grammatical and lexical cohesion of journalistic text and fiction text english letters department adab

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GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL COHESION
OF JOURNALISTIC TEXT AND FICTION TEXT
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ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT
ADAB AND HUMANITIES FACULTY
STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH
JAKARTA
2009
GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL COHESION
OF JOURNALISTIC TEXT AND FICTION TEXT
A Thesis
Submitted to Adab aud Humanities Faculty
in Partial Fulfillmentofthe Requirement for
the Degree ofLetters Shcolar
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STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH
JAKARTA
2009
ABSTRACT
Jamilah, Grammatical and Lexical Cohesion ofJournalistic Text and Fiction Text.
Thesis. Jakalia: English Letters Department, Adab and Humanities Faculty, State Islmnic
University SyarifHidayatuUah, 2009.
The thesis examines cohesion in journalistic and fiction texts. The main object of the
research is to know the cohesion devices (grammatical and lexical cohesion) integrate the
sentences in bothjournalist text and fiction text and also to know the dominant cohesion
devices which are used in both texts as distinguish between them. This study applies
descriptive and comparative methods where she discusses the cohesion devices used in
bothjournalistic and fiction texts.
In discussing the research, the writer uses cohesion devices theory by Halliday and
Hasan. The writer concludes that, the dominant cohesion devices which are used in
journalistic text is lexical cohesion, while grammatical cohesion devices are more
dominant in fiction text. However, although they have different intensity in using
cohesion devices items, cohesion devices are the important role in integrating the texts
although they occur in different type oftext.
AI'I'IWYEMENT
GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL COHESION OF JOURNALISTIC TEXTAND
FICTION TEXT
A Thesis
Submittedto Letters and Humanities Facultyinpartial Fulfillmentofthe Requirement for·
the DegreeofStrataOne
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ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT
ADAB AND HUMANITIES FACULTY
STATEISLAMIC UNIVERSITY"SYARIFHIDAYATULLAH"
JAKARTA
2009
LEGALIZATION
The thesis entitled "Grammatical andLexical Cohesion ofJournalistic Text and
Fiction Text" has been defended before the Letters and Humanities Faculty's
Examination Committee on November, 3rd 2009. The thesis has been accepted as
a partial fulfillment ofthe requirement for the degree ofStrata I (SI) in English
Letters Department.
Jakarta, November 3rd, 2009
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Members:
Muh. Supardi, M.Hum
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best ofmy
knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by
anotherpersonnormaterial whichto asubstantialextenthasbeenaccepted forthe
award ofany other degree or diploma ofthe university or other institute ofhigher
learning, exceptwheredue acknowledgementhasbeenmade in the text.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In the name ofAllah SWT, the Beneficent, the MercifiJl.
All the praises be to Allah SWT, Lord ofthe Universe. The writer is really
sure that without His help and mercy this thesis would not have been
complemented. Peace and blessing be upon our prophet Muhammad SAW, His
family, His comparisonand all His followers.
This work could not be completed without a great deal ofhelp fi'om many
people, especially Dr Frans Sayogie, M.Pd as her advisor for guiding and
suggesting herto make a good thesis, from beginning until the end.
The writerwhishesto say gratitudetothe following persons:
I. Dr. H. Abdul Choir MA, as the Dean ofFaculty ofAdab and Humanities,
SyarifHidayatullah StateIslamic University.
2. Dr. M. Farkhan, M.Pd. the Head of English Department, and Drs Asep
Saepuddin, M. Pd. asthe secretary ofEnglish Department.
3. All lectures of English Department for helping and educating the writer
during her study at SyarifHidayatullah StateIslamicUniversity.
4. The writer's beloved parents, her brother and sister for giving support and
motivation to finish her study.
5. All friends at English Department.
6. To all persons and friends for giving their help and support in writing this
thesis so thatthe writer could notmentioned one by one.
May Allah SWTalways bless and protect them. Finally the writer realizes
that this thesis is far from being perfect. Therefore, the writer hopes any
constructive criticism, suggestion, and advice for a better improvement.
Jakarta, November3rd2009
The Writer
TABLE OF CONTENT
ABSTRACT i
APPROVEMENT ii
LEGALIZATION iii
DECLARATION iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENT v
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
CHAPTER1. INTRODUCTION I
A. Background ofthe Study 1
B. Focus ofthe Study 3
C. Research Question 3
D. Significance ofthe Study 4
E. Research Methodology 4
1. Objective 4
2. Method 4
3. Technique 5
4. Analysis Unit 5
CHAPTERII. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 6
A. The DefinitionofDiscourse 6
B. The DefinitionofTextUnity: Coherenceand Cohesion 7
C. The ConceptofCohesion 8
1. The CohesionDevices 10
a). Grammatical Cohesion Devices 12
b). Lexical CohesionDevices 23
CHAPTER111. RESEARCH FINDING 27
A. Data Description 27
B. Analysis 31
1. Text I 31
2. Text 2 44
C. Comparison 58
1. Reference 60
2.Repetirion 60
3. Superordinate 61
4. Synonym 62
5. Hyponym 62
CHAPTERIV. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 64
APPENDIX 67
1. Israel hits in Gaza's most violent day 67
2. Rapunzel 69
REFERENCES 70