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ANALYSIS COHESION AND DEIXIS IN JAKARTA POST'S ARTICLE
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS TASK
FIRST TASK
1. Definition of discourse study according to David Nunan
- Discourse study is a study which is learn about the contextual meaning of the word or text. the meaning is widely depend on the factors that support the meaning.
Global Warming (GW) is one of
today's most popular issues and the United Nations Framework Conference on
Climate Change held in Bali last year was an example of how seriously the
matter is being taken.
GW has many impacts, including
on sovereignty, especially when it causes
sea-levels to encroach on small islands, maritime jurisdictions and
international maritime boundaries.
Indonesia is an archipelagic
state with more than 17,000 islands. According to Presidential Regulation no.
78/2005, of those islands 92 are
considered small. These small
islands include several outlying islands that offer Indonesia strategic value.
These outlying islands are used as reference points for defining
various maritime jurisdictions, including territorial seas, contiguous zones,
exclusive economic zones and continental shelves.
The islands also serve to
demarcate maritime boundaries shared with ten
neighboring states: India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam,
Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Australia and Timor Leste.
The UN revealed that during the
20th century, global temperatures increased by up to 0.740 degrees Celsius. If
carbon dioxide concentrations reach 550 parts per million, temperatures will
likely increase on average by 2-4.50 Celsius, resulting in an average global
temperature of 30 Celsius.
Also to consider are the effects
of the melting polar ice caps which, during the 20th Century, led to a 17 cm
rise in sea-levels. It has been
predicted sea-levels will rise in the range of 28-58 cm throughout the 21st
century (UN, 2007).
One of the impacts of this is
the submergence of small islands or low-land areas. Low-lying South Pacific
nations, such as Kiribati and Vanuatu, for example, are sinking beneath the
waves.
While this may seem disastrous,
Indonesia is predicted to lose around 2,000 islands by 2030 due to GW. This prediction has been affirmed by
Prof. Indroyono Susilo of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (Kompas.com, Feb. 27, 2008) and the head of
Yogyakarta Bureau of Meteorology and Geophysics (MBG) (Antara, May 23, 2007).
Murjaya stated sea levels could
increase by up to 29 cm before 2030. At least 2,000 islands in Indonesia are
less then 29 cm in height.
Even though the number of endangered islands cannot be easily
estimated, the potential of their loss is obvious.
The submergence of small
outlying islands will result in lost reference points, thus influencing the
status and extent of Indonesia's maritime area. This, therefore, is a serious
issue that could threaten sovereignty and sovereign rights.
Although we should be aware of GW and its effects, certain areas
must be defined to avoid misunderstanding. For example, an island must be
universally defined according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of
the Sea article 121, which states that an island is naturally formed,
surrounded by water, and above sea level during high tide.
The last criterion, which
depends on sea tide observations, concerns geodesy and hydrography. Without precise data on sea tides and island
heights in Indonesia, we cannot determine the numbers of islands sinking due to
GW. It is even difficult to discern which objects are islands and which are
not.
So what does GW have to do with
international maritime borders? Changes in sea-levels can alter coast-lines and
the maritime boundaries they define.
As an archipelagic nation,
Indonesia is threatened by GW and authorities need to take preventative action
to protect its borders.
The question is: how can we
fight GW? Can this global phenomenon be influenced on an individual level?
While cutting down on energy-use seems the most obvious solution,
this measure lies not in the power of ordinary people, but in the hands of those few in positions of power in our
society.
However, the small things we can do will still have an impact.
Taufik Ismail wrote that we might not be able to be banyan trees, but we could
be bushes around a lake. We can also be grass, which may neither be strong or
tall, but still serves to strengthen river banks.
What small thing have you done to fight GW today?
COHESSION ANALYSIS:
1. Substitution:
a. GW has many impacts, including on
sovereignty, especially when it causes
sea-levels to encroach on small islands, maritime jurisdictions and
international maritime boundaries.
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The word “It” on the sentence replace the word
“Global Warming.”
b. The
islands also serve to demarcate maritime boundaries shared with ten neighboring states: India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore,
Vietnam, Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Australia and Timor Leste.
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The phrase “Ten neighboring states” replace the
countries such as India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines,
Palau, Papua New Guinea, Australia and Timor Leste.
c. Indonesia
is predicted to lose around 2,000
islands by 2030 due to GW. This prediction
has been affirmed by Prof. Indroyono Susilo of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (Kompas.com,
Feb. 27, 2008) and the head of Yogyakarta Bureau of Meteorology and Geophysics
(MBG) (Antara, May 23, 2007).
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So from the sentence above, we know that “This
Prediction” replace the bold sentence before.
2. Ellipsis
a. Those islands 92 are considered small. These small islands include several
outlying islands that offer Indonesia strategic value.
3. Reference
a.
This prediction has been affirmed by Prof. Indroyono Susilo of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and
Fisheries (Kompas.com, Feb. 27, 2008) and the head of Yogyakarta
Bureau of Meteorology and Geophysics (MBG) (Antara, May 23, 2007).
4. Conjucntion
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Prof. Indroyono Susilo of the Ministry of Marine
Affairs and Fisheries (Kompas.com,
Feb. 27, 2008) and the head of Yogyakarta Bureau of Meteorology and Geophysics
(MBG) (Antara, May 23, 2007).
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Even though
the number of endangered islands cannot be easily estimated, the potential of
their loss is obvious.
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this measure lies not in the power of ordinary people, but in the hands of those few in
positions of power in our society.
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Although we
should be aware of GW and its effects, certain areas must be defined to avoid
misunderstanding.
Deixis analysis
1. Personal
deixis
a. How can we fight GW? Can this global phenomenon be influenced on an
individual level?
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The sentence asked about the way to fight GW, but implicitly
it has meaning to give warning for us about the impact of GW. The word we means
all of human being in the world, including of the readers.
b. What
small thing have you done to fight
GW today?
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The sentence above actually to ask about
something that we should do to fight the GW, but the other meaning to persuade
us to make change in our habit to againt the GW.
2. Discourse
deixis
a. The
article actually tell to us about the development of global warming in the world,
the effect, and the danger to human life. So with this aryicle writer aims to
persuade reader to correct theirself, about what should the thing that we do to
reduce the effect of global warming.
