ABSTRACT
Syntactical Analysis of Sentence Patterns in Academic Writing Papers
Euis Oktasari 15111011
This research discusses the syntactical analysis of sentence pattern in academic writing papers.Indonesianlearners do not get familiar enough with sentence pattern. In learning language, studyingsentencepatterns are became important especially in academic writing, because when we write a paper it is important to make correct sentence to get the target of the massage.The ability to write in English has not reached the target as it should yet because of some factors such as lack of vocabulary, lack of knowledge of sentence patterns, and lack of practice. In order to answer the research question, the researcher used theory by Quirck and Greenbaum (1973) about sentence pattern to analyze academic writing papers. This research, used qualitative method since the analysis in the form of phrase and sentence. Based on the result, the researcher found the most pattern comes from pattern 2: S + Lv + SC , There were 23 sentences which used this pattern in academic writing papers. On the other hand, the researcher does not found pattern 5 and pattern 6 in this research.Finally, the researcher hopes that the results can help English learners to improve their understanding of sentence patterns and phrase structure rules.
Keywords: Sentence pattern, Academic writing, Writing skill, EFL.
