AN ANALYSIS OF LEXICAL COHESION IN OSCAR WILDE'S THE HAPPY PRINCE.

AN

ANAI,YSIS

OI'LDXICdL

COI{ESION

IN

OSCAR

W\I,T'E'S

THE

HA

PPY

PR]NCE

A

ThBis

Sabntued ln

Pddi"t Fuuillrudt

of th.

R.quiwdlt

rt

Dccra

oJAadotu

Saaru

ENGUSB

DE

PAIIIa{ENT-F

ACULTY

OT

LETTERS

AT\IDALAS

UNIVERSITY

By

PADANG

Skipsi

ini

mdDak

d

pcnbahasn

di

bidds

ilmu

linguinik

yds

he oitan

de.8e

kduculd

p€nnda _{lineuistik yaitu} kohesi leksiknt yana d6lam hika:rat

fly

Ea?w Ptirce

kjmg

Osr

Wildc.

Tujun

p€nulitr

skipsi

ini unluk nencelahui

jcnis-jcnh

dri

klhesi

leksi*nl

ddm

hikByat

reEbuq

sns

unntk mengclabui

jdis

kohesi leksikil

)dg

paling

bmy.k

nuncDl

dald

hikaldr

Tte

Happy Pdnce

kam8m

Os6

Wilde ini,

Dalm p.nclitie

ini.

penulis

nengualisis

b€rdgarka. rcori

kohei

y

g

dikdulnltr

olch

Hrllidry

d&

Hsn

(1976), Dsta prda sknpsi

i.i didbil

dri

hik^ytr

17c

Ea?p!

Pria.e.

p&gl?f

dllm

hikayd

i.i

dib:gi

Dqjadi

lima

b€t6

vgDfl

y

g

dioaiish

esuai

dengo

kenuculd

penoda ljnguistik

y

g ada di

riap{irp

sgnen

trtrbuL

Penulis menggunakm

nctod.

agih aiau

disr'ibui

utuk

nenemuldjenis-jenis

ddi

kohesi

leksikll.

H6il

d.lhis

diejiko

dalato bentuk

Ddi h6il

drlisis

ini,

paulis

m€nenuktr tojui

jdis

dsri kohesi

leksikll

yaitu

kolok6i.

hiponin. Ep€tisi,

siDonitI.

&rdinj dq

m€onim.

Jeniej.nk

kohesi leksikal

i.i

nershubungko

ma*na

dolm

suar! kalimat ke

lGlinat

yas

lain. Jenis kohesi

leksikll

y

s

palins

seriq

nuncul

d:lah

Ep€tis' sedaneks

meDnin

merupato

jenh koh6i lekrixd

yes

p.lins

jstrs

nuncul.

Nanun,

sffi

kesel!run

dsi

jenis

leksikal kohcsi

ini

nerup

basian yans

snsal

CI'APTER

I

INTRODI

ICTION

1.1.

Br.kground ofrhe

Stu.ty

Li.guisiic

srudy is ihe

srdy of

ldguge.

Everyd.y

in

or

tife

wE dEat

wilh

l.neua8o

6

r

syslen

ofcosnui€rion.

There

e.

s n&t

wsys

ftr

us to opply

the

l&Auo3c.

ln

ol\sr

hM4

in

witien

lm8uage, authoB eover lhe

ldglage

in

$eirvo

$

such

d:

noveh,lales,

p(ms,

ctc.

Studying

lhe

lneBry

*ol*s

c

tE

ElaLd

lo rhe srudy

of

cohesjon

lhll

nudi6

about the

ftldion ofa rexi

As Hallidsy

dd

Hasn

(1976:4)

eid

thor

lne don@pr

ofcohsion k

snotio

ons it refe6 ro lhe Eldrion

ofnming

€xisi

silhin

a rext

sd

defDe

s

a tex1. So, cohcsio.

h

ioportant in eslabtishi4 the

@fieEncy of e

Exl.

I

n6s

without rhe

*hh.ce

of cohcsion

ficre

sill

6€ do Elation

mons

the wods

6d

senle.ces.

Coh.sion

cm

be

e

ioptur

delie

in the

lin8.i$c d*riprion of

lnenry lerts. Cohesion

eruut

h6

so

bmcb6 $ch

s

gmnarieat

@hesion

md lexiol

6hesion.

