GRAMMATICAL COHESION IN ARIANA GRANDE’S “ETERNAL SUNSHINE” ALBUM: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

Silmi Fauziyyah

doi:10.33197/ejlutama.v9i2.299

Authors

Silmi Fauziyyah Mercure Bandung Nexa Supratman, Bandung, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33197/ejlutama.v9i2.299

Keywords:

discourse analysis, grammatical cohesion, song lyrics

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identify the types of grammatical cohesion and their functions based on Halliday & Hasan's theory (1976). The object of this research is the lyrics in Ariana Grande's album entitled “eternal sunshine” that consists of 13 songs. Qualitative descriptive method is applied in this research. Based on the analysis, 88 total data were found. The 53 data (60%) are conjunctions, 22 data (25%) are references, 7 data (8%) are ellipsis, and 6 data (7%) are substitutions. The functions of conjunction are to connect the cause-and-effect relationship in the text (causal conjunction), connect contrasting or opposing ideas (adversative conjunction), connect text elements by adding related statements (additive conjunction), and also as a marker of time sequence (temporal conjunction). Then, reference functions as a connector of text elements by referring to something that is part of the text to avoid repetition. The referenced part of the text can be something that has been mentioned before (anaphora) or will be mentioned later (cataphora). Then, the ellipsis type of grammatical cohesion functions as a text simplifier by eliminating words or phrases in the text that can be understood implicitly from the context. Lastly, substitution grammatical cohesion functions as a substitute for text elements that have similar functions to avoid repetition.

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