BASIS (BAHASA DAN SASTRA INGGRIS)
Vol 11 No 1 (2024): JOURNAL BASIS UPB

ANALYSIS LEXICAL COHESION IN WRITTEN BY BARACK OBAMA

Sheni, Ibadadilah (Unknown)
Satria, Robby (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2024

Abstract

Abstract In this modern era, many people use written and unwritten language communication tools. Therefore, language has various types in its use, one of which is lexicon cohesion. The purpose of this study, thus researchers and readers are more familiar with what lexicon is, the types and can understand more. In this study, the researchers analysed the type of lexicon cohesion, namely repetition, synonym, antonym, meronym, and hyponym using a data search from written text when the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama made a speech. Then, researchers used the theory of Halliday and Matthiessen. The method used is the observation technique. Where the researcher collects data by reading the entire text, then the highlighted the data in the form of text related to phenomena and analysing data according to the category. The data presented is in qualitative form. Where the data is presented in the form of sentences that are not in the form of numbers, percentage, or graph. In this study, researchers read, interpret data according to theory and calculate the results obtained. The results obtained are repetition data 2, synonym 6 data, Antonym 4 data, Meronym 5 data and Hyponym data 2. The highest data is obtained with synonyms, where the writing has many synonym meanings, and the lowest is the use of repetition. Keyword: Lexical Cohesion, Repetition, Synonym, Antonym, Meronym, Hyponym

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basis

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Jurnal ini mempublish hasil penelitian maupun non-penelitian dengan tiga topik berkaitan langsung dengan ilmu Bahasa, diantaranya Tekhnik pembelajaran bahasa dan sastra, Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris. Jurnal ini wadah publish artikel secara online dan cetak bagi Mahasiswa, Guru maupun Dosen. Adapun isi ...