LEXICAL BUNDLES ACROSS TWO TYPES OF ENGLISH NEWSPAPER EDITED BY NATIVE AND NON NATIVE SPEAKER

This study investigates lexical bundles across two types of English newspapers edited by native and non native speakers. The objectives of the study are: (1) to find out the types of lexical bundles used in Times and Jakarta Post, (2) to find out the lexical bundles realized in Times and Jakarta Post, and (3) to explain the reasons of the types of lexical bundles as in editorials of Times and Jakarta Post. The method of this study is descriptive qualitative research through documentary technique. The sources of data were taken from four editorials from each of newspaper published on January and February in 2014. The data were analyzed by using interactive technique by Miles and Huberman (1994). This research has drawn the following results. Firstly, there four types of linguistic features of lexical bundles were used in editorials of Times and Jakarta Post, namely dependent clause, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, and noun phrase. Secondly, The realized lexical bundles used in editorials of Times and Jakarta Post, namely: (1) the realized prepositional phrases, (2) the realized verb phrases, (3) the realized noun phrases, and (4) the realized dependent clause . Thirdly, the reasons of lexical bundles used in Times and Jakarta Post, they were: (1) prepositional phrases because to make the research oriented- related to the field of research and coherent the text, (2) verb phrases because to explain that expressing the writers judgment, (3) noun phrases because to procedure- research oriented- help writers to structure their activities, and (4) dependent clause because to be text oriented, situating arguments by specifying limiting conditions. Moreover, the lexical bundles in political editorials direct the readers to a scientific writing model which is mostly applied in academic communities. Therefore, it is encouraged to read editorials of Times and Jakarta Post.