AN ANALYSIS OF SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION FOUND IN
“ONE DAY” NOVEL BY DAVID NICHOLLS
A THESIS
BY
ZUFITA NILA SARI
REG.NO: 090705005
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
AN ANALYSIS OF SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION FOUND IN
“ONE DAY” NOVEL BY DAVID NICHOLLS
A THESIS
BY
ZUFITA NILA SARI
REG.NO: 090705005
Supervisor, Co-Supervisor
Dr. Hj. Deliana, M. Hum Drs. H. Chairul Husni, M. Ed. TESOL
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Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree os Sarjana Sastra in English Department
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Approved by the English Department of Faculty of Cultural Studies University
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 English Department, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan
The examination is held in English Department of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of SumateraUtara on Monday, December 23rd 2013
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim.
First of all, I want to thank and praise to Allah SWT, the Almighty God, for
blessing me in completing this thesis as one of the requirements to get a degree of
Sarjana Sastra from English Department, Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of
Sumatera Utara.
Furthermore, I would also like to thank to my Supervisors, for their guidance,
patience, valuable comments, and time in supervising and correcting all contents of
this thesis, Dr. Hj. Deliana, M.Hum, and the Co-Supervisors Drs. H. Chairul
during my period of study in faculty.
The most special thank is dedicated to my beloved father, Zulkarnaen, and
my beloved mother, Fenti Purnama Sari Lubis for their support, attention, endless
love, never ending prayer and financial support especially in completing this thesis. I
also want to thanks my youngest brother, Andri Saputra and my second youngest
I thank to my beloved friends, Annisa, Dini and Rizka. Thanks for your joke
and laugh to entertain me in order to not dizzy for completing my thesis. My special
thanks I dedicated to my best friend, Henny Mariance Lenny Siregar who always
supported me in order to completing my thesis immediately. She also always said to
me: “Kapannya selesai skripsimu? Kapan kau wisuda?” She said it many times.
The last I thank to my old friend and my best friend, Rizki Syahputra, SE
who has helped me in editing my thesis in order to seems perfect.
Finally, I would like to extent my thanks to all people that cannot be
mentioned one by one here, for their support and kind attention. Although I could
finish preparing this thesis, I realized still has many weakness. Therefore, I gratefully
welcome any constructive suggestions, advice and criticism.
Medan, 23 December 2013
The writer
ZUFITA NILA SARI
ABSTRAK
Objek dari penelitian ini adalah sebuah novel yang berjudul One day, karangan dari David Alan Nicholls. Penelitian ini dilakukan bertujuan agar pembaca lebih memahami penggunaan subordinate conjuction pada novel. Dan menarik minat pembaca bahwa novel tidak hanya menarik untuk dibaca, tetapi juga menarik untuk di analisis. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif, yaitu suatu metode dalam penelitian status kelompok manusia, suatu objek, suatu kondisi, suatu sistem pemikiran, atau pun suatu kelas peristiwa pada masa sekarang. Metode ini bertujuan membuat deskripsi, gambaran atau lukisan secara sistematis, faktual dan akurat mengenai fakta-fakta, sifat-sifat serta hubungan antara fenomena yang diselidiki. Adapun teknik pengumpulan data yang penulis gunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah mengumpulkan teori dan informasi yang berhubungan dengan subordinate conjunction dari buku, internet dan sumber-sumber lainnya. Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah seluruh kalimat dalam novel yang menggunakan subordinate conjunction sebanyak 1190 kalimat. Untuk memperoleh data, penulis menggaris bawahi setiap kalimat yang mengunakan subordinate conjunction. Pengolahan data menggunakan rumus Bungin. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian maka diperoleh hasil dari beberapa tipe subordinate conjunction, yaitu tipe time diperoleh hasil sebanyak 41,18%, place
sebanyak 6,30%, reason or cause sebanyak 10,93%, manner sebanyak 8,40%,
purpose or result sebanyak 6,21%, condition sebanyak 18,40%, concession or
contrast sebanyak 5,55% dan comparison sebanyak 3.03%. Berdasarkan hasil
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2.3.3.2 Most Frequently Used of Subordinating Conjunctions ...16
4.1.1 Time ...22
4.1.2 Place ...26
4.1.3 Reason or Cause ...32
4.1.4 Manner ...36
4.1.5 Purpose or Result ...41
4.1.6 Condition ...46
4.1.7 Concession or Contrast ...51
4.1.8 Comparison ...56
4.2 Research Findings ...59
5. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS .......63
5.1 Conclusions ...63
5.2 Suggestions ...63
