Table 4. 9 Distribution of Attributive Process in Tortoise fable……… 60
Table 4. 10 Distribution of Mental Process in Indonesian fable……… 61
Table 4. 11 Distribution of Verbal Process in Indonesian fable……… 62
Table 4. 12 Distribution of Types of Theme in Indonesian fable………….. 64
Table 4. 13 The Rank of Distribution of Types of Theme in Indonesian
fable………65
Table 4. 14 The Measurement of Pattern of Thematic Development Occurences in
Indonesian Fable……… 68
Table 4. 15 Distribution of Types of Theme in English fable………... 69
Table 4. 16 The Rank of Distribution of Types of Theme in English fable.. 69
Table 4. 17 The Measurement of Pattern of Thematic Development Occurences in
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2. 1 Types of theme……… 36
Figure 2. 2 The zig-zag pattern of thematic development (Eggins
2004:324)……….. 38
Figure 2. 3 The Multiple Rheme pattern of thematic development (Eggins
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1 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the background of this research, research questions,
the scope and the aims of research, research method, and the organization of the
research.
1.1. Background
Languages, like that used in literature written for children, are often used as a
vehicle to show an author‟s intended message, and to unearth the message
requires an in-depth analysis. Knowles and Malmkjær (1996) state that the study
of literature written for children from a linguistic perspective is considered as a
comparatively new field of study. In relation to this, Shavit says “Children‟s
literature evolved from the convergence of and interaction among several cultural
fields or systems” (cited in Knowles and Malmkjær, 1996). Knowles and
Malmkjær (1996) further state that children‟s books are written for a special
readership that is children, but normally they are written by adults. After all,
children‟s books are written and then controlled by adults in which they determine
what the children read.
Children's books are often presented in text and images. A text itself was
traditionally referred to written words. However, Halliday and Hasan (cited in
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2 as they form a unified whole. Moreover, Barker (cited in Hermawan, 2012) states
that text can be further understood as "all practices that signify".
Related to text, and specifically to children's books, according to
Hermawan (2012), the message sent in the story is actually a belief of how 'reality'
should or should not be, a worldview or ideology. Children‟s story, which has
been mentioned before, is created and controlled by adults who have their own
worldview or ideology. Similarly, Nikolajeva (2008) mentions that writers have
usually read books by other writers, or are at least aware of them. Specifically, the
writers of children's literature are most likely to have read the major children's
classics, but they have probably also read mainstream literature. It can be said that
writers, consciously or not, are affected by what they read and even by what they
have not read, but only heard about. Thus, children‟s literature can be said to be
„shaped‟ by the culture that the writers live in, and it contains ideology of the
writers.
Using transitivity and theme-rheme analyses, the present research attempts
to reveal how characters in children fables are represented, and the worldview of
Indonesian and English authors as evidenced in their use of language. Transitivity
analysis can be used to see clauses used to represent the worldview in the stories.
The system of transitivity is used to explore the clause in its „who
-does-what-to-whom‟, „who/what-is-what/who‟, when, where, why, or how function (Gerot and
Wignell: 1994). Meanwhile theme-rheme analysis is done to reveal the textual
meanings, whether it is contextually and co-textually relevant. Those analyses can
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3 Transitivity analysis has been used to analyze texts in many studies, for
example Hopper and Thompson (1980) stress that, although the implicational
interrelationships among the elements of the transitivity continuum have a certain
validity at the sentence level, there are the explanation for the salience of the
particular features in discourse. Martin (1996) proposed a reinterpretation of
Tagalog case relations within the framework of systemic functional linguistics
which starts with the notion of process type and establishes distinct case frames
for each of the different types of experiental meaning. In Indonesian context,
Lukmana, et al (cited in Hermawan, 2012) investigated the thematic progression
of Kakawihan Barudak Sunda (Sundanese Children Nursery Rhymes). Hermawan
(2012) also conducted the study of theme-rheme and transitivity analyses in Carita
Berbahasa Sunda (Sundanese Children Story), to reveal the worldview of
Sundanese. In conclusion of his journal, he suggests that stories may be a site to
store an ideology, and also a media to spread it. Further, his analysis shows that,
by looking at the selected process type in the clauses of Carita Berbahasa Sunda,
Sundanese tends to consider time as something flexible.
