AN ANALYSIS OF COMPOUND SENTENCES IN ARTHUR MILLER’S PLAY “DEATH OF A SALESMAN” A THESIS
BY CICIK CHAIRANI NOER REG.NO. 110721009
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2013
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AN ANALYSIS OF COMPOUND SENTENCES IN ARTHUR MILLER’S PLAY “DEATH OF A SALESMAN” A THESIS BY CICIK CHAIRANI NOER REG.NO. 110721009
SUPERVISOR
Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S. NIP. 19541117 198003 1 002
CO-SUPERVISOR
Drs. H. Chairul Husni, M.Ed. TESOL NIP. 19570803 198404 1 004
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 MEDAN 2013
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Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination.
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Secretary,
Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S. NIP. 19541117 198003 1 002
Dr. Hj. Nurlela, M. Hum. NIP. 195901419 198102 2 001
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Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of the 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 Friday, July 19, 2013. The Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara
Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, M.A. NIP. 19511013 197603 1 001
Board of Examiners Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S.
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Dr. Hj. Nurlela, M.Hum.
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Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D
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Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, M.A
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, the writer would like to thank and praise to the Almighty God, Allah SWT for blessing and giving me health, knowledge, and opportunity to finish her study as well as the completion of this thesis. During her study in Department of English Literature, Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara, she has got a lot of supports and helps from many people in completing this paper. Therefore, in this chance she would like express her gratitude to: 1. Her beloved parents, H.Muhammad Noer and Alm.Suparni Kinik Ardian for their attentions, advices, supports, materials, and spiritual contributions during her study and finishing this paper. 2. Dr.H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S. as my supervisor and Drs. H. Chairul Husni, M.Ed. TESOL as my co-supervisor, who given many valuable ideas, comment, and guidance in improving this paper. 3. Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A. the dean of Faculty of Letters, University of North Sumatera who had given me the opportunity and facilities as long as in Faculty of Letters. 4. All her beloved friends, especially Hanim, Ari, Vivi, Agung, Rahmat, Nila, Reni, and Feri, for their support and sharing the good and bad time in finishing this paper.
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Finally, the writer really realize that this paper is still far from being perfect. Therefore, she welcome any constructive critics and suggestions towards this paper.
Medan, July, 2013 The writer,
Cicik Chairani Noer Reg. No. 110721009
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ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini berjudul “An Analysis of Compound Sentences in Arthur Miller’s Play Death of a Salesman”. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pola pembentukan kalimat majemuk dalam karya drama Arhur Miller Death of a Salesman, untuk menentukan pola pembentukan kalimat majemuk mana yang paling dominan muncul dalam drama karya Arhur Miller Death of a Salesman, dan juga menjelaskan kegunaan dari kalimat majemuk tesebut. Kalimat majemuk adalah kalimat yang terdiri dari satu atau lebih dari satu kalimat yang terbentuk dari penghubung koordinat, tanda baca titik koma, dan dengan keterangan konjungtif. Dapat dikatakan juga bahwa kalimat majemuk terdiri dari dua atau lebih kalimat tunggal dalam bentuk klausa independen. Skripsi ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Dimana datanya diambil menggunakan sistem random sampling. Sumber data dari skripsi ini adalah drama karya Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman yang diambil dari Act I dan Act II (dari halaman pertama dampai halaman kesepuluh). Skripsi ini terdiri dari lima bab. Bab pertama adalah Pendahuluan yang berisikan latar belakang penelitian, masalah penelitian, tujuan penelitian, batasan penelitian, dan kebermanfaatan penelitian. Bab kedua menjelaskan tentang pengertian dari kalimat majemuk. Bab ketiga membahas tentang metode penelitian. Bab keempat adalah Analisis dan Hasil yang berisikan analisis kalimat-kalimat majemuk yang diperoleh dari karya drama Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman dan mencari jenis kalimat majemuk yang paling dominan digunakan. Dan bab terakhir mengenai kesimpulan yang terangkup dalam bab-bab sebelumnya. Dari penjelasan dan analis sebelumnya, maka dapat ditarik kesimpulan bahwa pola pembentukan kalimat majemuk yang paling dominant muncul adalah kalimat majemuk dengan konjungsi koordinat, dengan total 93 kalimat majemuk.
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ABSTRACT This thesis entitled “An Analysis of Compound Sentences in Arthur Miller’s Play Death of a Salesman”. The objective of the study are to find out forms of compound sentence in Arthur Miller’s Play Death of a Salesman, to determine the most dominant form of compound sentence in Arthur Miller’s Play Death of a Salesman and to describe the usage of compound sentence. A compound sentence is a sentence contains of one or more sentences joined into coordinate conjunction, a comma plus a joining word, punctuation of semicolon, and conjunctive adverb. It can be said that compound sentence is made in two or more simple sentences in the form of independent clauses. This thesis uses descriptive qualitative method. The data is taken from the play with purposive sampling. The data of this thesis is collected from Act I and Act II in Arthur Miller’s Play Death of a Salesman (from the first pages to tenth pages). This thesis has been divided into five chapters. The first chapter deals with introduction which consists of background of the study, problem of the study, objective of the study, scope of the study, and significance of the study. The second chapter describes about compound sentences. The third chapter explains about research methodology. The fourth chapter contains the analyzing and the result which it contains the analyzes of the compound sentences found in Arthur Miller’s Play Death of a Salesman and find the most dominant using of compound sentence. And the last chapter gives the conclusions which are taken from the previous chapter. From previous explanations and the analysis, it can drawn several conclusions that the most dominant form of compound sentence is compound sentence with coordinate conjunction with 93 compound sentences.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION……………………………………………… i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION…………………………………………… ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………... iii ABSTRAK
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ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………… vi TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………………………………… vii
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study................................................
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1.2 Problem of the Study......................................................
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1.3 Objective of the Study ..................................................
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1.4 Scope of the Study …………………………………….
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1.5 Significance of the Study ...............................................
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REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Sentence and Clause…...……………………………… 5 2.2 Compound sentence…………………………………..
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research Method ……………………………………
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3.2 Source Data ………………………………………….
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3.3 Data Collecting Method………………………………
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3.4 Data Analyzing Method………………………………
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS AND FINDING 4.1 An Analysis of Compound Sentence with Coordinate conjunction…..………….……………
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4.2 An Analysis of Compound Sentence with Punctuation of Semicolon………………………..
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4.3 An Analysis of Compound Sentence with Conjunctive Adverb………………………………
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion…………………………………………….
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5.2 Suggestion…………………………………………….
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REFERENCES …………………………………………………………..
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APPENDICES ………………………………………………………….
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