| dc.description.abstract | This thesis deals with syntax, because it concerns about the arrangement of
sentence. This thesis tries to discuss the adjective clauses that are found in short story
entitled The Office, written by Alice Munro. What will be discussed in this thesis are
the form of the adjective clauses, the relative pronoun and relative adverb used, and
also the total number of them.
The source of data used in this thesis is gained from short story The Office,
written by Alice Munro. The short story itself is taken from a book composed by
Michael Timko, entitled 38 Short Stories. The Office is chosen as the source of data
because it uses English that is simple, so that it is easier for the readers, even by the
English learners, to know what Alice Munro tells in her short story. The other reason,
this short story is considered unique, because the ending of this story is quite flat, and
not really surprising.
From this short story, any sentences that contain adjective clauses are
collected. Then, the adjective clauses are analyzed through explaining how the
adjective clauses are presented, what relative pronouns and relative adverbs are used,
what nouns are denoted by relative pronouns and relative adverbs, and also defining
what the functions of relative pronouns and relative adverbs are in the adjective
clauses. Next, the total number of relative pronoun denoting subject, object,
possession, as well as the total number of relative adverb denoting place, time, and
reason will be counted. The total number of them will be presented in the form of
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percentage. After doing all of those steps, conclusion can be drawn at the end of the
discussion.
In conducting a research, this thesis applies library research. It means that the
data and other informations are taken from books, because books are the main source
to the elaboration of theoretical framework and problems that will be analyzed. This
thesis uses descriptive analysis, and the types of data used are qualitative and
quantitative data, because the data are in the form of sentences and numbers.
Based on the results of the analysis and the discussion, there are 59 sentences
containing 76 adjective clauses found. From those adjective clauses, seven are in the
form of adjective phrases. In more detail, those 76 adjective clauses use 20 zero
relative pronouns, 31 relative pronouns denoting subject, 7 relative pronouns
denoting object, 2 relative pronouns denoting possession, 7 relative adverbs denoting
place, 1 relative adverb denoting time, and 1 relative adverb denoting reason.
Finally, the total number of the relative pronouns and the relative adverbs in
the form of percentage is defined. The adjective phrases are categorized as adjective
clauses that use relative pronouns denoting subject, while zero relative pronouns that
are used in the adjective clauses are categorized as relative pronouns denoting object.
Furthermore, from the 67 relative pronouns, there are 38 relative pronouns denoting
subject (56. 7%), 27 relative pronouns denoting object (40. 3%), and 2 relative
pronouns denoting possession (3%) found. Meanwhile, from the nine relative
adverbs, there are 7 relative adverbs denoting place (77. 8%), 1 relative adverb
denoting time (11. 1%), and 1 relative adverb denoting reason (11. 1%) found. | en_US |