The present research focuses on how characters in children fables are
represented, and the worldview of Indonesian and English authors as evidenced in
their use of language, from the point of view of transitivity and theme-rheme, as
proposed by Halliday (1994), which is further developed by Halliday and
Matthiessen (2004), Gerot and Wignell (1994), Eggins (2004), and Martin and
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4 1.2.Research Questions
The present research attempts to answer the following questions:
1. How animals are represented in the selected English and Indonesian
fables?
2. What is the worldview of Indonesian and English fable authors as
evidenced in their use of language, from the point of view of three strands
of meanings of Functional Grammar?
1.3.The Scope of the Research
The present research is limited to only investigate how characters in
children fables are represented, and the worldview of Indonesian and English
authors as evidenced in their use of language, from the point of view of
transitivity and theme-rheme.
1.4.Aims of the research
The present research is aimed at revealing the worldview of Indonesian
author and English author based on the analysis of children‟s stories that are
produced by adults, and consumed by children. The research is expected to:
1. Identify how characters in children fables are represented.
2. Identify the worldview of Indonesian and English authors as evidenced in
their use of language, from the point of view of three strands of meanings
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5 1.5. Research Method
This present research is descriptive with the element of quantitative in the
form of percentage. The present research identifies transitivity and theme-rheme
system of Indonesian fable entitled “Si Kancil dan Siput” and English fable
entitled “The Tortoise and The Hare”. By analyzing the transitivity and
theme-rheme system of the texts, the representation of the characters and the worldview
of Indonesian and English as it is evidenced in the texts can be revealed.
1.5.1. Data Collection
The data used in this research are in the form of clauses taken from
Indonesian and English fables. The fables are “The Tortoise and The Hare”
rewritten by Arthur Rackham for English fable and “Si Kancil dan Siput”
rewritten by Ghulam Pramudiana for Indonesian fable, which are downloaded on
October 2012 from several sites, such as childhoodreading.com, and
ceritaanak.org.
1.5.2. Data Analysis
The collected data are then broken down into clauses and analyzed using
transitivity and theme-rheme proposed by Halliday (1994), which is further
developed by Halliday and Matthiessen (2004), Gerot and Wignell (1994), Eggins
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6 1.6.Clarification of terms
1 Narrative
Narrative is a piece of text which tells a story to inform and entertain the
reader and listener
2 Fable
Fable is a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animal or inanimate
objects as characters
3 Children‟s literature
Children‟s literature is a form of literature which provides the interesting
and entertaining works, and especially designed for children.
4 Representation
Representation is an essential part of the process by which meaning is
produced and exchanged between members of a culture
5 Clause
A clause is considered to be the largest grammatical unit, and a clause
complex is two or more clauses that are logically connected.
6 Minor clause
A minor clause is a clause that has no predicator.
7 Major clause
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Dependent clause is a clause that cannot stand alone.
10 Non-elliptical clauses
Non-elliptical clauses are the complete clauses. There is nothing ellipsed.
11 Elliptical clauses
Elliptical clauses are ellipsed and left out. However, the information is
recoverable from the accompanying text.
12 Embedded clauses
Embedded clauses are the clauses in which the element comes to function
within the structure of a group, which itself is a constituent if a clause.
13 Non-embedded clauses
It is the complete clauses that have nothing being embedded.
14 Circumstances
It is a semantic category that answer such questions as when, where, why,
how, how many, and as what.
15 Process
It is the central to transitivity which suggests that there are different kinds
of goings on, which necessarily involve different kinds of participants in
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8 16 Theme
It is the beginning of a clause that is a topic of a clause and containing the
given information.
