CHAPTER INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of The Study
For every human,
language is one important things to communicate to each other. Because language is one media to make
one relationship and know the other
people by the communication. In the communication process we deliver a message that consist of information to people.
Chierchia (1990:11) states that language
carry meaning unable us to use them
express message, to convey information
to another.
Language show the expresses of
someone but not all the people can show it from the oral language. Because of it language
can appear in written language. By written
language more and more expression can be show in sense of writing.
There
are many language in the world. One of that is English as international language. English is the one of
international language because of almost
the people in the world know English as a second language after their mother language.
English have rules to make
communication better in usage. Better in oral and writing. We can say the rules as the
grammar. Grammar is the rules in the English.
Gerund is one of part in grammar.
The writer takes Gerund as a paper in Jakarta Post Newspaper.
Because I want to know how often the
Gerund are used in Jakarta Post Newspaper. I prefer Jakarta Post Newspaper because it is one of
Indonesia newspaper which is use English
language.
Gerund is verb + ing which
functional as a noun. Gerund is also find in written. For example, letter, poem, magazine,
newspaper, etc. The writer’s object is
the gerund on newspaper, Jakarta Post newspaper. This paper, i want to analyze what the meaning of gerund and what function
of gerund position in the Jakarta Post Newspaper.
1.2 Scope of the Study This study describes one
kind of grammar and it is gerund. To make it easy understanding, I want to
limits the study the function of gerund in Jakarta Post Newspaper.
1.3 Purpose of the Study 1. To
find out and classify the function of gerunds in the articles of Jakarta Post Newspaper.
2. To find out the most dominant the function of
gerund in the articles of Jakarta Post
Newspaper.
1.4 Significance of the Study 1. To enrich knowledge about gerunds 2. To help the readers understanding about
gerunds 3. To know what the dominant of
gerunds in Jakarta Post Newspaper used.
1.5 The Method of Research In this paper the
writer uses library research as the method of research. The writer collects some books of grammar as the
writer references. And the writer also
collects some articles from Jakarta Post Newspaper as the object of data.
Finally, the writer wants to show
the dominant the function of gerund that used in Jakarta Post Newspaper.
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