AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL COHESION IN "Q1"

ALBUM BY GAMALIEL

AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS

Submitted As a Partial Fullfillment of The Requirement for The Attainment

S1 Degree at English Departement

BY :

DEWI LINDASARI

SRN 17340014

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT

TEACHER TRAINING EDUCATION FACULTY

MUHHAMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF METRO

2021

AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL COHESION IN "Q1"

ALBUM BY GAMALIEL

AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS

Submitted

As a Partial Fullfillment of The Requirement for The S1 Degree at

English Departement

BY :

DEWI LINDASARI

SRN 17340014

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT

TEACHER TRAINING EDUCATION FACULTY

MUHHAMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF METRO

2021

ABSTRACT

Lindasari, Dewi. 2021. An Analysis Of Grammatical And Lexical Cohesion In

Q1 Album By Gamaliel. An Undergraduate Thesis English Education Study

Program, Teacher Training And Education Faculty. Muhammadiyah University of

Metro. Advisor : (1) Amirudin Latif, M.Pd., (2) Syaifudin Latif D. M.Pd.

Cohesion is the relation between one sentences and another sentence, it

refers to the meaning in the sentence. Cohesion is divided into two types;

grammatical cohesion and lexical cohesion. This research analyze grammatical

and lexical cohesion types in the song lyric of Q1 Album by Gamaliel. The

objectives of this research were to identify the kinds of grammatical and lexical

cohesion found in the song lyric and to know the most dominant type found.

Descriptive qualitative method was used to classify and analyze the data. This

research applied the theory of Halliday and Hasan to identify the types of

grammatical and lexical cohesion. The researcher found 217 cohesion items

which consist of 181 references, 1 substitution, and 16 conjunction in

grammatical cohesion. While in lexical cohesion, there are 11 reiteration (9

repetitions, 1 synonym, and 1 general word) and 8 collocations. The most

dominant type of grammatical cohesion is personal reference with 121 items or

around 55.7% and repetition with 9 items or around 4.1% in lexical cohesion.

Keywords : Grammatical cohesion; Lexical cohesion; Song lyric

APPROVAL PAGE

AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS

AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL COHESION IN "Q1" ALBUM BY GAMALIEL

By

Dewi Lindasari

Has Been Defended by The Examiner Board

On 16th August 2021

EXAMINERS BOARD

, Chairman

Amirudin Latif, M.Pd.

, Secretary

Syaifudin Latif D., M.Pd.

, Examiner

Dr. Dedi Turmudi, M.A. TESOL

Teacher Training and Education Faculty

Dean

Drs. Partono, M.Pd

NIP. 196604131991031003

MOTTO

"So verily, with the hardship there is relief"

(QS Al Insyirah : 5)

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do”

(Steve jobs)

“The real failure is when you never try”

(Dewi Lindasari)

"Last but not least, I wanna thank me

I wanna thank me for believing in me

I wanna thank me for doing all this hard work

I wanna thank me for having no days off

I wanna thank me for, for never quitting"

(Snoop Dogg)

DEDICATION

The researcher will dedicate this undergraduate thesis to:

1. Allah SWT the Lord of Universe, because of his mercies and blessings

the researcher can finish this undergraduate thesis.

2. Researcher beloved parents, Bapak (Suwitno) and Ibu (Rubini) who

always inspiring the researcher, never stops loving, praying, supporting

and giving motivation. Thanks for being great parents, amazing tutors,

best friends and financial support.

3. Researcher beloved sisters Febriyana Widiastuti and Riana Tri Wulandari

who always motivating and sharing happiness or sadness. Thanks for

being good sisters and understanding siblings.

4. Researcher advisor (Amirudin Latif. M.Pd and Syaifudin Latif D. M.Pd )

who always help and motivate researcher in arranging this undergraduate

thesis.

5. All the lecturers of English Department at Muhammadiyah of Metro, who

has given researcher a lot of materials, experiences, motivations,

inspirations, advices, suggestions and examples how to be a good

teacher.

6. Researcher best friends Nadhea Lisa Desmara, Masyhidaya Ula Tisa and

Ning Tyas who always understand and give support each other.

7. Researcher beloved nephew and niece, Arifian Firdaus and Finnaziyya

Ummara.

8. Researcher most inspirational person Kim Jongin (KAI) who always give

motivation and hapiness to the researcher.

9. Researcher beloved family in English Department 2017. Thanks for the

times we spent together, thanks for everything and good luck in the

future.

10. Researcher Almamater Muhammadiyah University of Metro.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin, thanks to Allah Subhanahuwata’ala who

always gives me healty, safety, blassing and happiness to complete this

undergraduate thesis entitle “An Analysis of Grammatical and Lexical

Cohesion in "Q1" Album by Gamaliel”. Peace and blessings always gives for

the greatest prohet Muhammad SAW who has brought us from the stupidity into

this cleverness era. This undergraduate thesis is submitted as the partial

requirement in accomplishing undergraduate degree at English Education Study

Program of Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muhammadiyah University

of Metro.

