As the conclusion, cohesion is important in a discourse. As said before, cohesion in the articles will be analyzed. Based on the unit of the analysis, data
formed two articles from crime feature are used as the corpus. Article is a discourse. So, this research is called as discourse analysis.
B.
Focus of the Research
This research focuses on the grammatical and lexical cohesion devices in the articles which are taken from crime feature at New York Daily News accessed
at www.nydailynews.com and The Village Voice which can be accessed at blogs.villagevoice.com
. Data in the form of two articles from crime feature are taken on 24 April 2014 at New York Daily News and The Village Voice. The data
are taken based on the phenomenon at the exact time.
C. Research Question
Based on the explanation above, it is necessary to have the answer of these following questions:
1. What kinds of cohesion devices are used in the two texts?
2.
How do the cohesion devices show the cohesiveness of the texts?
D. Significance of the Research
The significance of this research is to give a new contribution in linguistic study, especially about discourse analysis focusing on the grammatical and lexical
cohesion devices in journalistic text, especially in crime news texts. It is hoped
that this research could give advantages for the writer herself, the readers, and other researchers who want to examine the similar study in the future.
E. Research Methodology
1. Objective of the Research
Related to the research questions above, the objectives of this research are: a
To find out grammatical and lexical cohesion devices appeared in the two texts.
b To know how the cohesion devices show the cohesiveness of the texts.
2. Method of the Research
In this research, qualitative method is used in analyzing the data. Qualitative method involves data collection procedures that result primarily in
numerical data which is then analyzed primarily by non-statistical methods.
2
This research uses one of the qualitative methods called discourse analysis. The discourse analysis investigates what it is that makes for well-
formed discourse.
3
The writer reads the texts and tries to find cohesion devices that appear in the texts and then analyzes how the cohesion devices show the
cohesiveness of the texts.
2
Zoltan Dornyei, Research Methods in Applied Linguistics New York: Oxford University Press, 2007, p. 24.
3
David Nunan, Research Methods in Language Learning Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, p. 160.
3. Technique of Data Collecting and Data Analysis
In this research, the data are collected by using bibliography technique teknik pustaka. Bibliography technique is by using written sources to obtain
data.
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In analyzing the data, the steps used are: a
Two articles are collected from crime feature of New York Daily News and The Village Voice
as the data corpus. b
The texts are read. c
All the cohesion devices in the articles are marked. d
The data are analyzed. e
The data are written down on the data card. f
The results of the analysis are described. g
The results of the research are summarized.
4. Instrument of the Research
Data card is used as the instrument in this research to identify the data formed two articles which are taken from crime feature in New York Daily
News and The Village Voice.
5. Unit of Analysis
The unit of analysis in this research is two articles from crime feature at New York Daily News accessed at www.nydailynews.com and The Village
Voice which can be accessed at blogs.villagevoice.com. The data are chosen
on April 2014. Those data are:
4
Edi Subroto, Pengantar Metoda Penelitian Linguistik Struktural Surakarta: Sebelas Maret University Press, 1992, p. 42.
