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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE OF TITLE….……….…………i
STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY………ii
STATEMENT OF PUBLICATION……….iii
ADVISOR’S APPROVAL………..iv
PAGE OF APPROVAL……….…………v
MOTTO………vi
DEDICATION………vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT………viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS……….ix
LIST OF FIGURES………xi
LIST OF TABLE………xii
LIST OF APPENDICES………xiii
ABSTRACT………xiv
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1 Background of the Study ... 1
1.2 Statements of the Problem ... 4
1.3 Scope of the Study ... 4
1.4 Objective of the Study ... 4
1.5 Significance of the Study ... 5
1.6 Thesis Organization ... 5
CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF REATED LITERATURES ... 7
2.1 Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) ... 7
2.2 The Experiential Meaning (Field)... 8
2.3 The Interpersonal Meaning (Mood) ... 12
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2.5 Contextual description ... 16
2.6 Football ... 23
2.7 Sports Announcer Talk (SAT) ... 23
CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHOD ... 26
3.1 Research design ... 26
3.2 Unit of Analysis ... 26
3.3 Source of the Data ... 26
3.4 Technique of Data Collection ... 26
3.5 Technique of Data Analysis ... 27
CHAPTER 4 DATA ANALYSIS ... 28
4.1 Ideational Meaning ... 28
4.2 Interpersonal Meaning ... 50
4.3 Textual Meaning ... 57
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION ... 66
5.1 Conclusion ... 66
5.2 Suggestion ... 67
BIBLIOGRAPHY... 68
APPENDICES ... 69
A. Full Match Commentary Transcript ... 69
