ii. The critics toward the government about their bad response to the disaster.
Then,
The New York Times
continues the topic with the elaboration about the critics toward the government about their bad response to the disaster. In the subtopic
of the critics toward the government about their bad response to the disaster,
The New York Times
elaborates the critics by the public toward the government which are mostly negative.
iii. The Prime Minister’s statements on his resignation
The New York Times
continues the flow of the subtopics to the subtopics about the statements of the Prime Minister in his resignation.
The New York Times
elaborates this subtopic very similar to
The Korea Herald
. In his resignation, the Prime Minister stated his apology to the people. Rather different from
The Korea Herald
,
The New York Times
does not state the details of what the Prime Minister apologizes for. Besides stating the apology to the people, the Prime Minister was also
stating his offer to resign. He stated that his decision to resign is the right thing to do for he had seen the sadness and fury of the people which were caused by his bad
handling at the disaster.
iv. The irregularities on the operator of the ship which cause high death toll
The next topic is about the irregularities on the operator of the ship which cause high death toll. This subtopic only appears on
The New York Times
.
The Korea Herald
discusses the subtopic of Prime Minister’s comments on the irregularities
related to the disaster, but different from
The New York Times
, it does not discuss the kinds of irregularities which cause high death toll like in
The New York Times
.
v. The governmental issue related to the resignation of the Prime Minister
The next topic is about the governmental issue related to the resignation. The resignation of the Prime Minister must have impacts toward the government. While
The Korea Herald
discusses about the acceptance of the resignation by the President,
The New York Times
adds the stereotype of the position of the Prime Minister and President in Korean society.
vi. The recent report about the death toll and rescue struggle
After presenting the topic about the issue on the government after the resignation of the Prime Minister,
The New York Times
continues the flow of the topics with the recent report about the death toll and rescue struggle. Again, this
subtopic only appears on
The New York Times
.
vii. The grief of the nation due to the disaster
Then, the next topic is the grief of the nation due to the disaster. Mostly, the condition is described as very sad and tragic. This subtopic is in the last part of the text.
b. Lexical Cohesion
i. Reiteration
In the aspect of reiteration, there are 5 lexical items which are reiterated in
The New York Times
. There are 2 lexical items in
The New York Times
which are reiterated b
y its same lexical item. Those lexical items are ―Mr. Chung‖ and
―apology‖. The lexical item of ―Mr. Chung‖ is repeated 3 times while the lexical item of ―apology‖ is repeated twice. Different from
The Korea Herald
,
The New York Times
mentions the Prime Mi nister by ―Mr. Chung‖. While
The Korea Herald
repeats the lexical item of ―response‖,
The New York Times
repeats the lexical items of ―apology‖.
The other form of reiteration in
The New York Times
is reiteration of the synonym. There are two pairs of lexical items which are repeated by its synonym.
The first lexical item which is repeated by its synonym is ―The South Korean Government‖. It is repeated by the lexical item of ―the Government‖. Then, the
second lexical item is ―sadness‖ which is repeated by its synonym ―grief‖. Another form of reiteration is the repetition of the near-synonym. In this type, there is a
repetition of the lexical item ―failing‖ with its near-synonym ―fumbling‖. By repeating particular lexical items, the cohesion of the text in conveying
some significance related to the issue about the resignation of South Korea’s Prime Minister can be seen. By repeating the lexical items of ―Mr. Chung‖ for 3 times
The New York Times
shows that the media inside South Korea tends to mention the Prime Minister as more formal by calling him by Mr. Chung. It is different from
The Korea Herald
which mentions the Prime Minister by his nickname ―Chung‖. By repeating the lexical item of ―apology‖, which refers to a regretful
acknowledgement of a failure of the Prime Minister in handling the disaster,
The New York Times
wants to show that the apology of the Prime Minister is a prominent act of the Prime Minister that the people should know.
Then, similar to
The Korea Herald
,
The New York Times
also reiterates the lexical items which refer to the sadness of the people especially the family of the
victims due to the ferry disaster, but by different lexical choices. That is the lexical item of ―sadness‖ by its synonym ―grief‖.
ii. Collocation
In
The New York Times
, there are 9 chains of lexical items which occur as collocation which support the text in building its lexical cohesion. Each chain has its
own semantic relation which conveys the context about the resignation of South Korea’s Prime Minister.
The first chain of lexical items occurs in the first subtopic about the offer of Prime Minister’s resignation. Those lexical items are ―apologized‖, ―offered to
resign‖, ―angry‖ and ―saddened‖. In this topic, the semantic relation between those lexical items can be
described as cause and effect. The lexical items of ―angry‖ and ―saddened‖ are the cause of the appearance of the lexical items of „apologized’ and
―offer to resign‖. On other words, the offer of Prime Minister’s resignation is caused by the anger of the public and the condition of them which is saddened by the
disaster. Then, the second subtopic is about the critics toward the government about
their bad response to the disaster. This subtopic is represented by the chain of lexical items including the lex
ical items of ―failing to respond‖, ―fumbling‖, ―quickly‖, and ―efficiently‖.
