Research Objectives Problem Limitation Research Benefits Research Methodology

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C. Research Objectives

Based on the problem statements, this research is aimed: 1. To identify the kinds of ambiguity found in the articles of the Jakarta Post. 2. To figure out the causal factors of ambiguity found in the articles of The Jakarta Post. 3. To describe the interpretations which arise in the ambiguous words and sentences in the articles of The Jakarta Post.

D. Problem Limitation

The research is focused on the case of ambiguity found in the articles of The Jakarta Post the ambiguous words, phrases, and sentences. Besides, it also analyzes the causal factors of ambiguity and describes the interpretations of the ambiguous words, phrases and sentences. The data are taken from the articles of The Jakarta Post newspaper published on Thursday, December 11, 2008. All ambiguous words, phrases and sentences in the 15 articles of The Jakarta Post become the data of this research.

E. Research Benefits

This research is expected to be beneficial for: 1. The readers, in order to read the whole articles before interpreting the ambiguous words, phrases, or sentences. 106 2. The journalists, in order to concern more on the words and sentences in the articles so that the readers know the right interpretation of the sentences without hesitating the interpretation due to the ambiguous words, phrases and sentences. 3. The students who study about Semantic, so that they will know more about ambiguity especially the kinds of ambiguity, the causal factors of ambiguity, and how to interpret the ambiguous words, phrases and sentences. 4. The other researchers, to take this thesis as a reference for further research about ambiguity.

F. Research Methodology

This research is a descriptive qualitative research that refers to the method to formulate the conclusion by collecting, classifying, and interpreting the data of the research. The source of data of the research is the articles of The Jakarta Post newspaper published on Thursday, December 11, 2008. All of the ambiguous words and sentences in the articles of The Jakarta Post published on Thursday, December 11, 2008 are used as the data of the research. This research applies total sampling technique. 107

G. Thesis Organization