AN ANALYSIS ON ENGLISH OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT
A THESIS
BY
T WIDI GUNAWAN
REG NO: 100721004
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
AN ANALYSIS ON ENGLISH OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT
A THESIS
BY
T WIDI GUNAWAN
REG. NO. 100721004
SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR
Dr.H.Muhizar Muchtar,MS Rahmadsyah Rangkuti.MA.Ph.D
Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies Univesrsity of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination.
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Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of
Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of
Sumatera Utara, Medan.
The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of
Sumatera Utara on Saturday 27 July 2013
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Dra. Hj. Nurlela, M.Hum ………..
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to bestow my highest gratitude to ALLAH SWT, the supreme
ruler of the universe and all life, for the countless blessing and divine guidance on my life, and
also to Prophet Muhammad SAW, the true leader and role model of all Muslims forever.
My Particular gratitude is dedicated to the Dean of the Faculty, Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A,
Dr.H.Muhizar Muchtar, MS, The Head of Department of English and he is very helpful lecturer,
kindness and the best for me ever and Dra. Hj. Nurlela M.Hum the Secretary of English
Department for the support. I also intend to all lecturers of English Department for giving me
great contribution of knowledge.
I would like also to express my gratitude and honor to my supervisor, Dr.H.Muhizar
Muchtar,MS and Rahmadsyah Rangkuti,MA.Ph.D for their instruction and support in making of
this thesis. I would like to thank them for giving time and effort and knowledge that enabled me
to complete this thesis.
I would like to express my deepest gratitude and love to my parents: my father and my
mother, I want them to know that I really love them both and really make them proud of me,
because your pray, support, and care I can stand on my own feet. And thank you for my big sister
kak icut for your big support me to finish this thesis. My brother Dedy, thank you to my big
family that always is giving me advice and support in life. One person that I want to say thank
you to my mother in Law Khodijah that also support me to finish this thesis.
Special thank for my beloved wife that always supports and besides me while I am in
critical situation. She is my inspiration, her spirit make me still strong and survive, without her I
am nothing. My daughter also my spirit and my life, with his smile I still have a dream for the
future.
And then to all of my friends and acquitances. Biggest and warmest thank you for friend
Andre, there are so many input you are given me regarding this thesis, I really appreciated it.
Also say thank you to Jaka, Syafi’i, Erliani Sebayang, Bang Amran, Agus, Reza, Bang Diki and
Without the companionship and support from the entire subject here, this thesis would be
nothing more than miserable scraps of paper with nothing but ‘analysis’ written on it. I would
like to say my last word “If you are serious and focus you would be succeed”. Thank you.
Medan, July ,2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.1Background of the Study………...71.2Problem of the Study………...8
1.3Objective of the Study………8
1.4Scope of the Study……….. ………...8
1.5Significance of the Study………...….9
2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
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103. METHOD OF RESEARCH
3.1. Research Design………...163.2. Data Collection………...16
4. AN ANALYSIS ON ENGLISH OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT
4.1. Form of Objective Complement……….174.1.1. Noun, Noun Phrase, and Noun Clause………...….17
4.1.2. Adjective………...18
4.1.3. Present participle………...18
4.1.5. Possessive………...….20
4.1.6. Prepositional Phrase………...….21
4.2. Verb Followed By Objective Complement………...…. 4.2. Verb Followed By Objective Complement………...….21
4.2.1. Verbs having a noun, noun phrase, and a noun clause…21 4.2.1.1. Verbs Having a Noun………..….21
4.2.1.2. Verbs Having a Noun Phrase………...22
4.2.1.3. Verbs Having a Noun Clause………...23
4.2.2. Verbs having an adjective………...24
4.2.3. Verbs having an infinitive with ‘to’……….…...25
4.2.3.1. (Pro) Noun + an Infinitive………25
4.2.3.2. (Pro) Noun + an Infinitive + (Pro) Noun...…...25
4.2.3.3. (Pro) Noun + an Infinitive + Adverbial Phrase.25 4.2.3.4. As Modifier………..26
4.2.4 Verbs Having a Bare Infinitive………27
4.2.5 Verbs having a Prepositional Phrase as Qualifier………27
4.2.5.1. Prepositional Phrase Beginning with ‘of’……28
4.2.5.2. Prepositional Phrases Beginning with ‘with’..31
4.2.5.3. Prepositional Phrases Beginning with ‘in’…..32
4.2.5.4. Prepositional Phrases Beginning with ‘by’….32 4.2.6 Certain Verbs followed by the Objective Complement..33
5. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1. Conclusion………375.2. Suggestion………37
ABSTRAK
Dalam tesis ini, penulis membahas beberapa aspek komplemen objek dalam bahasa Inggris. Ada banyak aspek yang dipelajari dari topik ini. Dalam penelitian ini, penulis membahas kata kerja yang dapat diikuti oleh komplemen objek, seperti frase nomina, adjektiva atau kata sifat frase, present participle, sebuah infinitive dengan 'to', suatu bare infinitive, dan frase preposisional.
Masing-masing divisi komplemen objek tersebut di atas diklasifikasikan menjadi beberapa poin, seperti: pengubah noun, objek pronoun, possessive noun sebagai kualifikasi, kata ganti posesif, kata keterangan preposisi sebagai kualifikasi, seperti memodifikasi objek, konstruksi absolut, pro (noun) + sebuah infinitive, pro (noun) + sebuah + infinitif pro (noun), pro (noun) + frase adverbial, sebagai pengubah, preposisional frase diawali dengan dari, frase preposisional yang diawali dengan 'in', dan frase preposisional yang diawali dengan 'by '.
Setelah mengamati masalah yang selalu terjadi dalam mempelajari bahasa Inggris, penulis menemukan bahwa komplemen objek merupakan topik yang menarik untuk dibahas karena akan melibatkan berbagai aspek sintaksis.
ABSTRACT
In this thesis, the writer discusses several aspects of the objective complement in English. There are many aspects studied from this topic. In this study, he discusses verbs that may be followed by objective complement, such as noun phrase, adjective or adjective phrase, a present participle, an infinitive with ‘to’, a bare infinitive, and a prepositional phrase.
Each division of the objective complement mentioned above is classified into several points, such as: noun modifier, object pronoun, possessive nouns as qualifier, possessive pronouns, prepositional adverbs as qualifier, as modifying object, absolute construction, pro (noun) + an infinitive, pro (noun) + an infinitive + pro (noun), pro (noun) + adverbial phrase, as modifier, prepositional phrase beginning with of, prepositional phrase beginning with ‘in’, and prepositional phrase beginning with ‘by’.
After observing the problem that always happens in learning English, he finds that objective complement is an exciting topic to discuss because it will involve various syntactic aspects. Based on the case above, he finally choose the topic to be the title of this thesis
