LEXICAL COHESION ANALYSIS OF THE ARTICLE WHAT IS A GOOD RESEARCH PROJECT? BY BRIAN PALTRIDGE - UDiNus Repository

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE OF TITLE ............................................................................................................i
DECLARATION OF NON-PLAGIARISM .........................................................................ii
STATEMENT OF PUBLICATION ..................................................................................iii
ADVISOR’S APPROVAL ................................................................................................iv
PAGE OF APPROVAL ...................................................................................................v
MOTTO .......................................................................................................................vi
DEDICATION ..............................................................................................................vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS . ................................................................................................x
LIST OF FIGURES .........................................................................................................xiii
LIST OF TABLES ...........................................................................................................xiv
LIST OF APPENDIX
.............................. xv
ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................xvi
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................1
1.1 . Background of the Study ....................................................................................1
1.2 . Statement of Problem .........................................................................................4
1.3 . Objective of Study ..............................................................................................5
1.4 . Scope of Study.....................................................................................................5

1.5 . Significance of the Study ....................................................................................5
1.6 . Thesis Organization .............................................................................................6
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ..........................................................7
2.1. Previous Study.....................................................................................................7
2.2. Theoretical Review..............................................................................................8
2.2.1. Text............................................................................................................8
2.2.2. Discourse Analysis .....................................................................................9

2.2.3. Cohesion....................................................................................................11
2.2.4. Cohesive Devices.......................................................................................12
2.2.4.1. Grammatical Cohesion....................................................................13
1). Reference ......................................................................................13
2). Substitution ...................................................................................15
3). Ellipsis ............................................................................................17
4). Conjunction ...................................................................................18
2.2.4.2. Lexical Cohesion ..............................................................................19
1). Repetition ......................................................................................20
2). Synonymy ......................................................................................21
3). Antonymy ......................................................................................21
4). Meronymy .....................................................................................21

5). Hyponymy .....................................................................................22
6). Collocation .....................................................................................23
2.2.5. Journal Article ...........................................................................................23
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ...............................................................................26
3.1. Research Design ..................................................................................................26
3.2. Unit of Analysis....................................................................................................26
3.3. Source of Data .....................................................................................................26
3.4. Technique of Data Collection ..............................................................................27
3.5. Technique of Data Analysis .................................................................................28
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS .................................................................30
4.1. Findings ...............................................................................................................30
4.2. Discussions ..........................................................................................................32
4.2.1. Lexical Chain of Excerpt One .....................................................................33
4.2.2. Lexical Chain of Excerpt Two ....................................................................39
4.2.3. Lexical Chain of Excerpt Three ..................................................................46

4.2.4. Lexical Chain of Excerpt Four ....................................................................55
4.2.5. Lexical Chain of Excerpt Five .....................................................................65
4.2.6. Lexical Chain of Excerpt Six .......................................................................73
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ............................................................84

5.1. Conclusion ...........................................................................................................84
5.2. Suggestion ...........................................................................................................85
BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................................................................87
APPENDIX ...................................................................................................................89