“Don‟t resist” Text 1: “Brooklyn man tackled by cop while live-streaming Occupy
U4 : “He turned around and sacked me,” the Bushwick man said in an
exclusive interview with The News. “I was standing in the crosswalk
… I was definitely not resisting. I had a 250-pound officer on me with his knee on my face and
neck.” There are grammatical cohesion devices in the text above, they are
personal reference, demonstrative reference, and additive conjunction. The personal references are the words „he‟, „me‟, „I‟, and „my‟. The words „I‟,
„me‟, and „my‟ refer to Boss in the preceding text because the context explains about Boss whom was tackled by a cop and the word „he‟ refers
to Thomas Purtell, who was doing arrest. The demonstrative reference in t
he text above is the word „the Bushwick man‟ which refers to Boss, who was telling to The News. The additive conjunction in the text above is the
word „and‟. The words „and‟ give additional information in the text above. Based on the function of the cohesion devices above, they must be
appeared in the text so that the text can be cohesive and effectively to read. The word „the Bushwick man‟ is also synonymous with the word „a
Brooklyn man‟ because both words have same meaning. Both „the Bushwick man‟ and „a Brooklyn man‟ refer to Boss. Synonymy is needed
to use in the article so that the reader do not feel bored to read but the meaning of the article can be conveyed effectively. There is also a kind of
lexical cohesion devices, it is repetition. The word „resist‟ is called repetition because it has been mentioned in the previous units.
U5 : Video of the arrest at Seventh Ave. and W. 34th St. shows Purtell
throwing Boss to the pavement. “Kick his ass, Tom” another cop
yapped during the collar, according to Boss . “I‟m not resisting” Boss
hollered on the ground. There are two kinds of reference in the text above. First is
demonstrative reference. The word „the arrest‟ is called demonstrative reference which refers to the tackling of Boss by Thomas Purtell. This type
of grammatical cohesion devices is appeared because in this article explains about Josh Boss arrest, so the readers can understand the meaning
of „the arrest‟. Second is personal reference. The word „his‟ and „I‟ are called personal reference. Both words refer to Boss in the preceding text.
The word „I‟ is personal reference which has function as a subject in personal pronoun and „his‟ is personal reference which has function as a
possessive adjective. So, this type of reference is appropriate to use to make the text cohesive and effective to read.
There are is lexical cohesion device in the text above, that is repetition. The word „Boss‟ and „Purtell‟ are called repetition because they
have been mentioned in the preceding units because Boss and Purtell are main characters in this article.
U6 : The city
‟s Law Department and the NYPD didn‟t return requests for
comment Thursday.
“The circumstances of this arrest had an extreme chilling effect on
the First Amendment rights of journalists in New York generally, and
particularly on Josh, who stopped doing field reporting after this incident
,” said Wylie Stecklow, a lawyer for Boss.
There are demonstrative references in the text above. They are the words „the city‟, „this arrest‟, and „this incident‟. In this context, the words
„this arrest‟ and „this incident‟ refer to the accident about tackling of Boss by Purtell. The word ‟the city‟ refers to the city where Boss was arrested.
So, the demonstrative reference is appropriate to use in the text, because there is one arrest in this article which is be a topic in this article. Besides
that, there are two kinds of conjunction. First is the word „and‟, it is called additive conjunction which has function to add information. The word
„and‟ in the text above adds information that not only the city‟s Law Department that did not return requests for comment Thursday, but also
the NYPD. Second is temporal conjunction. The word „after‟ is called temporal conjunction which shows there is a chronological relation that
expressed in the text that Josh Boss stopped doing filed reporting after the arrest. So, the types of conjunction are needed to use o make the text
cohesive and effective to read. There are also two kinds of lexical cohesion devices in the text above.
First is collocation. Lawyer is „person who is trained and qualified to
advise people about the law ‟.
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Law department is place for lawyer to work. So, lawyer and Law Department are related. Therefore, it is called
collocation. Second is repetition. The word „Josh Boss‟ and „NYPD‟ are
called repetition because they have been mentioned in previous units.
U7 : Kick his ass, Tom another cop yapped during the arrest, according
to Boss. I
‟m not resisting
Boss
hollered back.
“For a senior commanding officer of the NYPD to... use excessive force like this, in front of so many subordinate officers and citizens,
sets a terrible example.” The word „his‟ and „I‟ are called personal references which refer to
Boss. It is appropriate to use to make the text cohesive because the words „he‟ and „I‟ is related to the context. The word „and‟ in the text above is
called additive conjunction which has function to add information that not only officers who see the incident, but also the citizens. The word „the
arrest‟ is called demonstrative reference which refers to Josh Boss arrest. So, the additive conjunction is appropriate and needed to use in the
sentence. There are also lexical cohesion devices in the text above. First is
repetition. The words „cop‟, „Boss‟, „NYPD‟, and „officer‟ are called repetition because they have been mentioned in the previous units. Second
is synonymy. The word „officer‟ is called synonymy with the word „cop‟
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Victoria Bull, Oxford Dictionary: Fourth Edition Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 249.
in the previous units because they have same meaning, „police‟. Third is
collocation. Th e word „citizen‟ is collocation with the word „city‟ in the
previous units. „Citizen‟ and „city‟ are related. Citizens are people who
live in a city. There is no citizen without a city. So, both words are collocation. The types of lexical conjunction are appropriate to use
because they related to the context and can make the text cohesive and effective to read.
