3. What are the differences in the degree of cohesiveness between The
Jakarta Post and Jakart a Globe’s articles?
D. Significance of Study
Theoretically, this research is expected to contribute some advantages for the development of language theory especially cohesion in written text to add
the scope of discourse study as one of the linguistic field studies that focus on grammatical and lexical cohesion usage.
Furthermore, this research is practically expected to be one of the useful references for the readers, especially who are interested in discourse study. As
for researcher, this research will add and broaden the knowledge of written discourse, especially in the study of cohesion.
E. Research Methodology
1. The Objective of Research
The objective is as the answer of the particular questions in research problem. The purpose of this research is:
1. To find out grammatical and lexical cohesion devices that occur in The Jakarta Post and Jakarta Globe’s articles.
2. To elaborate the functions of grammatical and lexical cohesion that occur in The Jakarta Post and Jakarta Globe’s articles.
3. To show the differences in the degree of cohesiveness between The Jakarta Post and Jakarta Globe’s articles.
2. The Method of Research
This research applies descriptive qualitative method. According to Farkhan, in qualitative research, the methods that usually use are descriptive,
historic, explorative, content analysis, action research and naturalistic.
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Furthermore, this research will analyze, identify and classify the kind of cohesion devices, whether they are included grammatical or lexical cohesion
by applying M.A.K Halliday and Ruqaiya Hasan theory.
3. The Instrument of the Research
The main instrument of this research is the writer himself;
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he gets all information by reading some books and other references. Then, he analyzes the
selected data, like reading, identifying, and grouping the text by using theory of Halliday and Hasan. Moreover, to determine the degree of cohesiveness of the
text, the writer uses Scinto’s formula.
4. The Unit of Analysis
The unit analysis in this research is the article in The Jakarta Post’s article “PDI-P lawmaker arrested” by Hizbul Ridho posted on April 11, 2015 and
The Jakarta Globe’s article “KPK Arrests PDI-P Politician on Graft Charges” by Margareth S. Aritonang posted on April 10, 2015.
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Muhammad Farkhan, Proposal Penelitian Bahasa Sastra Edisi Revisi, Jakarta: Adabia Press, 2011, p. 52
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Sugiono, Metode Pnenlitian Pendekatan Kuantitatif, kuantitatif dan R D, Bandung: Alfa Beta, p. 305
5. The Technique of Data Analysis
