ANALYSIS OF ADJECTIVES IN NOUN PHRASE IN ONLINE NEWSPAPER “THE JAKARTA GLOBE”
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ANALYSIS OF ADJECTIVES IN NOUN PHRASE IN ONLINE NEWSPAPER “THE JAKARTA GLOBE”
By
NI WAYAN MIKA CAHYANI
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS
UDAYANA UNIVERSITY
ABSTRAK
Kata sifat dalam bahasa Inggris merupakan kata yang sangat berperan penting dalam membentuk sebuah frase kata benda. Kata sifat berfungsi sebagai kata yang dipergunakan untuk menjelaskan atau memberikan informasi lebih dari objek yang dimodifikasi. Tujuan dari artikel ini adalah untuk menganalisa jenis-jenis kata sifat serta fungsi kata sifat dalam sebuah frase kata benda yang ditemukan di sebuah situs berita online “The Jakarta Globe”. Berita online sangat dikenal baik di seluruh kalangan, baik di kalangan anak muda, maupun orang dewasa, karena beritanya sangat mudah untuk di akses. Informasi serta berita terbaru yang disediakan oleh situs situs berita online bisa terbitkan dalam waktu yang sangat cepat, tidak perlu menunggu sampai satu hari, hanya dengan beberapa menit saja berita serta informasinya sudah bisa dibaca oleh berbagai kalangan. Studi ini menggunakan metode kualitatif serta motode kepustakaan. Teori yang digunakan sebagai acuan dalam studi ini adalah teori tentang jenis-jenis kata sifat oleh A.J. Thomson dan A.V. Martinet dalam bukunya yang berjudul A Practical English Grammar dan teori tentang fungsi-fungsi kata sifat oleh Quirk dalam bukunya yang berjudul A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. Hasil dari studi ini menunjukkan bahwa ada enam jenis kata sifat dalam bahasa Inggris: demonstrative adjectives, distributive adjectives, quantitative adjectives, interrogative adjectives, possessive adjectives, dan adjectives of quality serta tiga fungsi kata sifat dalam sebuah frase kata benda: attributive functions, postpositive functions, dan adjectives as head of noun phrase.
Kata kunci: kata sifat, jenis-jenis kata sifat, fungsi-fungsi kata sifat
Noun phrase is a group of word with a noun or pronoun as its head. There are some possible elements to form a noun phrase such as determiner, adjective, complement, etc. The one that is concerned in this study is adjective because adjective has an important role in forming a noun phrase. It is a describing word which gives more information about the object they modified. This study is focused
on the kinds of adjectives in noun phrase, and the functions of adjectives used in noun phrase.
The data sources of this study were taken from articles on online newspaper site “The Jakarta Globe” (www.thejakartaglobe.com) which is concerned with Asia -Pacific category. This data were chosen because those articles contain many English adjectives. This site also can increase our knowledge of what is happening nowadays. Besides, online newspaper is really popular nowadays, because the updating information is really quick. The information or the news will be posted on the site just in a few moment.
There are two problems that are discussed in this study. They are:
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1. What kinds of English adjectives in noun phrase were found in an online newspaper site The Jakarta Globe?
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2. What were the functions of English adjectives in noun phrases found in an online newspaper site The Jakarta Globe?
The aims of this study are:
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1. To know the kinds of English adjective in noun phrase found in an online newspaper site entitled The Jakarta Globe.
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2. To explore the functions of English adjective in noun phrase found in an online newspaper site entitled The Jakarta Globe.
The data were taken from articles on online newspaper site The Jakarta Globe which is concerned with Asia - Pacific category. There were five articles taken from October 09, 2012. The Jakarta Globe daily newspaper serves unrivaled information written in English on Indonesia, Asia, and the wider world. It is
published six days a week from Monday to Sunday. It was launched in November 2008. This site provides the newspaper with the latest stories, a daily e-mail, newsletter, breaking news around the clock and a searchable archive stories. The Jakarta Globe (www.thejakartaglobe.com) published in Jakarta by PT Jakarta Globe Media, located at Citra Graha Building 11th Floor, Suite 1102, Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto Kav. 35 – 36, Jakarta 12650, Indonesia.
Documentation method was used in this study by reading the data intensively and note taking to find relevant data to complete this study. First, the daily online newspaper entitled The Jakarta Globe which is concerned with Asia - Pacific category were read intensively to find the data of adjectives used in noun phrases. There were 286 data of noun phrases with adjectives. Then, Those data were chosen randomly to get the sample data.
The data of noun phrases with adjectives from the data source were analyzed using qualitative method based on the related problems and theory. Then the data were classified based on six main kinds of adjectives’ theory proposed by A.J. Thomson and A.V. Martinet in their book entitled A Practical English Grammar which was published on 1986 to find out kinds of English adjectives. Then the data were classified and analyzed based on syntactic functions of adjectives’ using the theory proposed by Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik in their book entitled A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language which was published on 1985.
There were six kinds of adjectives used in noun phrase found in the data source. They are demonstrative adjectives, distributive adjectives, quantitative adjectives, interrogative adjectives, possessive adjectives, and adjectives of quality.