U8 : Purtell
has since been promoted to chief and heads the department‟s
Organized Crime Control Bureau. He
ran the NYPD „s rescue and recovery operations at Ground Zero
after the 911 attacks and presided over a decline in crime as Patrol
Borough Bronx commander. There are grammatical cohesion devices in the text above. First is
personal reference. The word „he‟ is personal reference which has function as a subject in personal pronoun. In this context, „he‟ refers to Purtell in
the preceding text. So, it makes the text cohesive and effective to read. Second is additive conjunction. The word „and‟ is called additive
conjunction which has function to add information that Purtell not only ran the NYPD„s rescue, but also recovery operations at Ground Zero. Third is
temporal conjunction. The word „after‟ is called temporal conjunction that
shows there is a chronological relation that Purtell
ran the NYPD„s rescue and recovery operations at Ground Zero after the 911 attacks. Based on
the function, both types of conjunction are appropriate to use to make the text cohesive and effective to read.
There is also repetition, one of lexical cohesion devices, in the text above. The words „Purtell‟ and „NYPD‟ are called repetition because they
have been mentioned in the previous units.
U9 : The case was settled in January but Boss, who now works for the
Huffington Post, went public for the first time Thursday. There is a demonstrative reference, one of grammatical cohesion
devices, in the text above. It is the word „the case‟ which refers to the arrest of Boss. It makes the text cohesive because it has been used without
changing the meaning of the word. There are also lexical cohesion devices in the text above. First is
repetition. The word „Boss‟ is called repetition because it has been mentioned in the previous units. Besides that, there is also collocation in
th e text above. The word „work‟ in the text above has correlation with
word „promote‟ in previous unit. „Promote‟ in this context is activity for someone to get more high level in their jobs. So, the word „work‟ and
„promote‟ are related and called as collocation, one of lexical cohesion devices. The types of lexical conjunction are appropriate to use because
they related to the context and can make the text cohesive and effective to read.
U10 : “I was shocked by how aggressive the police were with me when I
done anything,” he said.
There are personal references, one of grammatical cohesion devices, in the text above. The word „I‟, „me‟, and „he‟ are called personal
reference. In this context, the words refer to Boss in the preceding text. The words are appropriate to use because they are related to the context
and make the text cohesive. There is also synonymy, one of lexical cohesion devices, in the text
above. The word „aggressive‟ has correlation with word „excessive‟ in the previous units. The word „excessive‟ has meaning „too much‟ and the
word „aggressive‟ has meaning „behaving in a very forceful and determined way in order to succeed
‟.
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It is called synonymy, because they almost have some meaning, „doing something in a very forceful‟. Besides
that, the w ord „police‟ have correlation with word „cop‟ in the previous
units. The word „cop‟ has meaning „police officer‟, and the word „police‟ have meaning „official organization whose job is to keep public order,
prevent and solve crime, etc ‟.
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This case is also called near-synonymy because the word „cop‟ and „police‟ have almost same meaning.
Besides that, the word „police‟ also have correlation with word „handcuff‟ in the previous units. The word „handcuffs‟ are called
collocation with „police‟ because handcuff is usually used by the police for
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Ibid., pp. 96 340.
arrest. The types of lexical conjunction are appropriate to use because they related to the context and can make the text cohesive and effective to read.
U11 : Boss says he plans to use his settlement cash on physical therapy for
his injured right hand.
There are personal references, one of grammatical cohesion devices, in the text above. The word „he‟ and „his‟ are called personal reference. In
this context, the words refer to Boss in the preceding text. The words are related to the context and appropriate to use to make the text cohesive.
There are also lexical cohesion devices in the text above. First is repetition. The word „Boss‟ is called repetition because it has been
mentioned in the previous units. „Boss‟ is often mentioned because this article tells about him, whom was tackled by a NYPD cop. Second is
superordinate. The word „hand‟ in the text above has correlation with word „wrist‟ in the unit 3. It is called superordinate because „wrist‟ is more
specific than „hand‟ or wrist is part of hand. The types of lexical conjunction are appropriate to use because they related to the context and
can make the text cohesive and effective to read. Based on the analysis above, the writer finds there are 43 grammatical
cohesion devices consist of 25 items of personal reference, 9 items of demonstrative reference, 7 items of additive conjunction, and 2 items of
temporal conjunction. The writer also finds 20 lexical cohesion devices
consist of 7 items of repetition, 5 pairs of synonymy or near-synonymy, 1 items of superordinate, and 7 items of collocation.