Lexical Strings

Clause Things Processes

1 police nab
drug trafficker
repetition synonymy
2a police synonymy arrested
a drug dealer
synonymy

2b methamphitamine, confiscated
meronymy him ecstasy pills

referebtial item

3a Bogor police said

precinct chief

3b the suspect repetition

referential item

referential Rudi Saeful Amri

item

4a He said
synonymy repetition repetition

4b carrying out
meronymy
4c the police extension

4d the suspect methamphetamine concluded

referential item ecstacy pills
repetition

5a We his house keep an eye

hyponymy
extension

5b referential item found

co-meronymy

5c drug it
5d He said

Logico Relation

Clause

1.

2a elaboration
addition
2b

3a time-sequence
extension
3b

4a
time-sequence
4b
time-sequenced extension
4c
extension
4d
time-sequence
5a
time-sequenced
5b
extension extension
5c

5d
Staging

Clause Activity sequence Rhetoric Function Staging

1 The nab of drug To tell the reader the Orientation

trafficker by Bogor news about a drug
Police trafficker nab in Bogor
by local Police

2a,b The police arrest the drug To tell the reader that Sequence of event
trafficker and confiscated the police arrest the
some drugs like drug dealer and
methamphetamine and confiscated some drugs
ecstasy pills, and some and supporing utilities.
supporting utilities.

3a,b The Bogor Police To tell the reader who Sequence of event
precinct chief Adj. Sr. is the suspect according
Comr. Bambang Sugeng to the Police chief’s
explained the suspect explanation.
identities.

4a-d The process of the case To tell the reader that Sequence of event
investigation and police has investigated
conclusion drawn by the the suspect and drawn
police as said by conclusion about the
Bambang Sugeng. case.

5a-d Bambang Sugeng To tell the reader that Sequence of event

explained how the police the police had collected
collected supporting some proofs to arrest
proofs to arrest the the suspect.
suspect.

Based on the staging above, it can be concluded that the genre of the short news is
recount genre because activities written in the news are time-sequenced.
ANALYSIS OF LEXICAL STRINGS, LOGICO SEMANTIC, STAGING
AND GENRE ON THE SHORT NEWS IN THE JAKARTA POST
NEWSPAPER (Tuesday, April 22, 2003)

Submitted as the Fulfillment for

Final Task of Linguistic Semiotics
Lectured by:
Drs. Riyadi Santoso, M.Ed
Drs Djatmika, M.A.

Arranged by:
Ahmad Thomy Hanafie
NIM: C0300013

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS AND FINE ARTS
UNIVERAITY OF SEBELAS MARET
SURAKARTA
2004