The Analysis of Lexical Density and Readability on Joe Biden's Update Toward Ukraine-Russia Conflict

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the use of lexical density and readability of Joe Biden update Ukraine-Russia conflict. This study uses a qualitative research method design. The object of this research is transcript of Joe Biden's speech. Get Joe Biden's speech on the Ukraine-Russia conflict from CNBC's official YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPrq5GjnFcQ&feature=shares. This study uses the theory of Halliday (1985). This research found there were 401 said content. After being calculated using Ure theory (1971), this text has a lexical density of 33.93% and is included in high lexical density category. Then there are 70 sentences, 1.182 words, 2.526 syllables and the readability result is 9,503 which means it is very difficult.