Abstract:
This study investigated the utilization of intertextuality in the fourth edition of the Interchange book series for English as Foreign Language (EFL) Learners using Fairclough’s (1992) framework. Ten texts were randomly chosen among the reading passages of the Interchange book series and later analyzed regarding intertextuality kinds and methods of reporting. Findings indicated that two types of intertextuality were used in the texts, namely manifest and sequential, by which various sentences or types of discourse were modi-fied and joined in a way that could be separated more easily. Moreover, the findings indicated that the texts included a large number of direct reporting, as well as a smaller number of indirect and narrative techniques of intertextuality. The results of the study, in relation to the use of intertextuality, suggested a specific relationship between the text and a specific genre in addition to relevance between the text and a specific culture.
Machine summary:
Ten texts were randomly chosen among the reading passages of the Interchange book series and later analyzed regarding intertextuality kinds and methods of reporting.
Findings indicated that two types of intertextuality were used in the texts, namely manifest and sequential, by which various sentences or types of discourse were modi- fied and joined in a way that could be separated more easily.
Ke ywords : Indirect reporting, Mixed intertextuality, Narrative, Reporting of speech act, Sequential inte r- textuality INTRODUCTION There are some factors contributing to social classi- fication-a tool to measure how people use lan- guages- such as gender, social class, ethnicity, edu- cation, and age (Muto-Humphrey, 2005).
Considering the fact that only a small number of studies aimed to analyze intertextuality in the reading passages of contemporary ELT text- books, this study investigated intertextuality in the Interchange 4th edition textbook series.
The research questions sought to be answered, in this study, were as follows: 1- Was intertextuality applied in the reading passages of the Interchange 4th edition text- book series?
The notion of intertextuality does not merely mean the ways texts are related, but it can also be seen as a so- cial practice, which requires specific social meth- ods of producing and understanding discourse (Fairclough, 1992, 1995).
The findings of this study indicated that the texts of the Interchange fourth edition textbook series had a tendency towards utilizing other texts by the manifest type of intertextuality.
In general, this study indicated that the ten se- lected reading passages of the Interchange fourth edition textbook series included manifest and sequential intertextuality.