Cohesive Devices in Student’s Writing (A Discourse Analysis on Argumentative Text)
Abstract
This research aims to analyse a piece of argumentative writing produced by fifth semester of Darussunnah students in a term of cohesion issues of discourse analysis. The cohesive devices are viewed as a structure of analysis to investigate the grammatical and lexical cohesion in writing. Qualitative and quantitative (mixed method) were applied in analysing the data. The result showed that students have performed the cohesive devices. However, students need to improve the use of cohesive device, especially in grammatical cohesion to result higher level of cohesion.
Fields of Study & Subjects
English Language Learning and Teaching
Linguistics and Language Analysis
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- jurnal pendidikan humaniora
- Publisher
- State University of Malang (UM)
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Publication date
- 11 April 2026
- Language
- EN