THE ANALYSIS OF LEXICAL COHESION IN CHILDREN’D BOOK: THREE STORYBOOKS BY DR. SEUSS

Wijaya, Wiratna (2024) THE ANALYSIS OF LEXICAL COHESION IN CHILDREN’D BOOK: THREE STORYBOOKS BY DR. SEUSS. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Buddhi Dharma.

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Abstract

Lexical cohesion is a key aspect of learning semantics that explains a text as a collection of words that make up a lexical text and implies the relationship between meanings that emerge from it. The writer analyze the types of lexical cohesion found in the text of children’s book written by Dr. Seuss. The writers used descriptive-qualitative method to explore the types of lexical cohesion on the data mention. The technique of collecting data was library research. The writer downloaded the book from the internet (archieve.org). The text of children’s books are The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and How the Grinch Stole the Christmas! The writer employed the theory of Cohesion in English proposed by Halliday and Hasan. As mention, lexical cohesion divided into two categories grammatical and lexical cohesion. However, in doing this research, the writer limited the discussion only for lexical cohesion which are reiteration (repetition, synonymy, antonymy, superordinate, general words) and collocation. The research findings show there are 23 cases of repetition, 12 cases of synonymy, 8 cases of antonymy, 4 cases of superordinate and 5 cases of collocation. So, the conclusion is the most used of lexical cohesion in the text of children’s book written by dr. Seuss was repetition.

Item Type:	Thesis (Skripsi)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	semantics, lexical cohesion, children’s book
Subjects:	400 Bahasa > 401 Filsafat dan Teori Bahasa > 401.41 Semantik
Divisions:	Fakultas Sosial & Humaniora > Sastra Inggris
Depositing User:	Muhamad Kemal Prasetyo
Date Deposited:	30 Apr 2025 07:59
Last Modified:	30 Apr 2025 07:59
URI:	https://repositori.buddhidharma.ac.id//id/eprint/2600

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