An Analysis of Ambiguity in Forbes Indonesia Magazine : A Semantic Perspective

Talenta, Larasti and , Dr. Maryadi, M.A (2018) An Analysis of Ambiguity in Forbes Indonesia Magazine : A Semantic Perspective. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta.

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Abstract

This research is aimed (1) to identify the types of ambiguity found in the articles of Forbes Indonesia (2) to identify the factors affecting ambiguity and ways to disambiguate in the articles of Forbes Indonesia. The type of this research is descriptive qualitative. The data source of this research is taken from Forbes Indonesia magazine. The data of this research are the articles in Forbes Indonesia magazine. The Techniques of collecting data used are documentation and observation. There are 21 data. The data were analyzed by using Miller’s theory (2002) to identify the types of ambiguity and by using (Reed, McCaskill, Muhonen and Waldron’s theories: 2005) to identify the factors affecting ambiguity and by using (Hurford, Hovy, Schlenker, Karov and Barnard’s theories: 1990) to identify the way to disambiguate the ambiguity. The result of the research shows that (1) there are three types of ambiguity found in the articles of Forbes Indonesia magazine, there are 6 data (28,57%) of lexical, 11 data (52,38%) of phrasal, 4 data (19,05%) of sentential. The majority of ambiguity types found in the articles of Forbes Indonesia is phrasal which has 11 out of 21 (52, 38%). (2) four factors affecting ambiguity found in the articles of Forbes Indonesia magazine, there are 9 data (42,86%) of without context, 8 data (38,09%) of ambiguous word, 3 data (14,28%) of improper or missing punctuation and 1 data (4,77%) of faulty pronoun preference. The majority factors affecting ambiguity found in the articles of Forbes Indonesia is without context which has 9 out of 21 (42,86%) and three ways to disambiguate the ambiguity found in the articles of Forbes Indonesia magazine, there are 12 data (57,14%) of paraphrasing, 5 data (23,81%) of adding additional context and 4 data (19,05%) of using a picture. The most dominant of disambiguate the ambiguity found in the articles of Forbes Indonesia is paraphrasing which has 12 out of 21 (57,14%).

Item Type:	Karya ilmiah (Skripsi)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ambiguity, context, meaning, semantic, magazine
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	LARASTI TALENTA
Date Deposited:	13 Aug 2018 04:13
Last Modified:	13 Aug 2018 04:13
URI:	http://eprints.ums.ac.id/id/eprint/66026

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