A SYNTACTIC STUDY OF SENTENCES USED IN LIVE FOOTBALL COMMENTARY

ABSTRACT

This research entitled “A Syntactic Study of Sentences Used in Live Football Commentary” is intended to find out the syntactic characteristics and the frequency of occurrence of syntactic characteristic of football commentary.

This research uses descriptive qualitative method because the researcher describes the data in whatever they are and the produced data are more in the form of words rather than numbers. The researcher uses the sentence delivered by football commentator as the data source of this research. The techniques used in collecting the data are recording technique, transfering technique, and noting technique. The researcher records the football matches and then she takes some notes of the sentences delivered by the football commentator and finally she transfers the data into data cards. In analysing the data, the researcher applies descriptive technique. The researcher identifies and classifies the syntactic characteristic of the collected data, and then she presents the data in the form of sentence, she then counts each of the syntactic characteristic forms and presents it in the form of table.

The result shows that the syntactic characteristics used in live football commentary are syntactic reduction, syntactic inversion, heavy noun modification, routine and formula, and tense usage. The higest frequency is the syntactic reduction. The lowest percentage is the use of routine and formula.

A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF THE IDIOMS USED IN THE JAKARTA POST SHORT STORIES

ABSTRACT

This research entitled A Semantic Analysis of the Idioms Used in The Jakarta Post Short Stories is aimed at giving the description of idioms in the Jakarta post short stories. It focuses on the kinds of idiom and the relationship between the literal meaning and the idiomatic meaning of the idiom commonly used in the Jakarta post short stories.

This research belongs to qualitative type. It does not use any statistical procedure. The writer takes idioms in the Jakarta post short stories. The process of collecting the data analysis includes data reduction, data display and conclusion. First, data reduction is done. In this stage, the data are selected. Data reduction involves the short story which contains the idiom. The second step is display. The selected data are classified. The idiom is classified into the kinds and the relationship between the literal meaning and the idiomatic meaning. Based on the display of the data, the idiom words in the Jakarta post short stories are analyzed carefully to find out the kinds of idiom and the relationship between the literal meaning and the idiomatic meaning of the idiom.

The result of the study shows that the idioms found in the Jakarta post short stories are based on the kinds and the relationship between the literal meaning and the idiomatic meaning. The kinds of idiom found are endocentric and exocentric idiom. The relationship between the literal meaning and the idiomatic meaning of the idiom can be analyzed into fully endocentric, partly endocentric and partly exocentric, and fully exocentric.

AN ANALYSIS OF FORM AND MEANING OF CONNOTATIVE EXPRESSIONS IN SEKAR LANGUAGE USED BY KOKAS SOCIETY, FAKFAK

ABSTRACT

The research is entitled “An Analysis of Form and Meaning of Connotative Expressions Used by Kokas Society, Fakfak”. The objectives of this research are: (1) finding out the form of connotative expressions used by Kokas Society and (2) finding out the kinds of meaning of connotative expressions used by Kokas Society

In this study the writer uses descriptive method to analyze and to describe the data. Based on the earlier statement, the subject of the study is the connotative expressions used by Kokas society And the object of the study is form and meaning of connotative expressions used by Kokas Society. In collecting the data, the writer uses an observation and interview to get the data about the forms and kinds of meanings of connotative expression in Sekar language Kakas society. And, to analyze it, the writer applies the three steps conducting the research; they are presenting the data, analyzing the data, and finding out the result of the research.

The writer finds several forms of connotative expressions and meanings contained of in his research. Connotative Expressions Used by Kokas Society have several forms, namely: (1) idiom, (2) parable, (3) aphorism, (4) proverb. And, the kinds of meanings of Connotative Expressions in Sekar language are people interpretation by plants, people interpretation by animal, people interpretation by daily things, people interpretation by the organ, people interpretation by nature, implicit meaning of daily conversation which always describes moral value and philosophy of life Kokas Society, Fakfak.