A GENRE ANALYSIS OF FACEBOOK CONVERSATION ON STUDENTS POLITICS

Ojonugwa Sunday Joseph

Abstract


This study examines the communicative terms of Facebook conservation among students of Kogi State University, Anyigba. These terms constitute the social function, the schematic structure and linguistic features. The theoretical framework for this study stems from the Generic Structure Potential (GSP) by Halliday and Hasan (1989). Purposive or deliberate sampling was used in selecting the data. The data selected were analysed using descriptive and analytical method after segmenting the data into clauses. Twelve (12) clauses were found. The analysis of the clauses found showed that the social function of Facebook conversation focuses on certain topics of interest. The analysis further revealed that the schematic structure of Facebook conversation deals with Greeting (G) – Opening Conversation (OC), Bringing the Topic (BT), Discussion (D), Pre-closing (Pc) and Farewell (F). Lastly, the study revealed 14 linguistic features, which are commonly used by Facebook users. The work therefore concludes that Facebook conversation is a representation of a socio-cultural event embedded in a context of situation.

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