ANALYSIS OF COHESION IN THE MAIN ARTICLES
IN JAKARTA POST NEWSPAPER
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department
by
WULANDARI A 320 060 230
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRANING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
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ANALYSIS OF COHESION IN THE MAIN ARTICLES
IN JAKARTA POST NEWSPAPER
RESEACH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education in English Department
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
by
W U L A N D A R I A320 060 230
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
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APPROVAL
ANALYSIS OF COHESION IN THE MAIN ARTICLES
IN JAKARTA POST NEWSPAPER
RESEARCH PAPER
by
W U L A N D A R I A 320 060 230
Approved to be Examined by Consultant
Consultant I
Dra. Malikatul Laila, M. Hum. NIK.409
Consultant II
Anam Sutopo, S.Pd. M.Hum NIK. 849
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ACCEPTANCE
ANALYSIS OF COHESION IN THE MAIN ARTICLES
IN JAKARTA POST NEWSPAPER
by WULANDARI
A 320 060 230
Accepted and Approved by the Board of Examiner School of Teacher Training and Education
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TESTIMONY
I hereby assert that there is no plagiarism in this research paper. There is no other work that has been submitted to obtain the bachelor degree and as far as I am concerned there is no opinion that has been written or published before, except the written references which are referred in this research paper and mentioned in the bibliography.
If any incorrectness is proved in the future dealing with my statement above, I will be fully responsible.
Surakarta, Januari 2011 The Writer,
WULANDARI
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MOTTO
No one is old enough to know better (Halbrook Jackson)
Learn a new language and get a new soul (Czech Proverb)
Manusia yang tidak dapat mengggunakan waktunya dengan sebaik-baiknya termasuk golongan yang merugi
(Q.S Al-Asr)
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DEDICATION
This research paper is proudly and wholeheartedly dedicated to:
Her beloved mother and father,
Her beloved sisters,
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Assalamu‟alaikum Warohmatullahi Wabarokatuh
Alhamdulillahi Robbil „aalamin, the writer thanks to Allah SWT, the
Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent, that blessed the writer so that she can finally accomplish this research paper as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for getting Bachelor Degree of Education. Praise to our greatest Prophet Muhammad SAW, his family, his companions, and his followers. Amin.
In addition, the writer would like to say her gratitude to everyone who has given their advices, helps, and supports in accomplishing this research paper. Thus, the writer would like to express her great gratitude and appreciation to: 1. Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M.Si., the Dean of School of Teacher Training and
Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta,
2. Titis Setyabudi S.S.M.Hum, the Head of English Department of School of Teacher Training and Education,
3. Dra. Malikatul Laila, M. Hum., the first consultant, who has given great help, advice, correction, and guidance in accomplishing this research paper,
4. Anam Sutopo, S.Pd. M. Hum., the second consultant, who has given great advice, correction, and help in accomplishing this research paper,
5. Her beloved mother and father, who always give enormous pray, biggest support, care, and great attention,
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7. Her beloved friends (Ahmad Rifa‟i) who always accompany the writer. Thanks for pray, support and advice,
8. Her beloved friends (Ida, Ary, Ana, Tina, Sandhit and Heni) who always accompany the writer. Thank you for the jokes, support, laugh, trouble, togetherness, joy, advice, and nice moment to share,
9. Her friends in Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, especially in class F thanks for happiness and friendship,
10.All her friends in Al-Fattah and Al-Barokah, thanks for pray, support and always accompany the writer,
11.All of her families, friends, and teachers that cannot be mentioned one by one, who have support her a lot.
Last but not least, the writer realizes that this research is far from being perfect. Therefore, she would like to invite to give comment and suggestion to make this research paper better.
Wassalamu‟alaikum Warohmatullahi Wabarokatuh
Surakarta, Januari 2011
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CHAPTER IV: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION ... 30
A. Data Analysis ... 29
1. Grammatical Cohesion ... 29
2. Lexical Cohesion ... 57
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CHAPTER V: CONCLUSSION AND SUGGESTION ... 78
A. Conclusion ... 78
B. Suggestion ... 79
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 80
VIRTUAL REFERENCE ... 81
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LIST OF TABLE
Table 4.1 Types of Grammatical Cohesion... 70
Table 4.2 Types of Lexical Cohesion ... 74
Table 4.3 Percentages of the Data of Grammatical Cohesion ... 76
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SUMMARY
Wulandari. A 320 060 230. ANALYSIS OF COHESION IN THE MAIN ARTICLES IN JAKARTA POST NEWSPAPER. Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. Research Paper. 2010.
The study is about describing the lexical and grammatical cohesions which are used in the main articles in Jakarta Post Newspaper. The objectives of this research are to describe the lexical cohesion and grammatical cohesion in the Main Articles in Jakarta Post Newspaper.
This research is a descriptive qualitative study which analyzes the elements of cohesions of the main articles. The data are sentences which include the lexical and grammatical cohesions found in the Main Articles of Jakarta Post Newspaper. The writer collects the data by reading the articles, coding, making list on lexical and grammatical cohesion in the articles, and describing the lexical and grammatical cohesions toward Main Articles in Jakarta Post Newspaper based on Nunan‟s theory.
The result shows that the cohesive devices in the Main Articles include the grammatical and lexical cohesions. The grammatical cohesions consists of refrence; (1)personal reference 41,57%, and demonstrative refrence 6,63%, (2)substitution 2,4%, (3)ellipsis 6,63% and (4)conjunction; Subordinative conjunction 15,67%, coordinative conjunction 9,64% and correlative conjunction 0,6%, while the lexical cohesions consists of (1)repetition 13,26%, (2)synonymy 2.4% and (3)hyponymy 1,2%. In the Articles, the use of grammatical cohesions are higher than the lexical cohesions.
Keyword: grammatical cohesion, lexical cohesion and Main Articles in Jakarta Post Newspaper.
Consultant I Consultant II
Dra. Malikatul Laila, M.Hum Anam Sutopo, S.Pd. M.Hum
NIK.409 NIK.849
Dean,
