Institusion
Universitas Negeri Semarang
Author
Lutfi Ashar Mauludin, 2201406061
Subject
PE English
Datestamp
2011-11-29 05:15:51
Abstract :
ABSTRACT
Mauludin, Lutfi Ashar. 2010. Cohesion in the Letters to the Editor in Kang Guru Magazine A
final Project. English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Semarang State
University. Advisor I Dr. Djoko Sutopo, MSi and Advisor II Sri Wuli Fitriati, SPd,
MPd.
Keywords: Cohesion Analysis, Discourse, Letters to the Editor, Magazine.
The topic of this study is Cohesion in the Letters to the Editor in Kang Guru Magazine. The
objectives of this study are to describe whether the letters which are published by Kang
Guru Magazine are written cohesively and to explain the type of cohesive devices which
is mostly used in those letters.
This is a descriptive-qualitative study. There are two main types of cohesion.
They are grammatical and lexical cohesion. Grammatical cohesion consists of reference,
substitution, ellipsis and conjunction. Lexical cohesion consists of reiteration and
collocation. The data of the study were six letters. I analyzed the data through sequence
of steps. They are assigning numbers to each sentence, identifying and classifying the
cohesion devices in each sentence, putting the devices into table, counting the
percentages of each device and interpreting the result.
The data analysis showed that from four elements of grammatical cohesions, only
three occur in the letters: reference, ellipsis and conjunction. From that occurrence, the
highest percentage of grammatical cohesion was reference (91.67%) and the lowest
percentage was conjunction (6.25%). For lexical cohesion, from the occurrence the
highest percentage was reiteration (100%) and the lowest percentage was collocation
(9.09%). Reference and Ellipsis occurred in all letters. Conjunction occurs in four letters.
Substitution did not occur in all letters. Reiteration showed higher percentage than
collocation in terms of lexical cohesion. There is only one letter which collocation did not
occur.
Based on the analysis, it can be concluded that all letters under this study which
were published in Kang Guru Magazine were written cohesive grammatically and
lexically. Reference is cohesion device that is mostly used in terms of grammatical
cohesion and reiteration is cohesion device that is mostly used in terms of lexical
cohesion. Therefore it can be concluded that the letters to the editor in Kang Guru
Magazine is good as the source for reading or writing material in English teaching and
learning process.