INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of the Study Language
has the important things in our lives. It is used for communication and to deliver information.
Nowadays, every person needs information
in his/her life. People need information to increase their skills, knowledge, business, careers, or everything
that deals with their life. Language is the
tool to deliver the information.
In speaking and writing, people
should have the rules. The rules that shows
how words are combined, arranged or changed to show certain kinds of meaning. To get the best result, it needs a
good grammar.
Greenbaum says that in the concrete sense of the word
grammar, a grammar is a book of one or
more volumes. We of course also use grammar for the contents of the book. When we compare
grammars for their coverage and accuracy,
we are referring to the contents of the book: a grammar is a book on grammar, just as a history is a book on
history.
Grammar in English language is
considered hard to master by the Indonesians
because it is very complicated and does not has the same rules as the grammar in Indonesian language. English
grammar contains many items, one of it is
modals.
Modals are the verbs that
combines with another verb to indicate mood or tense. Also known as a modal auxiliaries. They
are helping verbs that expresses a wide
range of meanings (abillity, permission, possibility, necessity, etc). Most of the modals have more than one meaning.
English dominates the exchange of news around
the world, such as news article in a
newspaper. The writer choose Jakarta Post newspaper because it is one of newspaper that uses English as a language
in Indonesia. The writer analyzes the use
of modals in the articles of Jakarta Post newspaper. Besides, she wants to know how often the modals are used in the
Jakarta Post.
1.2. Problem The problems of the
study are: 1. Which of the modals used
by the reportesof the Jakarta Post are found? 2. What are the rates of each
modal used? 1.3. Scope of the Study The topic of the paper can lead the readers
to be focused on the explanation of
definition, usage and classification of using modals. In order to make the readers not to be confused in reading
this paper, the writer limits the study
on modals in the articles of Jakarta Post Newspaper published on March 10, 2011, there are 3 articles. March 20, 2011,
there are 3 articles, and March 30, 2011,
there are 3 articles.
1.4. Purpose of the Study The
purpose of the study are: 1) to find out and classify the kinds of modals used
in the articles of Jakarta Post Newspaper.
2) to find out the most dominant
use of modals used in the articles of Jakarta Post Newspaper.
1.5. Significance of the Study The
significances of the study are: 1) to enrich knowledge about modals.
2) to guide readers in studying
modals.
3) to be a reference for the next
researcher in analyzing the grammar.
1.6. The Method of research In
writing this paper the writer uses a method of research, that is, library research. She collects and reads English
grammar books as her reference. The writer
collects some articles from Jakarta Post Newspaper and internet as references. The writer explains the modals
based on their type in order to find out the type dominantly used in those articles.
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar