A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF LEXICAL COHESION IN JOE BIDEN’S SPEECH TO UNITED STATES CONGRESS ON 28TH APRIL 2021

Abstract

The goal of this study is to determine the types and function of lexical cohesion underlying President Joe Biden's adress and figure out the significance of them as evidenced in the most prominent lexical cohesion in Joe Biden's Speech. Data collection method used documentation by; 1) Searching the speech transcripts from Joe Biden's address on the internet, specifically from reputable media organizations, 2.) Copying the manuscript to Microsoft Word from the website. The data is analyzed by the researcher in several steps; The first step for the writer is to collect and analyze all the data necessary to fulfill the requirements. Second, the writer understands the role of lexical cohesion after classifying the various forms of lexical cohesion. Then, the writers compute the total of all values entered into the table. Finally, the author completes the data/validation and finds the dominant lexical cohesion found in the text of Joe Biden's speech. The results revealed that repetition found 84 times of occurances, 35 times of Synonym and near-synonym, antonym revealed 15 times with the percentage of it 8%. Superordinate occurred 41 times, general words have 10% in percentage. 5 Collocation found in a Joe Biden’s speech. The function of cohesion is to connect one section of a text to another section of the same text. the most commonly employed lexical cohesion is repetition. The researcher suggests that for contribution in English teaching, it give the reader an idea of applying the lexical cohesion in conveying the message especially throughout the speech.