Discourse Analysis of Japanese Essays for Beginners Sub Theme Family
Keywords:
sakubun, discourse analysis, language expresion, social cognitionAbstract
Essays (sakubun) written about the family state the number of family members, siblings, and also siblings and parents job. The number of family members, sibling numbers, and age were expressions used by student in describing their family. Even though the essay’s focus theme was self introduction (jikoshoukai), the sub-theme of the family was chosen to explain the personal situation of the student who wrote the essay. This research aimed to find out how students describe their families. The research method used was qualitative method. The research found that the written essay quotation refered to the social cognition of the person schema model. This could be seen by student focusing on talking about their family members. The context in this essay could be seen as microstructure aspect.