Journal of English Language Teaching and Literature (JELITA)
Vol 1 No 1 (2020): Journal of English Language Teaching and Literature (JELITA)

How Journalists Display the Meaning

Ega Sauly Sitio (SMAN 7, Pekanbaru)
Risma Sari (Universitas Lancang Kuning, Pekanbaru)
Suci Chairunnisa (SMAS Seri Rama, Pekanbaru)
Kristina Br Gultom (SMAN 3, Pekanbaru)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Jan 2020

Abstract

This study aimed at delivering a brief explanation and discusses the types of the meaning of association based on Geoffrey Leech's theory (1974) in media studies. This study underlined some interesting finding related meanings include connotation meaning, social meaning, affective meaning, reflective meaning, and collocative meaning. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach to describe how journalists display the meaning of association in the articles in the analysis section of the website and analyze data also in the form of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. Before analyzing, the data are categorized into five categories based on the region of origin of the article, by using table. After all the data in the table are analyzed, the researcher makes a conclusion. The results of this study indicate that there are five types of associative meanings.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jelita

Publisher

Subject

Arts Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

This journal aims at covering (but not limited) the fields of: Education: Basic and Intermediate Education, Higher Education, Issues in Education, Educational Theories, Educational Psychology, Educational Philosophy, Teacher Training and Education Science, Curriculum and Materials Development, ...