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binoculars. This kind of ambiguity is called structural ambiguity Mihalicek and Wilson, 2011:227
C. Theoretical Framework
The related theories mentioned before are going to be used to solve the problem formulation of this study. The theory of English Phrase Structure
Grammar is used to identify the common phrases that cause ambiguity. The writer analyzes it with the theory of English Phrase Structure Grammar.
The theories of ambiguity and the theory of causes of ambiguity are used to identify and analyze the types of ambiguous phrases that are found in The
Jakarta Post Newspaper discussing the haze caused by forest fire in Indonesia. The writer identifies the possible interpretation of each ambiguous sentence
through the theories. As an example, when the writer finds an ambiguous phrase like “John marries Teressa.” The writer identifies the types of that ambiguous
sentence. Based on the theory that the writer uses, the phrase is lexically ambiguous. The sentence can be interpreted as ‘John performed a ceremony in
which Teressa and her lover get married’ or ‘John became the husband of Teressa’.
The explanation is different when the writer finds a structurally ambiguous sentence. When a sentence is identified as a structurally ambiguous sentence, the
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A. Object of the Study
In this study, the writer analyzed the ambiguous phrases found in the Reader’s Forum section of The Jakarta Post newspaper discussing the haze
caused by forest fire in Indonesia. 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 to be used as the object of this study.
B. Approach of the Study
In conducting the study, the writer uses semantic and syntactic approaches. Semantics is the study of the meaning of linguistic expressions. It is the study of
meaning abstracted away from those aspects that are derived from the intentions of the speaker. A language is often defined as a conventional system for
conveying messages. Moreover, communication can be accomplished only because words have certain meanings Akmajian, et al, 2001:228. It is used to
find a phrase which is identified as the cause of the ambiguity. The writer needs semantic approach in order to identify what types of ambiguity that occur in the
phrases. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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