Task 3
Now, you will analyze the text structures of the
captions. Some have been done for you as an examples. Study them carefully.
Then, analyze the text structures of the other captions.
The Structure of the Captions in Group 1
Group 1:
Caption 1, 2, 3
1
|
What about
|
Winning duo:
|
Who/What
|
Indonesia’s Kevin Sanjaya
Sukamuljo (left) and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
|
|
DO
|
pose
|
|
Where
|
on the podium
|
|
With what
|
with their tophies
|
|
When
|
after beating Denmark’s Mathias
Boe and Carsten Mogensen
|
|
When
|
during the men’s doubles final
|
|
When
|
at the All England Open Badminton
Championships
|
|
Where
|
in Birmingham, England,
|
|
When
|
on Sunday.
|
Group 2:
Caption 13, 14
13
|
Who/What
|
Deposit Insurance Corporation
(LPS) chief commissioner Halim Alamsyah (left)
|
DO
|
poses
|
|
Who/What
|
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),
and distinguished fellow of Asia Global Institute, the University of Hong
Kong, Andrew Sheng,
|
|
When
|
after a seminar entitled “20 Years
of Asian Financial Crisis: Strengthening Infrastructure for Financial Crisis
Resolution”
|
|
Where
|
in Jakarta
|
|
When
|
on Wednesday.
|
Group 3:
Caption 4
4
|
Who/What
|
Martina Navratilova
|
Who/What
|
John McEnroe
|
Task 4
Now, you will analyse the lexicogrammatical features of
the captions.
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) Prepositional phrases to state
the place, time, and other circumstances
Example: Caption 1
- on the podium, with their
trophies, after beating Denmark’s Mathias Boe and Carsten
Mogensen, during the men’s doubles final, at the
All England Open Badminton Championships, in Birmingham,
England, on Sunday.
4) Bold characters to state the headline,
mostly in Noun Phrases or Present Participles.
Example:
- Winning duo:
- Celebrating rights:
|
Dear Instructor,
I am sorry for not being able to
do Learning Task M 4 LA 2 especially task 1 – 4 because I cannot find 20
captions in the appendix.
Thank you
|
Post a Comment
Post a Comment