Abstract:
This research deals with conjunction used in the health news of The
Jakarta Post. The objectives of this research were to categorize the
types of conjunction in the health news of The Jakarta Post and the
dominant conjunction used in the health news of The Jakarta Post. The
researcher used Martin and Rose theory. The source of the data would
be taken from the health news of The Jakarta Post. This research was
carried out by using qualitative method. There are two types of
conjunction in the health news, they are external conjunction and
internal conjunction. There are 219 conjunction found in the health
news of The Jakarta Post, they are 208 external conjunction and 11
internal conjunction.
