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Relative Clauses in Edward Lear's Complete Nonsense PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI RELATIVE CLAUSES IN EDWARD LEAR’S COMPLETE NONSENSE LIMERICKS: A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By Clara Carissa Poppy Mahendra Student Number: 144214025 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2019 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI RELATIVE CLAUSES IN EDWARD LEAR’S COMPLETE NONSENSE LIMERICKS: A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By Clara Carissa Poppy Mahendra Student Number: 144214025 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2019 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI It is not easy. But you will get through it, not alone. vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI This page is dedicated for My brother, Frederickus Ricky Mahendra. viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to send my sincere gratefulness to God. Bunches of blessing, kindness and love are always given and shown to me through every little thing I find in life. I believe this achievement is one of the blessings. My genuine gratitude is addressed to my thesis advisor, Ariana Isti‟anah, S.Pd., M.Hum. This undergraduate thesis would not be completed without her. Her guidance, support, and patience are precious for me. I would like to extend my gratitude to my co-advisor, Dr. Fr. B. Alip, M.Pd., M.A., who has given a lot advice to make my thesis better. I would like to thank all of my lecturers in English Letters Department for knowledge that they have shared and encouragement that they have given. I realize that without them I would be losing my way. I also thank my parents, my brother, and my boyfriend, Vinsent, for their support, prayer, and patience so that I have managed to complete my undergraduate thesis. Lastly, I would thank all friends in English Letters Department. Best of luck for you all. Clara Carissa Poppy Mahendra ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS RELATIVE CLAUSES IN EDWARD LEAR’S ................................................ ii A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis ............................................................ iii A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis ............................................................ iv STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY .................................................................... v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS ........................................................... vi It is not easy. ........................................................................................................ vii This page is dedicated for .................................................................................. viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................. ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................... x LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................ xii LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................. xiii ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................ xiv ABSTRAK ............................................................................................................. xv CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study ............................................................................ B. Problem Formulation ............................................................................. 14 C. Objectives of the Study .............................................................................. 4 D. Definition of Terms .................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE ..................................................... 7 A. Review of Related Studies ......................................................................... 7 B. Review of Related Theories ..................................................................... 10 1. Stylistics .................................................................................................... 10 2. Syntax ....................................................................................................... 11 3. Relative Clause ........................................................................................ 15 a. Restrictive Relative Clause ................................................................ 17 b. Non-Restrictive Relative Clause ........................................................ 19 4. Limerick ................................................................................................... 20 5. Language Style ......................................................................................... 22 C. Theoretical Framework........................................................................... 23 CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY ................................................................... 25 A. Object of the Study .................................................................................. 25 B. Approach of the Study ............................................................................. 26 C. Method of the Study ................................................................................ 26 1. Data Collection ........................................................................................ 26 2. Data Analysis ........................................................................................... 27 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS ........................ 28 A.How Relative Clauses are Used in Edward Lear’s Limericks .............. 28 1. Restrictive Relative Clauses in the Limericks ...................................... 29 a. Noun Antecedent of Restrictive Relative Clause in the Limericks 31 b. Functions of Restrictive Relative Clauses in the Limericks ........... 34 i. To Explain the Characteristic of the Noun Antecedent ............. 34 ii. To State the Speech of Noun Antecedent ..................................... 36 2. Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses in the Limericks .................................. 37 a. Noun Antecedent of Non-restrictive Relative Clause in the limericks ................................................................................................... 38 i. Person .............................................................................................. 42 ii. Man ................................................................................................. 45 iii. Lady ................................................................................................. 50 iv. Girl .................................................................................................. 52 b. Function of Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses in the Limericks..... 53 i. To Give Information about the Characteristic of Noun Antecedent ........................................................................................... 54 ii. To State the Speech of Noun Antecedent ..................................... 56 iii. To Tell about the State of Noun Antecedent ............................... 57 iv. To Tell about the Action of Noun Antecedent ............................. 58 v. To Tell about Other’s Action Toward Noun Antecedent ........... 59 B.How Relative Clauses Constitute Style of Lear’s Limericks ................ 60 1. Domination of Relative Clauses ................................................................ 60 2. Domination of Non-restrictive Relative Clauses ...................................... 62 3. Consistency of Noun Antecedents ............................................................ 64 4. Consistency of the Noun Antecedent and the Drawing ............................ 65 5. Consistency of the Relative Clauses‟s Functions ...................................... 66 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION ........................................................................... 69 REFERENCES .................................................................................................... 73 APPENDICES ..................................................................................................... 76 Appendix 1: Lines Containing Restrictive Relative Clause and Its Noun Antecedent ............................................................................... 76 Appendix 2: Functions of Restrictive Relative Clause .............................. 77 Appendix 3: Lines Containing Non-Restrictive Relative Clause and Its Noun Antecedent ..................................................................... 78 Appendix 4: Functions of Non-Restrictive Relative Clause ..................... 87 xi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. A Young Lady ....................................................................................... 36 Figure 2. An Old Man with a Beard .....................................................................
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