THE COHESIVE DEVICES IN FORSCHUNG GEGEN DAS VERGESSEN: EIN NEUES WISSENSCHAFTSZENTRUM BEKÄMPFT DEMENZERKRANGKUNGEN

Abstract

This research aimed to describe (1) the forms of cohesive device, and (2) the functions of cohesive device in the text Forschung gegen das Vergessen: ein neues Wissenschaftszentrum bekämpft Demenzerkrangkungen. This research is descriptive qualitative research. The source of the research a text entitled Forschung gegen das Vergessen: ein neues Wissenschaftszentrum bekämpft Demenzerkrangkungen. The research data are language units consisting of cohesive device. The data were collected trough reading method. The data were analyzed by distributional method. The result showed that the form of cohesive device in the text are (1) conjunction (und, sowohl...als auch, bis, dass and um...zu), (2) adverb (bislang, damals, deshalb, darin, darunter, dazu, derzeit and wobei), (3) preposition (bei), (4) article (ihr, unser, der, die, das, and dies) and pronominal (er, sie, es, wir, der, die, das, wer, was, and man), (5) tense (Präsens, Präteritum, Perfekt, and Futur I), (6) modus (Indikativ dan Konjunkiv I), (7) repetition (repetition of the same word). Those form of cohesion had functions, as: (1) connector, (2) anaphoric reference, (3) cataphoric reference, (4) exophoric reference, (5) deixis, (6) time connector, (7) identification of information source, and (8) stressing.

Keywords: cohesion, German discourse, nonfiction text