Cmnaridl

cohesion is divided inlo

*vdl

tlT!5

such

d:

EfeNne,

subnilution,

cllipsn,

d

conjunctim while

ldiel

ooh6ion

is

included into

Eiteralion

d

collulion.

L.ncal

6hesion

dcnE

when

eo

wo

5 in a texl

@

sem

ticolly

Elded

in

enc

w.y

-

in 6tber

vo'd:

lhey

@

Elatd

in

ffis

of ihejr

n€

ing,

(Numn

1993:23).

A@ding

!o

selliday

sd

of

vftabulary."

11

ntus

rhat lcxical cdhesion holds

s

inpodznt _@le lo buitd s

F@E the abov€

expldation,dle

wib

is

intEned

in amlyzing us.

of

lexiel

cohesion

in foming

sequ€ne

in

6

ulc.

The

ddb 6f

rhh

Estmh

rr

bld

Jion

iale The Happy Prince by

O5e

Witde rs

nrin drh.

So,

$js

lh€sis

entilles: An Anal'€is of Lexi@l Cahesicn tn

oM

\'lild.'s

lhe

Ealrt

Pritut,

1.2,

Ideltifiqtiotr

ofthe PmbleD

Ba*d

on

$e

b@kercund. the

witd

romuldres two

ffircfi

quc$ions ro

L

Whati$6of

lexislcohcsion

ffi Dedinbleflp

apn

Pli6e

by

Os

2.

_{\r'hat 9?cs}

of ldi@l

@hesion

e

mostly

n*i

in

The

Happ

Pirce

by

1.3.

Objetive

or rbe

study

In ihis

ssion,

lhe

wib

wanls

lo

ide

ii/

d5e

tyFs

of

lqiql

@hesion,

fiey

are

Ep€tition,

symnyny,

dlonynr.

h}?onyoy.

nercnyo.

md

collMtion.

Aner finding lhe

typei

lhc

*rii*

.pp€s

the

noctly

used _ryp€s

of

CIIAPTER

IV

CONCLUSION

Aner

aEltzi.g

the

d'4

the

wirer

interl'Ets rhar Os@r Wildc ues

n$,

veious types of

lexial

@hesion slated

i.

the talc 7'le

tqpt

P/rtr..

Thc

us

of

lexical

ohesion

is

very

imporlant

in

oonslructine

mrcnes

i.

thc

hc

ln

additio., the

lexiel

cohEion cm helr L\e

@deu undcMnd

thc

tr

in rhc

tlc.

ln

lhe

prcvious

sollzd

segnents,

Osd

wildc

uss

qpcs of

lcxicd

cohcsion. such

6

diony6.

rep€tiliorl

synonyo. memnlm,

hypontr.

Md

oueation.

The

ole ofrie

type is very

cdcial

in inrerprcrinS $e lale. The finding

shows

$ot

lhc

@uffice

of

l*iql

cohesion

qles

is

dilfce.t

thc)

&

respectiveiy:

rtp€titi..

27

lincs or

35.10%,

6llooti6n

15

rines

6r

l9,4n/q

hlTonyn

12

tim6

o!

I 5.58olq

dtoDm

12 times or

l5,t37q

synonys 9

lincs

d

1 1.69%,

ud

me@nFy

I

or 2.60%. The dominanr

t

!e

ol l€xiGl

cohesion is

Epdilion.

Tne

us

of Ep€tition tlTe explains Wilde's puQoses

i.

conveyire

tlE

ncdi.r

ollhc

ble.

b

o$er word, Wilde

qmrs

to expre$ his ider lo hh Eadd6

Otenll.

lhc

*.ilo

concludcs lhal by applying lcxi@l

coh6iol!

lhc

€adc6

@

6ier

to

dbh

the

nming.

h

addilion. ihc

ue

of

lcrical cohcsion in

Oee

wilde's

the Happ!

PnM

is

\cq

impotui

to build rhe rext ro b€cofte

mhere.l.

The

ryp6 ol

L.aisl

sh6ion

suppon cach 0016 to

fom

oh6ive

rd

ol8ai4n

l{alliday, M.A.K.

md

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ljas

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ir

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