THE STUDY OF STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITY IN THE ARTICLES OF OPINION IN "THE JAKARTA POST" NEWSPAPER

Sixta, Meiliza (2010) THE STUDY OF STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITY IN THE ARTICLES OF OPINION IN "THE JAKARTA POST" NEWSPAPER. Other thesis, UNSADA.

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Abstract

Nowadays, people need more actual and complete information. To get that information, there are several ways. Newspaper is one way to get information. In reading the newspaper, it is important to get what the newspaper intended to say. Therefore, newspaper should present the information clearly. However, constructing the sentences sometimes produces more than one meaning. Therefore, the writer wants to conduct this study about structural ambiguity because readers can get misunderstanding or misinterpretation, from The Jakarta Post in the articles of opinion. From this study, the writer wants to know what types of ambiguity and the frequency of each type which occur in The Jakarta Post newspaper in the articles of opinion. To analyze the data the vwriter uses "immediate constituent analysis" through tree diagram as the main theory (Van valin, 2001) which is supported by the theory of ambiguity from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambiguity. this study takes 25 articles from the articles of opinion of "The Jakarta Post" newspaper by Indonesian writers. The writer collected the dzta which has two or more meanings. Through the analysis, she finds that there are two types of ambiguity in the articles of opinion in The Jakarta Post newspaper. Actually there arc five types, namely, noun phrase, verb phrase, adjective phrase, adverb phrase, and prepositional phrase but in this study the writers only finds two types, namely, noun phrase and prepositional phrase. Noun phrase can be ii divided into two, based on part of speech, namely, adjective + noun + noun and adjective + noun h con + noun, while prepositional phrase can be divided into two based on the effects whether it affects meaning or not. Prepositional phrase that does not affect meaning can be divided into two based on parts of speech, namely, preposition + adjective + noun + noun and preposition + adjective + noun + con + noun. The prepositional phrase is more predominant and not affecting meaning in the form of preposition+ adjective+ noun+ noun.

Item Type:	Thesis (Other)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	newspaper
Subjects:	000 Generalities/Karya Umum > 070.1 Documentary Media, Educational Media, News Media, Journalism, Publishing/Media Dokumenter, Media Edukasional, Media Berita, Jurnalisme, Penerbitan
Divisions:	Fakultas Bahasa Dan Budaya > Bahasa dan Kebudayaan Inggris
Depositing User:	Suwatno Suwatno Perpustakaan
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2024 06:15
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2024 06:15
URI:	http://repository.unsada.ac.id/id/eprint/8126

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