17 Rheme
It is the end of a clause that contains the new information of a clause.
18 Theme Reiteration
The pattern of thematic development where the same element occurs
regularly as theme
19 The Zig-zag Pattern
The pattern of thematic development in which the element introduced in
the rheme in clause 1 gets promoted to become the theme of clause 2
20 Multiple Rheme
The pattern of thematic development in which the theme of one clause
introduces a number of different pieces of information, each of which is
then picked up and made theme in subsequent clauses
1.7.Organization of the research
This research is arranged into five chapters. The first chapter is
introduction which contains the background of the research, research questions,
aims of research, research method, and organization of the paper. The second
chapter is theoretical framework which can help the researcher to answer the
research questions. It is about transitivity and theme rheme from Systemic
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9 The third chapter is research method which discusses the methodology
used in this research. It also introduces the tool and describes the reason for
choosing the methodology. The fourth chapter is finding and discussion of the
research which describes the result of the research and answers the research
questions according to the finding. The fifth chapter is conclusion which discusses
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41 RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter presents the research method, the data collection, the data
analysis, research procedure, and the presentation of data analysis.
3.1. Research Method
This present research is descriptive with the element of quantitative in the form of
percentage. The present research identifies transitivity and theme-rheme system of
Indonesian fable and English fable. By analyzing the transitivity and theme-rheme
system of the texts, the representation of characters and the worldview of
Indonesian and English as it is evidenced in the texts can be revealed.
After analyzing the data using transitivity and theme-rheme, the analyses
were interpreted qualitatively. It is because the present research attempts to
investigate how characters in children fables are represented, and the worldview
of Indonesian and English authors as evidenced in their use of language, from the
point of view of transitivity and theme-rheme. Such interpretative knowledge does
not need numerical display. Hall (1997:42) asserted that:
Meaning and representation seem to belong irrevocably to the
interpretative side of the human and cultural science, whose subject matter….is not amenable to a positivistic approach
In the present research, the text analysis was done in two stages; first, the
selected English and Indonesian fables were analyzed using transitivity and
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42 Matthiessen (2004), Gerot and Wignell (1994), Eggins (2004), and Martin and
Rose (2003), and second, the interpretation of the those analyses was made to
reveal the representations of each fables.
3.2. Data Collection
The data for this research are in the form of clauses, which are Indonesian and
English fables. The data were downloaded on October 2012 from several sites,
such as childhoodreading.com and www.ceritaanak.org.
There are 2 fables selected, which are “The Tortoise and The Hare”
rewritten by Arthur Rackham for English fable, and “Si Kancil dan Siput”
rewritten by Ghulam Pramudiana for Indonesian fable. They are selected as the
data in the present research because they have the similar plot and characters. So,
they are considered to be the representation of the author‟s view of the world, or
generally, a culture they live in.
3.2.1 Summary of The Stories
The selected fables which are entitled „Si Kancil dan Siput‟ for Indonesian fable
and „The Tortoise and The Hare‟ for English fable have the similar plot. In
Indonesian fable, there is „Si Kancil‟ which thinks that he is the only clever
animal in the jungle. To prove its statement, „Siput‟ challenges „Si Kancil‟ to race.
To win the race, „Siput‟ asks for help to its friends. In the end of the story, „Siput‟
wins. Meanwhile, in English fable, there is „The Hare‟ which is boastfully telling
others that it can run faster than anyone else. „The Tortoise‟ cannot accept it and
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43 too much, it decides to sleep during the race. In the end of the story, „The
Tortoise‟ wins the race.
3.3. Data Analysis
The stories which become the data for this research were broken into clauses and
analyzed using transitivity and theme-rheme analyses proposed by Halliday
(1994), which is further developed by Halliday and Matthiessen (2004), Gerot and
Wignell (1994), Eggins (2004), and Martin and Rose (2003).
