4.7 The Existence of Meaning Properties
Meaning properties can be divided into meaningfulness, ambiguity, redundancy, anomaly, and contradictory. They are:
4.7.1 The Existence of Meaningfulness
There are three hundred and nineteen meaningfulness that are found in the seven articles February 8
th
– February 14
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of The Jakarta Post newspaper. They are:
Simple Sentences: there are one hundred and thirty three simple sentences that
are found in the seven articles February 8
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– February 14
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of The Jakarta Post newspaper. They are:
1. Adverb of Time + Subject + Predicate
During the bloodbath, Possibly 431 villagers, almost the entire male population
Adv. of Time S
were killed P
Feb. 8
th
, par. 1 The sentence above is meaningfulness because the meaning of the
sentence is easily recognized, it does not reflect another meaning, provided it is neither anomalous nor contradictory, obey the semantic rule of the language in
other words, it follows the word order rule namely subject + predicate + object it also can include adverb and conjunction. It is a simple sentence because it
contains one full subject possibly 431 villagers, almost the entire male population, predicate were killed and can be include adverb of time during the
bloodbath.
Universitas Sumatera Utara
These war crimes were committed
in the 17
th
century S
P Adv. of Time
Feb. 8
th
, par. 12 The sentence above is meaningfulness because the meaning of the
sentence is easily recognized, it does not reflect another meaning, provided it is neither anomalous nor contradictory, obey the semantic rule of the language in
other words, it follows the word order rule namely subject + predicate + object it also can include adverb and conjunction. It is a simple sentence because it
contains one full subject these war crimes, predicate were committed and can be include adverb of time in the 17
th
century.
The premium now
is on limiting it as much as possible S
Adv. of Time P
Feb. 10
th
, par. 34 The sentence above is meaningfulness because the meaning of the
sentence is easily recognized, it does not reflect another meaning, provided it is neither anomalous nor contradictory, obey the semantic rule of the language in
other words, it follows the word order rule namely subject + predicate + object it also can include adverb and conjunction. It is a simple sentence because it
contains one full subject the premium, predicate is on limiting it as much as possible and can be include adverb of time now.
2. Adverb of Time + Subject + Predicate + Adverb of Time + Adverb of Place
In December Dutch Ambassador Nikolaos van Dam
Adv. of Time S
was present at the commemoration of the massacre
P Adv. of Time
Universitas Sumatera Utara
In Rawagede now called Balongsari in West Java Adv. of Place
Feb. 8
th
, par. 2 The sentence above is meaningfulness because the meaning of the
sentence is easily recognized, it does not reflect another meaning, provided it is neither anomalous nor contradictory, obey the semantic rule of the language in
other words, it follows the word order rule namely subject + predicate + object it also can include adverb and conjunction. It is a simple sentence because it
contains one full subject Dutch Ambassador Nikolaos van Dam, predicate was present and can be include adverb of time In December and at the
commemoration of the massacre and adverb of place in Rawagede now called Balongsari in West Java.
3. Subject + Predicate + Object + Adverb of Time