AN ANALYSIS OF PHRASAL VERBS USED IN REFORM MAGAZINE AT UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

Main Author: ANAKOTTA, RAISA
Format: Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2013
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Online Access: http://eprints.umm.ac.id/27358/1/jiptummpp-gdl-raisaanako-32012-1-introduc-n.pdf
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Daftar Isi:
  • Phrasal verb is a verb combination consists of a verb and particle(s). It is used to avoid repetition and to make vary in writing and to sound like native in speaking. Phrasal verbs are commonly used in writing and speaking by the English speaking people. In contrast, ESL learners still get difficulty in using phrasal verbs both in writing and speaking. They tend to use a single word verb rather than phrasal verb because they often misunderstand the meaning of it. Therefore, to avoid the misunderstanding in the use of phrasal verbs, it is important to understand about phrasal verbs. That is why the researcher is interested in analyzing about phrasal verbs. In this study, the researcher tried to investigate what the phrasal verbs are used in Reform Magazines and what the types of phrasal verbs are used in Reform Magazines at University of Muhammadiyah Malang. This study used quantitative descriptive research design to collect and analyze the data. Descriptive design was used to describe the data in the form of words, while quantitative was used to measure the total phrasal verbs and the types of phrasal verbs used in Reform Magazines. The objects of this study were any sentences which contained phrasal verbs in Reform Magazine on the last ten editions that were published in 2007 up to 2012. The analysis was on the phrasal verbs and the types of phrasal verbs found in Reform Magazine. Meanwhile, the instrument that was applied was document. The documents which were analyzed were Reform Magazines. After analyzing the data, the researcher found that there were around 282 phrasal verbs used in Reform Magazines. The phrasal verbs that were found in Reform Magazines have three types of particles. Those were adverbs, prepositions, and adverb plus preposition. The most particle that was often used in reform magazines was prepositional particles. On the other hand, the researcher also found that there were three types of phrasal verbs used in Reform Magazines. Those were transitive phrasal verbs which consisted of separable phrasal verbs (35.23%) and inseparable phrasal verbs (24.83%), intransitive phrasal verbs (26.85%), and phrasal verbs that could be either transitive or intransitive (13.09%). Furthermore, the most dominant type of phrasal verbs that was used in reform Magazines was transitive with separable phrasal verbs (35.23%).