COMPARATIVE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF NOMINAL GROUP COMPLEXITY

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the genre and field-appropriate language of two texts related to Covid-19 frequently asked questions (FAQ). This used Pakistan FAQs (text 1) and World Head Organization FAQs (text 2) as data. This analyzed the internal structure of the nominal group based on systemic functional linguistic (Halliday, 2014). This was found that text 1(Pakistani instructions for Covid-19) had a simple nominal group 31.48% and 68.51% extended nominal group. In-text 2 (WHO’s Instructions for Covid-19) the simple nominal heads were 49.29% and extended nominal heads were 50.70%. This was likely to infer that text 2 has used more appropriate language according to its genre requirements. Thus, readers could understand text 2 more than text1 because it is written according to the educational background of a common reader. This work suggests that language needs to be tailored according to the genre audience analysis to convey its message properly.