GRAMMATICAL METAPHOR IN ENGLISH
BUSINESS REPORT
A Thesis
By:
P U R N A W A N
Registration number: 08218810036Submitted to the English Applied Linguistics Study Program in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Magister Humaniora
English Applied Linguistics Study Program
Postgraduate School
State University of Medan
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This thesis has been written as one of the requirements in obtaining the
Master of Humaniora degree, in English Applied Linguistics Study Program, Postgraduate school, State University of Medan.
First and foremost the writer’s greatest and highest gratitude is to Allah SWT, who because of His blessings, the prime health, luck, and guidance that has been poured to him, especially in the process of completing this thesis.
The writer admits that she has indeed faced some difficulties in completing this thesis. For this reason, he wishes to express his hearties gratitude to Prof. Amrin saragih, M.A, PhD, his first adviser, and Prof. Dr. Lince Sihombing,
M.Pd, his second adviser, a very sincere appreciation for their excellent
supervision in the overall content of the thesis, corrections, comments, and sharp criticism, that have awoken his mind to present the best of everything.
His special thanks also go to Prof. Dr. D.P. Tampubolon, Ph.D, Dr. T. Thyrhaya Zein, M.A, and Dr.Didik Santoso, M.P.d, for their correction and
suggestions should be included in this thesis.
Special thanks are extended to Prof. Dr. Busmin Gurning, M.Pd. and Dr. Anni Holila Pulungan, M.Hum. as Head and Secretary of the English Applied
Linguistics Study Program, and to all lecturers for the valuable knowledge that has been passed on him.
In the process of undertaking this graduate study, the writer wishes to express his deepest love and gratitude to his beloved mother, Alm. Poni, wife, Neneng Chairunnisyah, for the care, support, prayers, and many others that have been
given to him.
His very special thankfulness is directed to The Chief of Hajjah Rahmah Nasution foundation, Alm. H. Abdul Manan Muis, for his support, attention and prayers. He would like to take this opportunity to thank to the headmasters, teachers, and all friends for their positive support and contributions for the improvement of his knowledge in English.
Finally, the writer realizes that this thesis considered could possibly be far from being perfect. Therefore, for its improvement, all constructive critics are warmly appreciated.
May Allah Bless Us!
Medan, March, 2012 The writer,
i ABSTRACT
Purnawan. Registration number 08218810036. Grammatical Metaphor in English Business Report. A Thesis. English Applied Linguistics Study Program, Postgraduate School, State University of Medan, 2012
CHAPTER V
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1 Conclusions
With reference to the research finding conclusions are drawn as the following. (1).Grammatical metaphor coded in process form started from relocating process to thing and relocating thing to possessor. It means that grammatical metaphor condenses a clause complex into a simple single clause in which things are relocated as possessor and process are relocated as thing by burring material and other types of processes in nominalization and provide relation process to indicate relations between or among thing.
(2).Grammatical metaphor is coded in business report by reducing complexity of grammar into simplicity of clause structure and also because of the limitation of column or space that is available. However, the process of turning process into thing and thing to process increases the number of lexical density. In other words whereas grammatical metaphor reduces grammatical complexity, it increases lexical density.
5.2. Suggestions
In relation to the conclusions above, suggestions are staged as the following.
functional linguistics. Then the students can apply this system in comprehending the messages in texts and their scientific writings.
(2).a. It is suggested that other researchers do further research on grammatical metaphor to other phenomena or other media to see the contras and the comparison of grammatical metaphor between the phenomena.
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