THE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH PRONOUNS FOUND IN THE ARTICLES OF THE JAKARTA POST NEWSPAPER A PAPER BY DINA ARPINA REG.NO. 082202025 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDIES DIPLOMA III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM MEDAN JUNE 2011 i
It has been approved by Supervisor, Dra. Masdiana Lubis, M.Hum NIP: 19490423197412 2 001 Submitted to Faculty of Culture Studies, University of Sumatera Utara in partial fulfillment of the requirements for DIPLOMA (D-III) in English Approved by Head of Diploma III English Study Program, Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A NIP: 19521126198112 1 001 Approved by the Diploma III of English Study Program Faculty of Culture Studies, University of North Sumatra As a paper for the Diploma (D-III) Examination ii
Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the D-III of Examination of the Diploma III of English Study Program, Faculty of Culture Studies, University of Sumatera Utara. The examination is held on June 15 th, 2011 Faculty of Culture Studies, University of North Sumatera Dean, Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A NIP: 19511013197603 1 001 Board of Examiner and Reader Examiners : 1. English Study Program 2. Dra. Masdiana Lubis, M.Hum 3. Dra. Persadanta Br. Karo, M.Hum iii
AUTHOR'S DECLARATION I, DINA ARPINA, declare that I am the sole author of this paper. Except where the reference is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which I have qualified for or awarded another degree. No other person s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of another degree in any tertiary education. Signed :.. Date : iv i
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ABSTRACT A working paper entitled "The Analysis of English Pronouns Found in the Articles of the Jakarta Post Newspaper" is about the use of pronouns in sentences contained in the Jakarta Post daily newspaper. The purpose of the topic selection paper this work is to know in detail about how to use various kinds of pronouns in terms of its kind. This paper works by using the methods of literary research using purposive sampling data analysis. In the discussion, this paper presents the work of an example in accordance with the topic sentence is based on a reference book on grammar and be accompanied by giving examples of the use derived from five articles from The Jakarta Post Newspaper, so it can be seen the type of pronoun is often used or become dominant in a newspaper article. From the analysis of data from five articles found that there are eight kinds of pronouns are personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, relative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, reflexive pronouns, and reciprocal pronouns. Overall, the kinds of pronouns that became dominant in five articles is personal pronouns with the percentage of 44.59%, and that are never used are interrogative pronouns, reflexive pronouns, and reciprocal pronouns with the percentage of 0%. Hopefully, this paper paper can be useful for us all. vi iv
ABSTRAK Kertas karya yang berjudul The Analysis of English Pronouns Found in The Articles of The Jakarta Post Newspaper ini membahas tentang penggunaan pronoun di dalam kalimat yang terdapat pada artikel surat kabar harian Jakarta Post. Tujuan dari pemilihan topik kertas karya ini adalah untuk mengetahui secara terperinci tentang bagaimana cara menggunakan berbagai bentuk pronoun yang dilihat dari segi jenisnya. Kertas karya ini menggunakan metode penelitian kepustakaan dengan menerapkan analisis data purposive sampling. Didalam pembahasannya, kertas karya ini memaparkan contoh-contoh kalimat sesuai dengan topiknya yang bersumber pada buku-buku acuannya yang berbasis grammar dan disertai dengan pemberian contoh-contoh penggunaannya yang bersumber dari lima artikel surat kabar The Jakarta Post, sehingga dapat diketahui jenis pronoun yang sering digunakan atau menjadi dominan di artikel surat kabar tersebut. Dari hasil analisis data dari lima surat kabar tersebut, maka diperoleh bahwa terdapat delapan jenis dari pronoun yaitu Personal Pronouns, Possessive Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Interrogative Pronouns, Relative Pronouns, Indefinite Pronouns, Reflexive Pronouns, and Reciprocal Pronoun. Secara keseluruhan, jenis pronoun yang menjadi dominan di dalam kelima artikel tersebut adalah jenis personal pronoun dengan persentase 44,59 %, dan yang tidak pernah digunakan adalah interrogative pronoun, reflexive pronoun, and reciprocal pronoun dengan persentase 0 %. Semoga Kertas Karya ini dapat bermanfaat bagi kita semua. vii v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to thank and praise to the Almighty God Allah SWT for blessing and giving me health, opportunity, and ability to accomplish this paper. Afterwards, invocations and greetings I deliver to the last Prophet Muhammad SAW who has brought us into the time of humanities. I would like to thank to Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A as the Dean of Faculty of Culture Studies, and the Head of Diploma III English Study Program, Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A who has shared her time in guiding and advising me in the process of my study. A great many thanks is dedicated to my best supervisor, Dra. Masdiana Lubis, M.Hum and my reader, Dra. Persadanta Br. Karo, M.Hum who have guided me in arranging, completing, finishing, and always be patient to resolve my problems during my finishing this paper. The most special thank is dedicated to my beloved parents, my father, Arpi Wijaya and my mother, Citra Ningsih who have given me supports, advices, cares, and always pray for me in order to get my best. To my beloved sister Dian, and my younger sister Dila. To my beloved friend Firman thanks for your motivations, advices, and cares that you have given me during my study. In this occasion, I would like thank to my best friends from English Diploma III 2008, Mira, Lina, Arie, Nur aini, Lisa, Nina, and the others friend from class A and B that could not be mentioned one by one, on the attention and support to me, thank for all of you. The late Angga, Ijal, Dodi, and Hendra viii
thank you for your kindness and attention. Finally, all my mistakes and the lack I am sorry for that. Critical and suggestion for goodness always be hoped. Medan, June 15, 2011 The writer, Dina Arpina Reg. No. 082202025 vii ix
TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR S DECLARATION... i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION... ii ABSTRACT... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... v TABLE OF CONTENTS... vii 1. INTRUDUCTION 1. Background of the Study... 1 2. Problem of the Study... 3 3. Purpose of the Study... 3 4. Scope of the Study... 3 5. Significance of the Study... 4 2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1. What s Pronoun... 5 2.2. Kinds of Pronouns... 5 2.2.1.Personal Pronouns... 5 2.2.2Interrogative Pronouns... 12 2.2.3.Relative Pronouns... 15 2.2.4.Demonstrative Pronouns... 17 2.2.5.Reflexive Pronouns... 20 2.2.6.Reciprocal Pronouns... 21 2.2.7.Indefinite Pronouns... 22 2.2.8.Possessive Pronouns... 25 3. METHODOLOGY 3.1. Research Method... 28 3.2. Data and Data Source... 28 3.3. Data Analysis Method... 28 4. THE USAGE OF ENGLISH PRONOUNS IN THE ARTICLES OF THE JAKARTA POST NEWSPAPER 4.1. The Data of the Usage of English Pronoun in the Article of the Jakarta Post Newspaper... 30 4.2. The Analysis of the Usage of Pronouns in the Articles of the Jakarta Post Newspaper... 32 4.2.1. The Kinds of Functions of Pronouns Found in the Jakarta Post Newspaper... 32 x viii
4.2.2. The Dominance Pronouns Found in the Articles of the Jakarta Post Newspaper... 44 5. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1. Conclusions... 46 5.2. Suggestions... 49 REFERENCES APPENDICES xi ix