AN ANALYSIS OF CONJUNCTIONS USED IN TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS OF PRAMA SANUR BEACH HOTEL

This study is focused on the analysis of types and functions of conjunction in TripAdvisor reviews of Prama Sanur Beach Hotel. Conjunction is a link word used to connect phrases, clauses, and sentences to make a unity meaning. The theory was taken from Halliday and Hasan in their book entitled Choesion in English. The data were collected based on the theory proposed by Halliday and Hasan (1976). The collected data were analysed by descriptive method in formal and informal presentation. In finding, there were 235 data found in the data source. However, only 24 data were analyzed as the representative data. Based on the theory, there are four types of conjunction namely Additive, Adversative, Causal, and Temporal. In addition, each type of conjunctions has different functions. Additive conjunction functioned to indicate an additional information or idea, Adversative to indicate an opposition, Causal to indicate of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences which has relation of cause and effect, Temporal functioned to indicate relations in terms of time. The types and functions of conjunction found in the reviews are contribute to the unity of the text reviews under study.