A SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF NOUN PHRASE
IN THE TEXTS OF DEVELOPING ENGLISH COMPETENCIES BOOK FOR X GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the requirement for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department
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DIANA KUSUMA SARI A320080287
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
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ABSTRACT
DIANA KUSUMA SARI. A320. 080. 287. A SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF
NOUN PHRASE IN THE TEXT OF DEVELOPING ENGLISH COMPETENCIES BOOK FOR X GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. RESEARCH PAPER. SURAKARTA: SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA. 2012.
This research deals with Noun Phrase in the genre text of Developing English Competencies book by Achmad Doddy. The aims of this research are to identify the constituent of the Noun Phrase and to describe the structural ambiguities of the Noun Phrase in the genre text.
The type of this research is descriptive qualitative. The data source of this research is the genre text book by Achmad Doddy, Developing English Competencies Book. The researcher takes 145 data of noun phrase in sentences of Developing English Competencies Book. The method of collecting data is documentation and the steps are reading, indentifying, collecting and coding the data. The method of analyzing data is comparative method. The analysis of the data is by reffering to the context of syntax by using tree diagram in the theory of phrase structure rules then presenting phrase structure rules and phrase markers.
This study shows the constituents of noun phrase in sentences used in genre text book. The constituents of noun phrase are (1) A, (2) D, (3) APP, (4) DPa, (5) DPc, and (6) PN.
x 12. PS Markers : Phrase Structure Markers
13. A/D26/DEC20 : NP that has Adjective before Noun, the number of data is 26, the page of 20.
14. D/ D1/DEC3 : NP that has Determiner, the number of data is 1, the page of 3.
15. APP/D6/DEC5 : NP that has adjective as pre modifier and PP as post modifier, the number of data is 6, the page of 5.
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(complement) as post modifier, the number of data is 10, the page of 6.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
COVER... i
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION………... 1
A. Background of the Study………. 1
B. Previous Study………. 6
C. Limitation of the Study……… 8
D. Problem Statement……… 8
E. Objective of the Study………. 9
F. Benefit of the Study……… 9
1. Theoretical Benefit………. 9
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G. Research Paper Organization……… 10
CHAPTER II: UNDERLYING THEORY………. 12
A. Syntax...………... 12
1. Notion of Syntax……… 12
2. Structure of Syntax………. 13
a. Construction……….. 14
b. Sentences……….. 14
c. Constituent……… 15
d. Transformational Syntax……….. 15
B. Phrase Category……… 16
1. Noun Phrase……… 17
a. Notion of Noun Phrase………. 17
b. Modifier of Noun Phrase……….. 19
c. Structure of Noun Phrase……….. 21
2. Verb Phrase……… . 24
3. Adjective Phrase………. 25
4. Adverb Phrase……… . 25
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD……….. 27
A. Type of the Research……… 27
B. Object of the Research………. . 27
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D. Method of Collecting Data………... . 28
E. Method of Analyzing Data………... 29
CHAPTER IV: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION………. 30
A. Data Analysis……… 30
B. Discussion of the Research Finding………. . 62
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSSION AND SUGGESTION……….. 63
A. Conclusion……… 63
B. Suggestion……… 64
BIBLIOGRAPHY……… 65
VIRTUAL REFERENCES………. 66
APPENDIX……….. 67
Appendix 1: Data Sources………. 68
Appendix 2: References………. 69
