Verbal Process in The Jakarta Post

Abstract

This study deals with the types of verbal process in the headlines of The Jakarta Post. The objectives of the study were to describe the types of verbal process was used the headlines of The Jakarta Post and to find out the dominant types of verbal process used in the headlines of The Jakarta Post. The source of data was The Jakarta Post, the data were taken randomly, the researcher took the data started from in the first week of December 1 . Systematically, the data were obtained from the headlines of The Jakarta Post as the following 1 st th th th th , 5 , 8 , 13 , 15 , 8 st th th . The data were analyzed based on the types of verbal process, there were process of saying, process of quoting, and process of reporting. This research is using descriptive qualitative design. The findings show that the total number of the data is 50 types of verbal process and there are the process of quoting is (%) and process of quoting is (%). The most dominant types of verbal process which is used in the headlines of The Jakarta Post is process of reporting with (%). Process of saying wasn’t found in this study, because in the headlines of The Jakarta Post in journalism, there is no interactive directly about process of saying