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Understanding transitivity: reading English simple sentence against the backdrop of Javanese / Evi Datur Rofiah

Abstrak
ABSTRACT Rofiah Evi Datur. 2009. Understanding Transitivity Reading Simple Sentence Against the Backdrop of Javanese.. Thesis. English Department Faculty of Letters State University of Malang. Advisor Drs. A. Effendi Kadarisman M.A. Ph.D. Key words transitivity simple sentence syntax word order.. A simple sentence is the most basic type of sentence possessed by any language in the world. Frequently we need deeper understanding to be able to comprehend the hidden constructions of a simple sentence despite the fact that it may have simple structure as reflected on its name. A sentence including simple sentence can be analyzed in many ways one of them is analyzing it syntactically. Syntactical analysis in this thesis covers two types of analysis they are analysis in terms of transitivity and in terms of word order. Transitivity analyzes the degree in which an object in a sentence relates to its verb. In other words through transitivity a sentence can be determined in terms of degree in which it can be changed from active into passive and vice versa. And analysis in terms of word order tries to reveal how words in English and Javanese simple sentences are arranged to make good sentences. The study is a result of documentary analysis supported by the investigation of related theories. The data are compiled from English magazine Reader s Digest published during February-April 2009. It is conducted to be able to understand the similarities and differences between simple sentences in English and Javanese. The study finds that there are similarities and differences between simple sentences in English and Javanese. (1) In terms of transitivity it is known that both English and Javanese simple sentences have the property of transitivity. However mostly English verbs have higher degree of transitivity since the verbs almost always need objects to make a complete sentence. On the other hand Javanese verbs have lower degree of transitivity as the verbs can be used transitively and intransitively. It is also found that both English and Javanese have untrue or pseudo active sentences 8213 active sentences that seem to have a passive form but actually they can not be changed into passive. (2) In terms of word order it is found that subjects in English simple sentences are mostly placed at the beginning of the sentences. On the other hand in Javanese the position of the subject is more varied than that in English. And also the position of an adverb (in this case adverb of time and adverb of manner) can be at the beginning of the sentence or precedes the subject after the subject before the verb after the verb before the object. Based on the findings it is suggested that future researchers conduct a syntactic study of Javanese focusing on other aspects of syntactic structures such as noun phrase verb phrase compound and complex sentence.

Informasi Detail

DDC

Rs 428.407 ROF u

Prodi

Universitas Negeri Malang. Program Studi Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris, 2009.

Deskripsi Fisik

ix, 52 lembar : il. : tab. ; 30 cm.

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No Reg

02741/KI/09

Edisi

Skripsi (Sarjana)--Universitas Negeri Malang. 2009

Subjek

1. BAHASA INGGRIS - MEMBACA
2. BAHASA INGGRIS - KALIMAT

Pembimbing

1. A. EFFENDI KADARISMAN

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