EKSAMEN 2004 II
ENG2151
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ENG 2151 Systemic Functional Grammar (Introduction)
Answer Part I, and ONE question from Part II.
Part 1 (30%)
1. Discuss briefly ANY THREE of the following. Use English examples for illustration.
a. speech roles
b. mood tag
c. appraisal
d. multiple theme
e. identifying relational process
f. senser vs. actor
Part II (70%)
EITHER
1. Perform a three-dimensional functional analysis (interpersonal, experiential and textual)
of the two short advertisements below (Texts 1 and 2) and discuss any problems you may
encounter. Summarise your findings in a conclusion that focuses on the most noticeable
differences in wordings.
[Each chunk separated by full stops in the original versions has been numbered for ease of reference.]
OR
2. Analyse the textual organisation of text 3 below. This means establishing the theme and
rheme of each sentence (as numbered) as well as relating each theme choice to its origin in the
text. You should also identify the grammatical and lexical features that contribute to cohesion
in the text. Identify and describe any instances of specific thematic structures and multiple
themes. Discuss any problems you may encounter in your analysis.
A noticeable feature of this text is its reliance on verb forms which include was/were to, as
evidenced in the underlined part of sentences 1, 5, 6, and 7.
Which of the three sub-functions of systemic functional grammar captures the use and
meaning/effect of this construction? How would it be accounted for?
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Text 1
Fortis
Insurance. Banking. Investment.
1) Everyone has goals in life. 2) Some want maximum security, others prefer taking some
risks. 3) Fortis has more than 35,000 employees to help you achieve them. 4) By offering
financial solutions to suit your personal or business needs. 5) For now and for the future. 6)
From an insurance policy to a good pension. 7) In savings or investments. 8) Wherever you
see our logo, you’ll find solid partners with flexible solutions. 9) For individuals and
companies, large or small.
Text 2
1) Your portfolio adviser talked to you lately? 2) Turn to the professionals. 3) As an
individual investor, you naturally want to preserve and grow your assets. 4) Julius Bär offers
such expertise - and more. 5) We are committed to long-term personal relationships based on
continuity, mutual trust and dialogue. 6) For generations, this philosophy has served our
clients well. 7) Helping them achieve personal, family and business goals.
Julius Bär – Private Banking
Text 3
---1) So little change took place in York’s architectural scene until the coming of the Georgian
era when the nobility and the county families from the city’s agricultural hinterland were to
see it as a place in which to gather for their social life and recreation. 2) It is to this era that
York owes the Assembly Rooms and the many fine Georgian town houses which it possesses.
3) Of which John Carr’s Fairfax House is undoubtedly the finest. 4) But York had lost its
unique place in the national scene and it was not until the coming of the railways that its
fortunes began to revive.
5) It is pertinent to recall that the recognition by the Romans of York’s potential as a great
centre of communication was to be reflected in its coming role as a railway centre of national
importance. 6) Later was to come the confectionary industry with the name Rowntree
attaining a meaning not limited to the production of chocolate. 7) Rowntree brought with him
a sense of social awareness and of the importance and dignity of the working man, which was
not to be felt in the rest of England for many years.
8) So what makes York unique is that it has emerged into the 20th century largely unscathed –
a medieval city built on Roman foundations and with a rich Viking ingredient.
From John Shannon, York, Town/Country Book (slightly adapted)
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