An Analysis of Cohesion and Coherence in Written Text of Line Today about Wedding Kahiyang Ayu and Bobby Nasution

Authors

  • Tarina Dashela University of Bina Sarana Informatika Pontianak
  • Yeni Mustika University of Bina Sarana Informatika Pontianak

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35961/salee.v2i02.282

Keywords:

analysis, cohesion, coherence, written text

Abstract

This research is about an analysis of cohesion and coherence in written text of line today about wedding Kahiyang Ayu and Bobby Nasution. It is aimed to analyze the term of cohesion and coherence in the following text. The descriptive analysis is used as the methodology. The data source is from Line Today. Through the text the researchers found the lexical cohesion, grammatical cohesion, and rhetorical cohesion in cohesion analysis. The text also involving the Micro-Level Coherence and Macro-Level Coherence. In conclusion, the result of analysis showed that the text is cohesive but not coherent enough.

 

Keyword: Analysis, Coherence,          Cohesion, Written Text

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Published

2021-07-29

How to Cite

Dashela, T., & Mustika, Y. (2021). An Analysis of Cohesion and Coherence in Written Text of Line Today about Wedding Kahiyang Ayu and Bobby Nasution. SALEE: Study of Applied Linguistics and English Education, 2(2), 192–203. https://doi.org/10.35961/salee.v2i02.282

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