CHAPTER 3
THE DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES IN THE ARTICLES OF JAKARTA POST NEWSPAPER
3.1. The Data of the Articles in Jakarta Post Newspaper.
The data which the writer collects are selected from Jakarta Post daily newspaper. The data were collected from December 26, 2009 up to January 25,
2010. The list of the data can be seen in the table 2 below.
Table 2 No.
TITLES DAY, DATE
SOURCE 1.
Tsunami victims still in shelters
Saturday, December 26, 2009 The Jakarta Post
2. Developer may have
building license revoked Saturday, December 26, 2009
The Jakarta Post
3. Jakarta closing in on year-end
target for East Flood Canal Wednesday, December 30,
2009 The Jakarta Post
4. Corruption, the country’s top
enemy Wednesday, December 30,
2009 The Jakarta Post
5. Tumpek Kandang held to
honor livestock Monday, January 4, 2010
The Jakarta Post
6. Clinton foundation draws
eclectic list of donors Monday, January 4, 2010
The Jakarta Post
Universitas Sumatera Utara
7. President Yudhoyono releases
3
rd
pop music album Monday, January 25, 2010
The Jakarta Post
8. Astronauts finally get Internet
access in space Monday, January 25, 2010
The Jakarta Post
After collecting the data, the writer classified the data based on definite and indefinite demonstrative adjectives. They can be seen in the table below.
Table 3: The identification of the total types of demonstrative adjectives found in Jakarta Post’s articles.
Day, Date Title
Definite Demonstrative Adjectives
Indefinite Demonstrative
Adjectives T
H E
T H
I S
T H
E S
E T
H A
T T
H O
S E
S U
C H
A A
N A
N Y
S O
M E
A N
O T
H E
R O
T H
E R
Saturday, December 26,
2009 Tsunami victims
still in shelters 50
- -
1 2
- 13
2 -
1 -
2
Saturday, December 26,
2009 Developer may
have building license
revoked 27
- -
3 1
- 4
- 2
- -
1
Wednesday, December 30,
2009 Jakarta closing in
on year-end target for East Flood
Canal 45
- -
1 1
1 2
- -
2 -
-
Universitas Sumatera Utara
Wednesday, December 30,
2009 Corruption, the
country’s top enemy 40
- 1
3 4
1 8
1 1
- 1
-
Monday, January 4,
2010 Tumpek Kandang
held to honor livestock
43 3
1 3
1 -
7 -
- 1
- -
Monday, January 4,
2010 Clinton foundation
draws eclectic list of donors
47 -
- 3
- 1
11 3
1 -
- 1
Monday, January 25,
2010 President
Yudhoyono releases 3
rd
pop music album
29 -
2 4
- 1
4 -
- 1
- 1
Monday, January 25,
2010 Astronauts finally
get Internet access in space
10 2
1 -
- -
6 2
- -
1 1
Total 291
5 5
18 9
4 55
8 4
5 2
6 The total number of demonstrative adjectives is 412.
3.2. The Analysis of Demonstrative Adjectives in the Articles of Jakarta Post