b. Lexical Cohesion
i. Reiteration
In the aspect of reiteration, there are 6 lexical items which are reiterated in
The Korea Herald
. The form of reiteration includes the reiteration of the same lexical items, reiteration of the synonym, and the reiteration of the near-synonym. There is
no reiteration in the form of superordinate in
The Korea Herald
. There are 3 lexical items in
The Korea Herald
which are reiterated by its same lexical item. Those lexical items are ―Prime Minister‖, ―Chung‖, and ―response‖. The
lexical item of ―Prime Minister‖ is repeated 3 times while the lexical item of ―Chung‖, which is the short name of the Prime Minister, is repeated 6 times. That is
more f requent compared to the repetition of the lexical item of ―Prime Minister‖.
The Korea Herald
tends to mention the Prime Minister by his short name rather than by his position in the Government. The third lexical item which is repeated by its same
lexical i tem is ―response‖. This lexical item is repeated twice.
The other form of reiteration in
The Korea Herald
is reiteration of the synonym. There are two pairs of lexical items which are repeated by its synonym.
The lexical item which is repeated by its synon ym is ―outrage‖. It is repeated by the
lexical item of ―anger‖. Then, the second lexical item is ―sorrow‖ which is repeated by its synonym ―sadness‖. Another form of reiteration is the repetition of the near-
synonym. In this type, there is a repetition of the lexical item ―irresponsible‖ with its
near- synonym ―abrupt‖.
ii. Collocation
In
The Korea Herald
, there are 8 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 ―offered to resign‖ and ―public