The researcher realizes that cannot finish this thesis without

encouragement, correction, idea and suggestion from many people. In this

occasion, the researcher would like to express the gratitude to Drs. H.Jazim

Ahmad, M.Pd as the rector of Muhammadiyah University of Metro, Drs. Partono,

M.Pd as the dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty and Mr. Amirudin

Latif, M.Pd as the head of English Education Study Program.

In this undergraduate thesis would not have been possible to finish

without many helps, guidances, supports and advices from the wise and patience

advisor Mr. Amirudin Latif, M.Pd as the first advisor and Mr. Syaufudin Latif D.,

M.Pd as the second advisor. They given their time to help finishing this

undergraduate thesis by giving motivation, guidance, suggestion and correction

for the researcher.

Finally, the researcher realizes that thesis is still far from being perfect.

However, researcher hopes that it will be useful for the improvement of Teaching

and Learning English. Suggestion and constructive criticism are needed in order

to make a good improvement.

Metro, 23 August 2021

The Researcher

DEWI LINDASARI

SRN:17340014

SURAT PERNYATAAN

Yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini :

Nama : Dewi Lindasari

Fakultas : Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan

Jurusan : Ilmu Bahasa Inggris

Program Studi : S1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

Menyatakan bahwa skripsi dengan judul “Analysis of Grammatical and Lexical

Cohesion in Q1 Album by Gamaliel” adalah karya saya sendiri dan bukan hasil

plagiat.

Apabila kemudian hari terdapat unsur plagiat dalam skripsi tersebut, maka saya

bersedia menerima sanksi berupa pencabutan gelar akademik sarjana dan akan

mempertanggung jawabkan secara hukum.

Demikian surat pernyataan ini dibuat dengan sesungguhnya.

Metro, 23 Agustus 2021

Yang membuat pernyataan

DEWI LINDASARI

NPM. 17340014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER PAGE ..................................................................................... i

LOGOGRAM PAGE ............................................................................ ii

TITLE PAGE ....................................................................................... iii

ABSTRACT ......................................................................................... iv

RECOMMENDATION .......................................................................... v

APPROVAL PAGE .............................................................................. vi

MOTTO ............................................................................................... vii

DEDICATION ...................................................................................... viii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...................................................................... x

STATEMENT LETTER ........................................................................ xii

SIMILARITY CHECK ........................................................................... xiii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................... xiv

LIST OF TABLE .................................................................................. xvi

LIST OF APPENDICES ....................................................................... xvi

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

A. Research Background .............................................................. 1

B. Research Focus ....................................................................... 2

C. Research Question ................................................................... 2

D.Research Objective ................................................................... 3

E.Research Benefit ....................................................................... 3

CHAPTER II THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK

A. Previous Research Overview .................................................... 4

B. Concept .................................................................................... 5

1. Concept of Discourse Analysis ............................................. 5

2. Concept of Cohesion ............................................................ 6

a. Grammatical Cohesion .................................................... 7

b. Lexical Cohesion ............................................................. 13

3. Concept of Song ................................................................... 15

4. Concept of Lyric ................................................................... 16

C. Thinking Framework ................................................................. 16

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. Research Design ..................................................................... 17

B. Research Setting ..................................................................... 17

C. Researh Instrument ................................................................. 18

D. Data Collecting Technique ...................................................... 19

E. Data Analyzing Technique ....................................................... 19

CHAPTER IV FINDING AND DISCUSSION

A. Finding ..................................................................................... 21

B. Discussion ................................................................................ 39

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion ............................................................................... 41

B. Suggestion ............................................................................... 41

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

LIST OF TABLE

TABLE 2.1 Personal Reference

TABLE 2.2 Demonstrative Reference

TABLE 2.3 Comparative Reference

TABLE 4.1 The Code of Stanza of the Song Lyric text

TABLE 4.2 The Code of Grammatical Aspect

TABLE 4.3 The Code of Lexical Aspect

TABLE 4.4. Distribution of Cohesion in Song Lyric of Forever More

TABLE 4.5. Distribution of Cohesion in Song Lyric of Ethereal

TABLE 4.6. Distribution of Cohesion in Song Lyric of Unfindable

TABLE 4.7 Distribution of Cohesion in Song Lyric of Adjacent

LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1 The Research Advisor Letter from College

Appendix 2 The Examination Letter from College

Appendix 3 Undergraduate Thesis Advisory Card

Appendix 4 Lyrics of Q1 Album

Appendix 5 Authors Biography