Analysis of the Elements of Coherence and Cohesion in the Music Album “Manusia Semi Dewa” by Iwan Fals

ABSTRACT : The theory used is the cohesion theory proposed by Haliday and Hasan, coherence proposed by Kridalaksana. The data collection method used the observation method which was equipped with note-taking techniques, the data analysis method used the AGIH method assisted by basic techniques for direct elements and advanced techniques for reinforcing techniques, and the method of presenting the results of data analysis used informal and formal methods. Informal presentations are done using ordinary words, while formal presentations use signs and symbols. The source of the data used is the text of the lyrics of the album “Manusia Setengah Dewa” by Iwan Fals with ten songs. Based on the analysis, it was found that the use of cohesion tools, both grammatical cohesion tools including reference, substitution, omission/ellipsis, and concatenation/conjunction,as well as lexical cohesion tools including word/synonym, opposite/antonym, word pairing/collocation, and equivalence. The elements of coherence in the discourse of the lyrics of the album “Manusia Setengah Dewa” by Iwan Fals include cause-effect relationships, comparative, paraphrastic, amplification, time additives (simultaneous and consecutive), non-time additive, identification, and generic-specific.
KEYWORDS: discourse, coherence, cohesion