When the analyses of transitivity and them-rheme were done, the analysis
was continued to interpret it using the critical analysis. Critical here means doing
the evaluation carefully and closely of the findings, looking at the relationship
between the findings and signification of the findings to produce a conclusion
about the representations, or the way authors represent their view by fables they
rewrite.
3.4. Research Procedure
The present research applies several stages in fulfilling the aims of the research.
The stages are:
1. Deciding on the source of data to be analyzed
2. Formulating research questions
3. Analyzing the texts in transitivity frameworks
4. Analyzing the texts in theme-rheme frameworks
5. Identifying and analyzing the transitivity and theme-rheme analyses, so the
view of Indonesian and English authors can be revealed
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44 3.5. The Presentation of Data Analysis
The present research was conducted using transitivity and theme-rheme analysis
which are proposed by Halliday, and further developed by Halliday and
Matthiessen (2004), Gerot and Wignell (1994), Eggins (2004), and Martin and
Rose (2003).
First of all, the data which are in the form of stories are broken down into
clauses as follows:
Annoyed by such bragging, the tortoise accepted the challenge. A course
was planned, and the next day at dawn they stood at the starting line. (The
Tortoise and The Hare, rewritten by Arthur Rackham)
The texts are then broken down into clauses:
- Annoyed by such bragging, the tortoise accepted the challenge.
- A course was planned,
- and the next day at dawn they stood at the starting line.
The clauses are then analyzed using transitivity and theme-rheme analysis as
folllows.
‘and the next day at dawn they stood at the starting line.’
and the next day at dawn They stood at the starting line. Circ. Time Actor material Circ. place
Transitivity analysis
and the next day at dawn they stood at the starting line.
Conj. structural Topical rheme
Theme
Theme-rheme analysis
The analyses are then continued by interpreting it. For example, from the
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stood at the starting line‟ uses material process, which means the author considers
„they‟ (animals) as the actor of the event. Further, the theme-rheme analysis
shows that the clause uses circumstantial of time as the topical theme of the
clause. It can be said that the author considers the time as the most important thing
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76 CHAPTER V
CONCLUSIONS
This chapter presents the conclusions of the research and suggestions for
further research. In addition, this chapter also shows the main points of the
research, which is by showing the answer to the research questions of the
research.
5.1. Conclusions
The discussion in the present research is concerned with how characters in
children fables are represented, and the worldview of Indonesian and English
authors as evidenced in their use of language, from the point of view of
transitivity and theme-rheme.
The results of the analysis reveal several conclusions. In regards to the
characters representation of the fables, Indonesian fable considers animals as
actor, sayer and carrier, in which ‘Si Kancil’ as the agent of most of events in the
story, while English fable considers animals as actor, behaver and carrier, in
which ‘The Hare’ as the agent of most of events in the story.
Indonesian author sees animals as the things that usually deliver their lots
of ideas through language as the sayer. In contrast, English fable sees animals as
the being by attaching lots of behavioural processes to them. Further, the
difference of the using of mental process in which English fable uses mental
process much more than Indonesian fable indicates that Indonesian author creates
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77 considerations, while English author creates the events in the story, in which
besides doing actions, animals also sense it (feeling, thinking, perceiving).
Furthermore, English fable considers participants of the events as the
important aspect in the story, more than Indonesian fable does. It can be also
concluded that English fable considers participants the starting point of the
message or point of departure of the events or clauses more than Indonesian fable
does.
And the last, the using of theme reiteration for most of thematic
progression of identifiable clauses shows that the stories try to keep the texts
consistent and cohesive, yet boring to read because the stories usually leave from
the same spot. Further, the number clauses that consist of the patterns of thematic
development shows that both fables are not really cohesive, but comparatively,
English fable is less cohesive than Indonesian fable.
5.2.Suggestions for future research
The present research only discusses the representation of characters and the
worldview of the author from the point of view of transitivity and theme-rheme.
However, it will be more challenging if further research includes other aspects of
the story, such as analyzing the pictures or illustrations that are usually attached in
the fable. So that, the representation and the worldview as evidenced in the story
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