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B. Problem Formulation
Based on the above, the problems are formulated as below 1.
What common phrases in Readers Forum section of The Jakarta Post newspaper discussing the haze caused by forest fire in Indonesia cause
ambiguity? 2.
What kinds of ambiguity are observed in the phrases, lexical or structural?
C. Objectives of the Study
In this thesis, there are two objectives. Firstly, the writer would like to find out what common phrases in Readers Forum section of The Jakarta Post
newspaper discussing the haze caused by forest fire in Indonesia that causes ambiguity. The data used in conducting the study have been obtained from the
articles in The Jakarta Post official website, www.thejakartapost.com
. The articles have been gathered from 4 August 2015 when the issue was spread and
became a big public attention until 2 December 2015 when the fire was eventually put off. From the 37 articles found, the writer picked two articles randomly.
After that, the writer would like to identify whether the ambiguities observed in the phrases are lexical or structural. This study is limited to lexical
and structural ambiguity found in Readers Forum section of The Jakarta Post. The writer focuses on lexical and structural ambiguity using semantic and
syntactic approaches. The writer interprets the ambiguity found with Semantic theory.
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D. Definition of Terms
Phrase ambiguity is described as a phenomenon when an
expressionphrase may be understood in two or more ways in its context. Because of the arbitrariness between the sign and its referents, multiple meanings
seem to be usual Asher, 1994:90. Reader’s forum of The Jakarta Post is a forum provided by The Jakarta
Post Newspaper for it’s reader. In this forum, The Jakarta Post Newspaper’s readers can share what their idea or opinion related to news that are published by
The Jakarta Post, or in brief the readers responses to news that are published by The Jakarta Post.
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