Elysian Journal : English Literature, Linguistics, and Translation Studies
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): ELYSIAN JOURNAL: English Literature, Linguistics and Translation Studies

The Gramatical Cohesion Used in "The Yak" Magazine

Yulia Indriani (Mahasaraswati Denpasar University)
Putu Devi Maharani (Fakultas Bahasa Asing, Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)
I G. B. Wahyu Nugraha Putra (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Sep 2021

Abstract

This study is concerned with finding the types of grammatical cohesion used in “The Yak” Magazine and the function of grammatical cohesion used in “The Yak” Magazine. This study applied the theory from Halliday and Hasan (1976) to find out the types of grammatical cohesion. and theory context of situation from Halliday and Hasan (1989) to investigate the function of grammatical cohesion and supported theory from Renkema (2018). The data were collected by observation method and analyzed by descriptive qualitative method. This finding is presented in a formal and informal ways. The finding shows that there are two types of grammatical cohesion used in “The Yak” Magazine They are reference and conjunction. They are two types of reference found in “The Yak” Magazine such as personal reference and demonstrative reference. For conjunction, they are four types of a conjunction such as; additive conjunction, adversative conjunction, temporal conjunction, and causal conjunction. Additive conjunction is the types of grammatical cohesion which is the most use within the articles with the number of occurrences are 137 items (51 %), followed by personal reference 76 items (28 %), demonstrative reference 25 items (9 %), causal conjunction 17 items (6%), adversative conjunction 7 items (3%), and the last temporal conjunction 7 items (3%).

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Journal Info

Abbrev

elysian

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ELYSIAN JOURNAL is a journal with the scope of literary studies, linguistics and English translation published by the English Study Program, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Mahasaraswati Denpasar University (FBA UNMAS Denpasar). This journal is published four times a year accommodating articles ...