Grammatical cohesion in narrative texts written by max sandelin in instagram feeds

Language is an apparatus for communication. Pretty much consistently human communicates with others. The capacity of language itself is to offer data, to pour the thoughts, to propose and numerous else. Language is not just in speaking, but also in writings. We can see in numerous media such as the magazine, paper, novel, short story, and in everyday discussion. This study aims to identify the types of grammatical cohesion and to determine how often grammatical cohesions occur in Max Sandelin’s Instagram feeds. The researcher limits the study to motivational and daily activities of the narrative texts by Max Sandelin. The study investigation is based on Hasan and Halliday theory of Grammatical Cohesion. This study employs a descriptive qualitative method. The data of this study were taken from narrative texts posted in Max Sandelin’s Instagram feeds in the forms of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. In this study, the researcher is the key instrument who interprets the data. The result of the analysis shows that the grammatical cohesion found in narrative texts in Max Sandelin Instagram feeds are references –such as personal references, demonstrative references, and comparative references; substitutions –such as nominal substitutions and verbal substitutions; ellipsis – nominal ellipsis, verbal ellipsis, and clausal ellipsis; and conjunctions – additive conjunctions, adversative conjunctions, causal conjunctions, and temporal conjunctions. Meanwhile, clausal substitution is not found in this narrative texts. As the results, it is revealed that 1050 references (54.31%), 659 conjunction (34,09%), 6 ellipses (0,31%), 218 substitutions (11,27%) were found in Max Sandelin Instagram feeds.