Lexical Cohesion Reiteration The Cohesion of the text from

Then, the next lexical item is the lexical item of ―Chung‖. It is repeated for 6 times in 6 different sentences in the text but in all 6 sentences the lexical item of ―Chung‖ has same referent. It refers to the sort name of the Prime Minister. Then, the lexical item of ―response‖ which is repeated for twice has same referent too. It refers to the action of the government in order to cope with the disaster. Those lexical items are the lexical items which are repeated by its same lexical item. Then, there are 2 lexical items which are repeated by its synonym. The first lexical item is the lexical item of ―outrage‖ which is reiterated by its synonym ―anger‖. Both lexical items share the same referent of the public’s anger especially the family of the victims. The next lexical item which is reiterated by its synonym is ―sorrow‖ which is reiterated by ―sadness‖. Both lexical items ―sorrow‖ and ―sadness‖ have same referent of the sadness of the people due to the disaster. The last reiterated item is the lexical item of ―irresponsible‖ which is reiterated by its near- synonym ―abrupt‖. Both lexical items refer to the opinion about the resignation of the Prime Minister. ii. Substitution The borderline between the lexical cohesion and substitution is in the use of general words such as ―thing‖ in cohesive function. The general words, which correspond to major classes of lexical items, are very commonly used with cohesive force. Based on the analysis in the text, The Korea Herald uses no substitution in the text. Since substitution is a grammatical relation, a relation in the wording rather than in the meaning, The Korea Herald presents the text with no substitution with general words cannot be said that it carries no implication. The fact that The Korea Herald uses no general words in the text implies that The Korea Herald wants to presents the issue with its details by using no general words but by using specific nouns and verbs iii. Ellipsis Ellipsis is very similar to substitution. It can be defined simply as ―substitution by zero‖. The starting point of the discussion of ellipsis can be the familiar n otion that is „something left unsaid’ and another way of referring to ellipsis is in fact as „something understood, where understood is used in special sense of „going without saying’. By that definition, the analysis goes in The Korea Herald finds no use of ellipsis in the text. It implies that The Korea Herald wants the reader to understand all information clearly. So, there are no words which are omitted. Everything is clear with its details. iv. Conjunction Conjunctive elements are cohesive not in themselves but indirectly, by virtue of their specific meanings. In The Korea Herald , there are only two conjunctions used, the conjunction „and’ and „or’. The conjunction „and’ is used for 11 times and the conjunction „or’ is used for twice. The use of conjunction in The Korea Herald is only limited to the additive type. Mostly, the conjunctions used in The Korea Herald are only maintaining the structural relation because those conjunctions only hold within a sentence. That kind of conjunction cannot be said to have cohesive relation because they do not hold between sentences and make the flow of the idea clear.

2. The Cohesion of the Text from

The New York Times entitled “South Korean Prime Minister Offers to Resign over Deadly Ferry Disaster” The article from The New York Times entitled “South Korean Prime Minister offers to resign over Deadly Ferry Disaster” has 7 subtopics which the 4 subtopics are similar to the article from The Korea Herald , while the rest 3 subtopics are different from The Korea Herald . The number of subtopics between The New York Times and The Korea Herald are the same. The cohesion forms used by The New York Times are similar to The Korea Herald which maintains its cohesion by using the cohesion forms of reiteration, collocation, reference, and conjunction. This text does not use the cohesion forms of substitution and ellipsis.

a. The Arrangement of Subtopics

The New York Times elaborates the context of the resignation of South Korea’s Prime Minister into 7 subtopics. The subtopics and its elaboration are in the following points.

i. The Offer of Prime Minister’s Resignation

This is the first subtopic that appears in this article from The New York Times which describes the offer of the resignation of the Prime Minister. The headline of the article men tion ―South-Korea‖ unlike The Korea Herald because this article is an article which is published outside South Korea, so the people who read this article do not share the same background knowledge about which Prime Minister that resigns. ii. The critics toward the government about their bad response to the disaster. Then, The New York Times continues the topic with the elaboration about the critics toward the government about their bad response to the disaster. In the subtopic of the critics toward the government about their bad response to the disaster, The New York Times elaborates the critics by the public toward the government which are mostly negative. iii. The Prime Minister’s statements on his resignation The New York Times continues the flow of the subtopics to the subtopics about the statements of the Prime Minister in his resignation. The New York Times elaborates this subtopic very similar to The Korea Herald . In his resignation, the Prime Minister stated his apology to the people. Rather different from The Korea Herald , The New York Times does not state the details of what the Prime Minister apologizes for. Besides stating the apology to the people, the Prime Minister was also stating his offer to resign. He stated that his decision to resign is the right thing to do for he had seen the sadness and fury of the people which were caused by his bad handling at the disaster. iv. The irregularities on the operator of the ship which cause high death toll The next topic is about the irregularities on the operator of the ship which cause high death toll. This subtopic only appears on The New York Times . The Korea Herald discusses the subtopic of Prime Minister’s comments on the irregularities