1. INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background of the Study
According
to Muriel (1976: 45), language is a key component of culture. It is the primary medium from transmitting much
of culture, making the process of language
learning in children in part a process of enculturation. Language is what people use to talk about the things thatare
important to them, for example, occurrences
in their everyday life. Language plays important role in every aspect of human being in term of communication;
therefore, there is no activity done without
language, such as communicating, conveying, or exchanging ideas one and another.
There are many languages in the
world, such as Indonesian, French, English,
and etc. Nowadays, English becomes the International language because many people all over the world use this
language to communicate with other countries.
The important role to make language better in using it is grammar.
According to Diane (2003: 18),
grammar is about word order in sentences (syntax) and word formation processes
(morphology); it is also about using the correct function words. Grammar is the set of
logical and structural rules that govern
the composition of sentences, phrases, and words in any given natural language. A formal study of grammar is
animportant part of education because learning
to speak means learning the grammar too.
English grammar is the body of
rules describing the properties of the English
language. It contains many items;one of it is noun clause. According to Suryadi and Junaida (2007: 292), noun clause
can be classified to be 4 kinds; they are:statement,
question, request, and exclamation.
In this
paper, the writer wants to identify the use of noun clauses. The writer focuses the study only in statement and
question,and explains them based on the
function of clauses. The writer choose noun clause as her paper because many people especially the students is still
confuse to identify the noun clause in the
text books. To easy in learning noun clauses in this paper, the writer uses the
object “The Jakarta Post Magazine”. The
writer wants to identify the use of noun clauses in the articles of The Jakarta Post
Magazine. Besides, the writer wants to know
how often the noun clauses are usedin The Jakarta Post Magazine.
1.2 Scope of the Study In this paper, the writer limits the study on
noun clauses inthe articles of The
Jakarta Post Magazine published on June and July 2010. This study explains the definition and classification of using
noun clauses.
1.3 Purpose of the Study The purposes of the study are: 1. To
find out and classify the kinds of noun clauses in The Jakarta Post Magazine.
2. To find out the most dominant use of noun
clauses in The Jakarta Post Magazine.
1.4 Significance of the Study The significances
of the study are: 1. To enrich knowledge of readers about noun
especially noun clauses.
2. To help readers in learning noun clauses.
3. To improve the readers’ interest in studying
grammar especially noun clauses.
4. To be a reference for the next researcher in
analyzing the grammar.
1.5 The Method of Research In writing this paper, the writer applies the
library research method. The writer
collects and reads English grammar books as her references. The writer finds out some articles from The Jakarta Post
Magazine and internet as sources of data.
Then the writer identifies and categorizes the data, noun clauses, which found in the articles. Finally, the
writercombines the noun clause based on their type in order to find out the type dominantly
used in those articles.
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