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Table 6 Examples of it-clauses in the two data sets

From: A multimodal discourse analysis of the textual and logical relations in marketing texts written by international undergraduate students

 

Text

Theme

Rheme

Theme

Rheme

Theme

Rheme

Textual

Topical

 

Struct.

Topical

 

Students

Nura

 

It

is predicted

that

the economy

will be stable

Also,

it

is required to increase training and support budget,

 

which

is low compared to the competitor’s spending.

 

It

is expected

that

the vehicle

will be bigger size with high hot buttons in period 9.

Also,

it

’s important to make sure

that

theme change

does not negatively impact 1E market.

 

It

is expected

that

the increase in profits and market share

will continue for the next 4 years.

Hind

and

it

is important to point our path from current period and in the future.

   

because

it

is important to achieve the objectives of Alfa in the end of periods 9.

   

Zohoy

 

It

can be seen

that

our stock price

continued to decrease.

According to the Table 3.2.1,

it

is predicted

that

the material cost and labour cost

will increase in period 6,

 

It

is important to focus on corporate advertising to maintain

   

and then

    

increase our preferences

 

It

is easy to link the red color for our passion and vision,

   

Tutor

Text 1

even if

it

is just because

 

they

like the new colors.

Text 2

However

projections

indicate

 

it

will be profitable in subsequent years.