The Cohesion and Coherence of the Editorials in The Jakarta Post

Abstract

Concept of discourse involves three dimensions that are as language use, communication of beliefs (human cognition), and interaction in social situation. As a language use, discourse consists of two elements: cohesion and coherence. Discourse is divided into spoken and written discourse. Written discourse such as newspaper is very familiar today. One of the famous newspapers in Indonesia is The Jakarta Post. The most essential article in a newspaper is its editorial. Therefore, the research has been intended to find cohesion and coherence devices of the editorials in The Jakarta Post. In this research, substantive data were texts consisting of cohesion and coherence devices. The sources were editorials in The Jakarta Post May 2011 edition that consisted of 28 editorial articles. The data was analyzed using Identity Method. Results of the analysis showed that editorials in The Jakarta Post May 2011 contain all kinds of cohesion and coherence devices. The editorials contain grammatical cohesion (reference, ellipsis, substitution, conjunction) and lexical cohesion (reiteration and collocation). Coherence devices (repetition, personal reference, transition) are also contained in the data.

The role of discourse markers in the speeches of selected Asian Presidents

“…The aforementioned explanations are amplified by Prayudha (2016) when s/he explicates that “cohesion is the use of language forms to indicate semantic relations between elements in a discourse.” Bussman (1998) posits that cohesion refers to linguistic means (grammatical, lexical, and phonological) by which sentences joined together to form larger units of paragraphs, stanzas, and chapters. Halliday and Hasan, 1976b, Halliday and Hasan, 1976c, Halliday and Hassan, 1976a, Halliday and Hassan, 1976d point out that cohesion befalls when the interpretation of a text lies on interdependent elements of a discourse.…”

“…Lexical cohesion is a product of the selection of items that are related to those of the previous. Halliday and Hasan, 1976b, Halliday and Hasan, 1976c, Halliday and Hassan, 1976a, Halliday and Hassan, 1976d categorize lexical cohesion into reiteration (repetition, synonymy or near-synonym, superordinate and general word) and collocation (Prayudha (2016).…”

Wacana Bahasa Indonesia

“…Artinya kohesi merupakan organisasi sintaktik dimana kalimat-kalimat disusun secara terpadu untuk menghasilkan wacana, baik dari segi tingkat gramatikal maupun tingkat leksikal tertentu. Sementara Halliday dan Hasan (dalam Prayudha, 2016) mengatakan kohesi memungkinkan terjalinnya keteraturan hubungan semantik antar unsur-unsur dalam wacana. Artinya kohesi juga merupakan organisasi semantik, yang merujuk kepada perkaitan kebahasaan yang didapati pada suatu ujaran yang membentuk wacana.…”

“…Lebih jauh Halliday dan Hasan membagi kohesi makna menjadi dua bagian yakni secara gramatikal dan leksikal yang harus memilki keterpaduan yang terdapat dalam suatu kesatuan teks. Sejalan dengan pendapat Halliday dan Hasan, Richards berpendapat bahwa kohesi merupakan hubungan gramatikal dan leksikal antara berbagai unsur yang berbeda dalam satu teks yang dapat berbentuk hubungan antara kalimat ang berbeda atau yang berbeda dalam satu kalimat (Prayudha, 2016).…”

“…Dengan demikian kohesi adalah salah satu standar yang menandai bahwa sebuah teks atau wacana itu dianggap komunikatif, tanpa kohesi teks atau wacana tidak dianggap komuikatif. Sebagaimana telah disebutkan di atas bahwa Halliday dan Hasan (Prayudha, 2016) membagi kohesi kepada dua jenis, yakni kohesi gramatikal dan kohesi leksikal.…”