An analysis on the use of grammatical cohesion in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist

Prestiasari, Nia Enggar (2008) An analysis on the use of grammatical cohesion in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Madiun.

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Abstract

This study discusses discourse analysis, especially cohesion. In this study,the writer has some purposes that are to describe the types of grammatical cohesion and the function of grammatical cohesion which are applied in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. The grammatical cohesions are classified into reference,substitution, ellipsis, and conjunction. Then, the grammatical cohesions may function as subject, predicate, object, complement, and modifier. The data in this study consist of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences which are taken from a novel Oliver Twist.The method of research that is used in this thesis is descriptive method. Here, after reading the novel, the writer collects the data, classifies the data and analysis them. Finally, the writer makesthe conclusion based on the result the research. Reference equivalent is applied in this studyto determine the kind of grammatical cohesion. While, theory of Tagmemics is used to determine the function of grammatical cohesion. The analysis of grammatical cohesion is divided into two. First, the writer analyzes the kinds of grammatical cohesion used in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.Grammatical cohesion is classified into reference, substitution, ellipsis, and conjunction. The second, the writer also analyzes the function of grammatical cohesion found in the novel. Grammatical cohesion may function as subject,predicate, object, complement, and modifier. Applying the research method, this study results 70 sentences of grammatical cohesion which is applied in Oliver Twist. Grammatical cohesion is classified into four kinds; they are reference, substitution, ellipsis, and conjunction. The reference consists of 16 sentences, substitution consists of 8sentences, ellipsis consists of 4 sentences, and conjunction consists of 14sentences. Besides, the analysis in this study also results the function of grammatical cohesion, they are as subject, predicate, object, complement, and modifier. The grammatical cohesion functioning as subject is reference; as predicate is substitution; as complement are reference, substitution, and ellipsis;and as modifier are reference and substitution. Then, conjunction just acts as connector.

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