DA ASSIGNMENT 1

DA Assignment 1

1.      Discourse study is function of word that has relationship between form and function of language use in verbal communication.

v     According the David Nunan ( page 1-2), the discoure study is the study about the functional of words which have an something purposes with composed by the flexibility of language according the function of words made and the relationship between the language use with the situation. Here, the discourse had an structural and functional aspect.

v     According to Jan Rankema (1993:1) “Discourse studies is the discipline devoted to the investigation of the relationship between form and function in verbal communication.

2.      BERITAJAKARTA.COM — 10/04/2012 17:31:26

      As issued earlier, DKI Bank is going to launch new JakCard system as TransJakarta e-ticketing. For first phase, this system is planned to be implemented in corridor VI (Kuningan-Ragunan) and targeted implemented in the remaining 11 corridors by July 2012.

      As seen on the picture beside, the workers are installing the Turnstile Gate JakCard for TransJakarta e-ticketing in Ragunan bus stop, South Jakarta, Tuesday (4/10). This system will be launched in April. Later on, TransJakarta bus passengers just need to ‘tap and go’ (put the DKI Bank JakCard on the DKI Bank Turnstile machine) before taking TransJakarta bus.

The analysis of Cohesion and deixis:

1.     Cohesion

The kinds of cohesion:

·        Substitution

From the article, there are some of substitutions used such as workers, passengers, and corridors. The nominal substitution is use in this article, which have a meaning that something here more than one or to emphasize the meaning word. The interpretation of substitution use is, the word “passengers”, contain the meaning that here more than one people who get in TransJakarta bus. The words “workers” contain the meaning that people who install the Turnstile Gate JakCard for TransJakarta e-ticketing in Ragunan bus stop, South Jakarta.  And the word “corridors” contain the meaning that there more than one corridor by July 2012.

·        Ellipsis

From the article above, there are nothing ellipsis containing in each of words of the article.

·        Reference

The articles above not contain the references, because the reporter report the direct statements of the informant of news

·        Conjunction

The conjunction which used in this article, such as and, before.

·        Lexical Cohesion

The kind of Lexical Cohesion:

ü      Repetition

The repetition of this article such as: system

ü      Synonymy

The word remaining is synonymy of rest 11 corridors

ü      Hyponymy

In the article above, there is nothing metonymy words containing.

ü      Metonymy

In the article above, there is nothing metonymy words containing.

ü      Antonymy

In the article above, there is nothing antonymy words containing

2.     Deixis

The kind of deixis:

§        Person deixis

From the article above, there is nothing person deixis words containing

§        Temporal deixis

Temporal deixis from the article above are, “by July 2012”, “Tuesday”, and “April”. The temporal deixis “by July 2012” it is mean that new JakCard system targeted implemented in the remaining 11 corridors. The  temporal deixis “Tuesday” it is mean that time of process.  And the temporal deixis “April” it is mean that new JakCard system will be launched in April.

§        Spatial deixis

From the article above, there is nothing spatial deixis words containing

§        Social deixis

From the article above, the social deixis is the workers are installing the Turnstile Gate JakCard for TransJakarta e-ticketing in Ragunan bus stop, South Jakarta, Tuesday (4/10). The meaning of this sentence is to give a reason about the problem containing.

§        Discourse deixis

From the article above, the discourse deixis used in the article is word “this” it is refer to large  chunks of the discourse that are located within the discourse itself and here meaning that the explicit purposes of word.