Transitivity of English Verbs in
Reader’s Digest
Magazine
Dewa Ayu Made Gandariani
1201305026
English Department
Faculty of Arts
Udayana University
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With grateful heart, I would like to express my gratitude to the Almighty
God, Ida Sang HyangWidhiWasa, for His blessing that enables me to complete
this undergraduate thesis entitled “Transitivity of English Verbs in Reader’s
Digest Magazine”.
This thesis will not be completed without the guidance and help of many
people, to whom therefore, should go my gratitude and sincere thanks. First of all,
my sincere thanks go to Drs. I NyomanUdayana, M.Litt., Ph.D., as my first
supervisor, for the patient guidance and advice during the process of writing this
undergraduate thesis. My sincere thanks also go to my second supervisor, Prof.
Dr. KetutArtawa, M.A., for hisadvice giving to me to make this writing all
possible. My gratitude goes to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts Udayana
University, Prof. Dr. NL SutjiatiBeratha, M.A.who has made the completion of
this study possible. My great appreciation and thanks also go to my academic
supervisor, Yana Qomariana, S.S., M.Ling, for all her advice and guidance during
my years of study at the English Department, Faculty of Arts,Udayana University.
My sincere thanks also go to all the teaching staff of the English Department,
Facultyof Arts, Udayana University.
My special gratefulness goes to my beloved parents and sister. I am really
thankful for all the love they are giving to me. My thanks also go to my friends;
Dita, Intan, Dayu and Oming, thanks for staying beside me, walking together with
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everlasting friends; Koming, Novi Sujantari and Noviyanti, thanks for the great
supports, love and spirit. Although we have our own path and own way to reach
our precious dreams, we are still together. Thanks for helping me and staying
beside me in every condition. To all my friends that I have mentioned, I do hope
in the futurewe can still continue this precious friendship.
I realize that this undergraduate thesis is beyond perfect, therefore,
constructive critics, suggestions and new ideas will be much welcome for its
improvement. I hope that this undergraduate thesis be valuable and helpful for the
students’ education development in this institution and for those who are
interested in writing about transitivity.
Denpasar, June 2016
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1.5.4. Method and Technique of Presenting the Analysis ... 7
CHAPTER II. REVIEW OF LITERATURES, CONCEPTS, AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ... 8
2.1. Literatures review...….………... 8
2.2. Concepts………..………... 12
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2.2.2. Concept of Transitivity………..………... 14
2.3.Theoretical Framework………... 15
2.3.1. Verbs and Its Classification Proposed by Givon (1984)………..………... 15
2.3.2. Transitivity Theory Proposed by Hopper and Thomson (1980)…………..………... 16 2.3.3. Transitivity Index………..……… 21 2.3.4. Middle Situation Types Proposed by Suzanne Kemmer (1993)... 22
3.2.2. Transitivity of Process Verbs ……… 39
3.2.3. Transitivity of Action Verbs ………. 44
3.2.4. Transitivity of Middle Verbs………. 53
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CHAPTER IV. CONCLUSION ………. 62
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