CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of Study Clause is
an important part of sentence because sentence is combined from some clauses. Therefore, understanding the
ways to combine clauses into sentence will
be very helpful to write interesting and lively sentences. It means that
combining incorrect clauses can make the
message of sentence unclear. Moreover, the ability of someone in getting the message of sentences in
reading a passage will depend on his understanding
to differ the functions of clauses in sentence. So, it is very important to understand clause because it is the
ultimate element that makes it possible for anyone to write, read, or speak in English
clearly and effectively.
The most natural of sentence structure is
called clause or simple sentence.
Goran (1976:58) states that a clause is having
typically a subject and predicate and possibly
complement to these segments. A period such as "sit down!" would also
consist of a clause although no segment
which could be called a subject is present.
While, Langan (2003:100) states that clause is
a group of word that has a subject and a
verb and must express a complete thought. By analyzing these two definitions,
it can be concluded that; a. A
clause must have a subject b. A clause
must have a verb c. A clause must have a
complete thought (it has meaning) McClelland and Marcotte (2003:232) state that
there are two types of clause, namely
independent clause and dependent clause. An independent clause is complete in itself, whereas dependent clause is necessarily
related to an independent clause and
dependent clause always started by a conjunction Downing (1995:11). This means that dependent clause already has a
clear meaning and it does not give any question.
On the other hand, dependent clause does not have a clear meaning. That makes people submit a question to get more
information. Compare these two clauses; a. Ronaldo failed to convert the penalty shoot out in the
Champions League semifinal last night.
The meaning is clear (Ronaldo did not score the penalty shoot). So, this is independent clause.
b. When
Ronaldo failed to convert the penalty shoot out in the Champions League last night. The meaning is not clear. It
raises another question (What happened when
Ronaldo failed to convert the penalty shoot out in the Champions League last night?) So, this is dependent clause.
Independent clause is also called main clause,
dependent clause is called subordinate
clause. These clauses are often applied in compound sentence, complex sentences, or compound-complex sentence.
Compound sentence is a sentence contains
of one or more sentences joined into one by punctuation of semicolon, a conjunctive adverb, and a coordinate or
subordinate conjunction Frank (1972:01) state
that. In a complex sentence, one idea is generally more important than the
other one. The more important idea is
placed in the independent clause, and the less important idea is placed in the dependent
clause. It means complex sentence should consist of at least one independent clause and
one dependent clause.
The object of this study is newspaper.
Newspaper is media that provides any information
for people everyday. So, it is the most readable printed media compared to other kinds of printed information such as books or magazines. In
the past, newspaper was only provided in
printed version. But, in this th century
supported by the advanced technology
newspaper is also provided with online version. This thesis uses online newspaper as the main
object of this study because: 1. Online newspaper is the most read writing
that it could influence people grammatically.
2. It
is found that there have been many studies which used printed newspaper as the object of study.
3.
Online newspaper is very easy to access; you can easily access it when
you are at home, lying at your bed,
waiting for your bus, or just spending your time.
4.
Because it is easy to access, people are more interested to read online
newspaper than printed newspaper now
days.
The Telegraph is one of kind of newspaper
which has online version. And The
Telegraph of football articles issued on th February 2012 are chosen as the source of data for this thesis because of
these reasons; 1. The articles of The
Telegraph are very interesting to read because the mixture of independent clause and dependent clause used
are very good.
2. The
Telegraph is one of the most well-known newspapers internationally because of premier league news it provides both in
printed or online version.
3.
Football is the most popular sport now days, so it is likely that
football articles are the most read
articles.
4. It
is very often that it quotes the words of interviewees such as managers of club
or football players. The writer often
adds the quotation with his words without putting the correct punctuation. So, if
someone does not really understand the use of clauses, he will be confused to get the
meaning of the quotation. For example: "…
Of the victory, Wenger added: Arsenal needed a draw level quickly, and they did, Martesacker’s replacement, Aaron Ramsey,
finding a shot which went in off the
inside of both posts just five minutes later."After "they did"
should be ended by period not a coma.
1.2 Problems of Study The problems of study
are: 1.
What types of clause are found in Telegraph E-paper issued on th February 2012? 2. How many clauses are applied in the Telegraph
E-paper issued on th February 2012? 3. What is the most dominant clause applied? 1.3
Purposes of Study The purposes of study are: 1. To
describe the types of clauses applied in Telegraph E-paper issued on th February 2012? 2. To
find out the number of clauses applied in Telegraph E-paper issued on th February 2012? 3. To
find out the most dominant type of subordinate clause used in Telegraph Epaper
issued on th February 2012? 1.4 Scope of Study This paper only discusses
about dependent clause applied in every complex sentence inthe football articles taken from
Telegraph E-paper of sport section. The articles
were issued on th February 2012. There
are fourteen articles found in that edition
namely: Day of Disgrace, Rooney heroics spoiled by Suarez, Chelsea supporters round on Villas-Boas as team fall
to fifth, Legend Henry sign off in style, Dalglish walks alone in defence of his
striker, Dalglish’s loyalty to Suarez has blinded him to the repercussions to club and
sport, Holt leads the charge, Wigan sense
salvation, Redknapp’s fairy, a crazy week at Wembley, Bent’s task: to prove he really is a better finisher than ‘missus’,
Story goes on, Chaos? Turmoil? No, England
are in rude health, Harry’s Euro 2012 in-tray, and Yakubu return aids Blackburn survival cause.
1.5 The significances of Study The significances of study are: 1. It improves English skill and to profound my
comprehension about the grammatical
properties, especially complexsentence, compoundsentence, and some related elements.
2. It
gives an explanation about the types of clauses and the ways to use it.
3. It
provides a source of study or media for anyone to study complex and compound
sentence.
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