Grammatical Cohesion in Student Thesis Abstract

This study discusses in depth the aspect of grammatical cohesion in the thesis abstract of students of the Indonesian Language Education study program at Semarang State University. The focus of the analysis lies in the systematics of students using grammatical cohesion to organize and relate ideas in their abstracts. This research uses a descriptive and qualitative approach. Meanwhile, the source of research data is the thesis abstract of students of the S2-Indonesian Education Study Program as many as 30 thesis abstracts. The form of data for this research is in the form of fragments of abstract texts of thesis students of the S2-Indonesian Language Education Study Program which are suspected to contain grammatical cohesion. Data collection with observation techniques and record techniques, in data analysis using normative techniques. Through a qualitative descriptive approach, this study aims to prove the existence of grammatical cohesion in the thesis abstract of students of the S2-Indonesian Language Education Study Program and analyze the variations of the tools used in the thesis abstract of the students of the S2-Indonesian Education Study Program. The results of the study showed variations in the level of mastery of grammatical cohesion among students. Some abstracts highlight a good understanding of the use of pronouns and conjunctions to form logical relationships between ideas, while others point to a lack of tendency to use less grammatical cohesion of ellipses.