E. Research Methodology
1. Objective of the Study
The objective of this research to know about:
a. The kinds of semantic fields of business that exist on The Jakarta
Post April 2013 editions
b. The semantic components that exist in its semantic field on The
Jakarta Post April 2013 editions
2. Method of the Study
The method of the study in this research is qualitative method. This research uses semantic field and componential analysis theories to
identify and analyze the busisness terms on The Jakarta Post April 2013 editions.
3. Technique of Data Collecting and Data Analysis
In this research the writer uses qualitative method with several steps as follows: 1 the writer collects the business article of The Jakarta Post
April 2013 editions as long as a month, 2 the writer reads all of article to find the business term, 3 the writer decides a semantic field for every
term and finally, 4 the writer explains every term by using componential analysis.
4. Instrument of the Study
The instrument of the study in this research is text in the business articles on The Jakarta Post April 2013 editions. These articles are
collected, read, and analyzed by using semantic field, component analysis and semantic relation theories.
5. The Units of Analysis
The unit of analysis in this research is eight articles of business on the Jakarta Post April 2013 editions. The eight articles title are: 1
article on April 2, 2013: Economic Sentiment in Japan Takes a Positive Turn, 2 article on April 3, 2013: Takeover Deal Struggle to Find
Traction, 3 article on April 5, 2013: Breaking with History, SCTV, Indosiar to Say the Same Despite Merger, 4 article on April 6, 2013:
Japan Makes Bold Bid to End Deflation, 5 article on April 11, 2013: No Big Change Expected in BI Monetary Policy, 6 article on April 12,
2013: Bank Shift Risky Assets into Murkier Areas of Finance Sector, 7 article on April 24, 2013:
Fed‟s Policy Adds to Risk of Instability, 8 article on April 25, 2013: A Crisis that Stumps the Experts
6. Time and Place of the Study
This research begins on March 2013 until March 2014 at library of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta and other libraries in Jakarta that provide
references and information for this research.
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
A. Semantics
The term of semantic comes from English. This term is introduced by American Philological Association in 1894 by tittle Reflected Meanings: a
Point in Semantics.
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Semantic is studies of meaning in language.
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Setiawati in Pesona Bahasa said that semantic is branch of linguistics, it studies sign language
meaning.
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This definition based on theory of semantic triangle by Ogden and Richard. They explain the correlation among symbol, concept and reference.
Both explain its theory by picture as follows:
Picture 1: Semantic Triangle by Ogden and Richard
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Concept Image about book
Symbol Reference b-o-o-k
The picture 1 describes the correlation among symbol concept and reference. The correlation between concept and reference has direct
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Mansoer Pateda. Semantik Leksikal : Edisi Kedua. Jakarta : Rineka Cipta. 2010. pp. 2-3
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James Hurford. et al., Semantics a coursebook : Second Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2007. p. 1
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Setiawati Darmojuwono. “Semantik” in Kushartanti. et.al. Pesona Bahasa : Langkah Awal
Memahami Linguistik. Jakarta: PT. Gramedia Pustaka Utama. 2005. p.114
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Ibid. p. 113
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