GRAMMATICAL INTRICACY ANALYSIS IN DISCUSSION SECTION ARTICLES’ OF JOURNAL OF ENGLISH TEACHING LITERATURE AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS (JETLAL)

This research aims to describe the complexity of grammar, especially the use of
hypotactic relationships and paratactic relationships in complex clauses in articles
in the discussion section of the Journal of Teaching English Literature and Applied
Linguistics (JETLAL). This analysis is based on Halliday's (2008) theory which
focuses on hypotactic and paratactic relationships in complex clauses in the
discussion section. The data underlying this research were taken from 10 discussion
section texts. Based on qualitative analysis, it is known that in taxis, the hypotactic
relationship used is higher (27) than paratactic (6). In other words, the hypotactic
relationship in the data is 0.72%, while the paratactic relationship in the data is
0.16%. As a result, researchers use hypotactic relationships more often than
paratactic relationships in complex clauses. This fact shows that researchers tend
to explain their interpretations by using unequal status to convey ideas through
complex clauses. The use of hypotactic and paratactic relationships is important to
achieve unity of text structure and texture, and it is recommended that students be
trained to use clause relationships in the learning process of academic writing
courses, and it is recommended that English teachers apply clause construction to
encourage English Language Learners to think critically and be able to implement
critical thinking.
Keyword : Grammatical intricacy, paratactic, hypotactic, and discussion
section.