Associative Meaning in Danielle Steel’s Novel “Big Girl”

Main Author: Kartini, Kartini
Format: Report NonPeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2014
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Online Access: http://repositori.uin-alauddin.ac.id/7603/1/KARTINI.pdf
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  • This research studied about associative meaning found in the novel “Big Girl” by Danielle Steel. The purpose of this thesis is to describe what is associative meaning and kinds of it In this research, the writer uses the descriptive qualitative method because the writer attempts to arrive at a rich description of words, phrases or sentences in the novel “Big Girl”. The instrument used by the writer was note taking. From this instrument, the writer read the novel and identified the data, then wrote the sentences and the last, the writer classified the data based on the theory. The result of this research, the writer found that there are five types of associative meanings and its functions. They are connotative meaning, stylistic meaning, effective meaning, and collective meaning. From all of types, the writer found that the author often use reflected meaning than other meanings.