DEMONSTRATIVE REFERENCE ANALYSIS IN THE JAKARTA POST HEALTH NEWS

Demonstrative reference is required to conduct a well-written text. Because it performs a specific function, such as referring to items in the text or signal specificity, etc., it must be clear to avoid misinterpretation of the news and make it understandable to the readers. As a result, the purpose of this qualitative study was to look into the occurrence, function, and specific pattern of demonstrative references in the Jakarta Post health news October 2020 edition. Halliday and Hasan's theory of cohesive devices was used to conduct the study. There were XXX demonstrative references found in the 10 news of health topic October 2020 edition as the object of the study. The most demonstrative reference was used by news xxx, which had 368 items, while the least was used by news xxx, which only had 2 items. The specific pattern found in the news by using the types and functions of demonstrative reference is that the news conveys cautions, preventions, suggestions, expectations, and hopes for the reader to understand the current situation conveyed by the news and build a better world after the chaos brought by the virus.


A. Introduction
Language is a tool as well as a bridge to build up a conversation among people on a daily basis. Gee (2001:1-2) claims that language is more than just communicating or exchanging information because he considers language to be much more functional than simply giving and receiving information.
Language, he believes, is a fundamental human instrument that serves as a shield to the context of social interactions and human associations within cultures, societies, and organizations.
Furthermore, there are two types of languages that can be used as a medium in the communication process: spoken and written languages. According to Akinnaso in Alsaawi (2019:195), spoken language differs from written language due to different mechanisms of acquisition. The statement implies that there are distinctions between spoken and written language acquisition processes.
Spoken language in which the language conveyed by the conventional sound system is obtained naturally (Nordquist, 2019). As a result, it is a natural phase that helps accelerated its acquisition. It can be seen in children who are able to speak spontaneously without having explicit instructions from the elderly.
Meanwhile, Nordquist (2019) until they are understandable to the readers. The staged process of prewriting, writing, revising, editing, and publishing is significant because it results in the final piece of writing, a product, which is a text.
The term text, as used above, refers to any length passage, whether spoken or written, that forms a unified whole (Halliday & Hasan 1976:1 Therefore, the study aimed at identifying the types and function of demonstrative reference used within the news and its function as well as describing certain patterns proposed by the news.
The method used within the analysis is qualitative method that applying content analysis because the object of the study is newspaper. It is specifically health news that has health tag at the top of it and discuss COVID-19 in general. The object was taken randomly according to the date of the news published.

B. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
Demonstrative reference belongs to cohesive devices, specifically it is part of

(News 3)
The preceding paragraph contains a total of eight lines. With the addition of 5 lines, the total number of the items found

Function
Demonstrative reference found in the news delivered specific functions according to the items found in the news. Although the appears to be an unimportant article, it is actually necessary to use it within a passage, particularly news, because it serves to specify and identify which pandemic or hairdresser, etc., that was previously mentioned. Take a look at the following data from News 3: Since the beginning of a global pandemic… If the article is changed from the to a to, it will undoubtedly differentiate the specification of which global pandemic the author is referring to. The beginning of a global pandemic could be interpreted as the onset of any pandemic that humans face over time. It could be Ebola, Cholera, or another disease. As a result, the use of the specifies and identifies which pandemic was mentioned previously in the passage.

Specific pattern
This section of the study examined specific patterns using the types and functions of cohesive devices discovered.
The data for analyzing this data is taken randomly from the first to the last news.

News 1
The title of news 1 is HIV treatment has no benefit for hospitalized  patients: Study. The drug or medicine that can be used to treat coronavirus disease is discussed in the news. Unfortunately, the  To limit the spread of the Covid-19, it is critical to wash both of your hands on a regular basis, use hand sanitizer, and clean the items you carry.

News 6
The title of news 6 is Hospitalized patients can have ongoing symptoms for months: Study. The news discusses the symptoms that threatened more than half of the hospitalized Covid-19 patients two to three months after the initial infection. The information about the symptoms experienced by people who were hospitalized after being infected with Covid-19 may warn the reader to protect themselves and their families from the virus. By understanding the news, it will improve the readers' knowledge.

News 7
The title of news 7 is New tool predicts risk of COVID hospitalization, death. The news discusses the discovery of a new tool to assess the risk of hospitalization and death among people who, for the most part, did not have Covid-19 and were intended to be shielded. …describing the study as "a very striking result." Although the tool must be updated on a regular basis, it still provides hope and expectation in the age of the novel coronavirus in order to avoid the mess and chaos caused by the pandemic.

News 8
The the guidelines and protocols will help reduce the number of cases and limit the spread of the disease.

News 9
The title of news 9 is Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response among old as well as young adults.