Demonstrative adjectives include this, that, these, and those. They are used to point out the noun. Example: That contrast (The Jakarta Globe, 9th October 2012)
The noun phrase that contrast in the sentence “That contrast, between Pyongyang and every other city in the country, reflects an ever-growing chasm between North Korea’s elite and the daily struggles of everyone else”, consists of demonstrative adjective that and noun contrast. That was used to point out something that was farther away. Demonstrative adjective that modifies the singular noun contrast.
Distributive adjectives actually include ”each”, “every”, “either”, and “neither”. They refer to a number of people or things. Example: Every other city (The Jakarta Globe, 9th October 2012)
The noun phrase every other city in the sentence “That contrast, between Pyongyang and every other city in the country, reflects an ever-growing chasm between North Korea’s elite and the daily struggles of everyone else” consists of distributive adjective every, adjective of quality other and noun city. Distributive adjective every is used with singular noun and is placed before the noun. Every which is followed by adjective of quality other is used to modify the noun city.
Quantitative adjectives such as some, any, no, many, much, little, few, cardinal number (one, two, etc), and ordinal number (second, fifth, seventh, etc) are used to show number of people or things. Example: No choice (The Jakarta Globe, 9th October 2012)
The noun phrase no choice in the sentence “Koh Yu Hwan, a North Korean studies professor based in Seoul, said the North had no choice but to respond to South Korea’s extended missile range but it won’t likely launch a provocation as it is waiting for the results of US and South Korean presidential elections.”, consists of quantitative adjective no and noun choice. Quantitative adjective no expresses certain number of amount of the noun choice with expressing a negative.
Interrogative adjectives include “what”, “which”, and “whose” which are used to make questions related to person or things. Example: What misogyny (The Jakarta Globe, 9th October 2012)
The noun phrase what misogyny in the sentence “"If he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he doesn't need a motion in the House of Representatives, he needs a mirror," she added.”, consists of interrogative adjective what and noun misogyny. The interrogative adjective what is used to point out the singular noun misogyny. It occurs in the form of indirect question.
Possessive adjective includes my, your, its, her, his, our and their. They are used to show possession. Example: Their dollars (The Jakarta Globe, 9th October 2012)
The noun phrase their dollar in the sentence “Today, the Pyongyang rich, spending their dollars, euros and Chinese yuan, can buy everything from high heels to imported watches.”, consists of their as possessive adjective, and dollars as noun. Their is a possessive adjective form of the subject pronoun they. Possessive adjective their shows the possession of plural noun dollars.
Adjectives of quality show the quality or characteristic of noun or pronoun, such as big, black, old, handsome, etc. Based on the data, adjectives of quality were mostly found in the data sources. Example: Desperate doctors (The Jakarta Globe, 9th October 2012)
The noun phrase desperate doctors in the sentence “They say desperate doctors struggle to treat patients with almost no medicine, using equipment that can be decades old.”, consists of adjective of quality desperate and noun doctors. Desperate as an adjective of quality expresses a general description. It describes plural noun doctors.
There are three functions of adjectives used in noun phrase found in the data source. They are attributive functions, postpositive functions, and adjectives as head of noun phrase.
Adjectives mostly appear in attributive functions. It is located before the noun. Example: New schools (The Jakarta Globe, 9th 2012)
Adjective of quality new of the noun phrase new schools in the sentence “There is little overt sign of those protests today in Right Ujumchin. Government officials proudly point out new schools and hospitals.”, occurs in attributive function. New is adjective of quality expressing a general description, which is placed before plural noun schools.
Adjective sometimes appears in postpositive function. Postpositive function occurs when the adjective comes after the noun. Example: Decades old (The Jakarta Globe, 9th October 2012)
Decades old as a noun phrase in the sentence “They say desperate doctors struggle to treat patients with almost no medicine, using equipment that can be decades old.”, occurs in postpositive function. Old is an adjective of quality showing a general description which comes after plural noun decades.
Adjectives often have a function as adjectives as a head of noun phrase. It occurs when there is only determiner and adjective in a noun phrase; therefore, adjective can replace the noun function in the noun phrase. Example: The Pyongyang rich (The Jakarta Globe, 9th October 2012)
The Pyongyang rich as a noun phrase in the sentence “Today, the Pyongyang rich, spending their dollars, euros and Chinese yuan, can buy everything from high heels to imported watches.”, has a function as adjective which occurs as head of noun phrase. Rich is an adjective of quality showing a positive degree. It is preceded by article the and proper noun Pyongyang as pre-modification. It appears as
head of noun phrase denoting class of people. The noun phrase the Pyongyang rich may refers to the Pyongyang rich (people).
This study has discussed about kinds of adjectives and functions of adjectives used in noun phrase. There are six kinds of English adjectives in noun phrase in the data source. They are demonstrative adjectives, distributive adjectives, quantitative adjectives interrogative adjectives, possessive adjectives and adjectives of quality.
According to the syntactic functions theory, adjectives in the noun phrases found in the data source are divided into three functions. They are attributive functions, postpositive functions, and adjectives as a head of noun phrases. Attributive functions occur when the adjectives are placed before a noun. Postpositive functions occur when the adjectives come after the noun. Adjectives as head of noun phrases occur when they are only determiner and adjective in a noun phrase; therefore, adjective can replace the noun function in the noun phrase.
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