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A Study of Onomatopoeia Words Used in Batman VS A STUDY OF ONOMATOPOEIA WORDS USED IN BATMAN VS PREDATOR COMIC A THESIS Submitted to the English Department of the Teacher Training and Educational Sciences Faculty Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree By Ambar Sari 082120011 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE FACULTY MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOREJO 2012 i MOTTOS The limits of my language are the limits of my world (Jeremy Harmer) Learn From yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not stop questioning (Albert Einstein) v DEDICATION With Gratitude and love, I dedicated this thesis to: 1. Allah SWT who always gives me your love, healthy, safety, and blessing so that I can finish this thesis on time. 2. My beloved father “Bp Ponikin” and my mother “Ibu Sri Warsolah” thanks for your love, prayer, support, motivation, advice, and patience. I’m really grateful to be your daughter. 3. My beloved sister “Dwi Oktarini” who always gives love me as your sister and support me till the end. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Alhamdulillah praises to Allah the Almighty and the Merciful for His blessing and guidance. Without it, the researcher would never complete and finish this thesis entitled “A Study of Onomatopoeia Words Used in Batman VS Predator Comic” The researcher appreciates greatly to those giving valuable suggestion and guidance in completing this paper, particularly the researcher would like to thanks to: 1. Drs. H. Supriyono, M.Pd., as the rector of Purworejo Muhammadiyah University. 2. Dr. Hartono M.M, as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Science Faculty of Purworejo Muhammadiyah University. 3. Semi Sukarni, M.Pd., as the Head of English Educational Department of Purworejo Muhammadiyah University . 4. Ismawati Ike N., S.S. M.Hum, as my consultant, who have suggestion and guidance for me. 5. All the lecturer of Purworejo Muhammadiyah University who have given motivation to finish this thesis. 6. My beloved father and mother thanks for your love, prayer, support, motivation, advice, and patience. 7. My beloved sister, who always gives her love, prayer, support, and motivation. vii 8. My best friend “GAPLEX”, Diantika, Tari, Titin, Ari, Suci, Bejo and Ww, thanks for the sincerity you gave to me and for your willingness to fight together until this time. 9. My best friends “3ne1”,Inung, Nurmalita, and Nurita who always being so kind to me and always cheer me up. 10. All of my friends, the students of 2007 English department, who have motivated me to finish this paper. Finally, the researcher realizes that this thesis is still far from being perfect. However, the writer still hopes that this paper will be useful for the improvement of English teaching-learning, especially in Elementary School. Suggestion and constructive criticism are needed in order to make a good improvement. May Allah bless us. The Researcher (Ambar Sari) viii TABLE OF CONTENTS Title ………………………………………………………………………… i Approval Sheet …………………………………………………………….. ii Ratification Sheet ………………………………………………………….. iii Statement of the Researcher ……………………………………………….. iv Mottos ……………………………………………………………………… v Dedications ………………………………………………………………… vi Acknowledgments …………………………………………………………… vii Table of Contents …………………………………………………………… ix Abstract ……………………………………………………………………… xi CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study 1 B. Reasons for Choosing the Topic 4 C. Limitation of the Problem 4 D. Statements of the Problem 5 E. The Objectives of the Study 5 F. The Significance of the Study 5 G. Synopsis of the comic 6 H. The Definition of the Term 7 I. The Outline of the Thesis 8 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE A. Language Variation……………………………. 10 B. Figurative Language…………………………… 11 C. Onomatopoeia …………………………………. 16 1. Definition of Onomatopoeia……………….. 16 ix 2. Types of Onomatopoeia……………………. 22 3. Function of Onomatopoeia……………….. 29 D. Comics 30 1. Definitions Of Comic…………………….. 30 2. Description of Comic……………………. 31 E. Biography of Dave Gibbons………………….. 32 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD A. Research Design……………………………….. 35 B. Data Sources…………………………………… 36 C. Research Instrument………………………….. 36 D. Data Collection………………………………….. 37 E. Data Analysis………………………………….. 37 CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION A. Findings ……………………………………….. 40 B. Discussion …………………………………….. 58 1. List of Onomatopoeia ……………………... 59 60 2. Types of Onomatopoeia …………………… CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion ……………………………………. 65 B. Suggestion ……………………………………. 67 BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES x ABSTRACT Sari, Ambar. 2012. A Study of Onomatopoeia Words Used in Batman VS Predator Comic. English Department, The Faculty of Teacher Training and Educational Sciences, Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo. Consultant : Ismawati Ike N, S.S., M.Hum Key words: Onomatopoeia, Batman VS Predator Comic This research is concerned on the analysis of onomatopoeia words used in the comic. The subject of this thesis is the comic “Batman Versus Predator” written by Dave Gibbons. Dave Gibbons is an English comic book artist, writer, and sometime letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything". This study is a descriptive research because it is aimed to find out the meaning and the characteristics of onomatopoeia words in a “Batman Versus Predator” comic. The researcher does not use any statistical procedure or calculation. The object of this thesis is onomatopoeia in English comic. The data collecting technique of this thesis is noting technique. The researcher reads the comic, and takes a note about the onomatopoeia found in the comic. In analyzing the data the researcher finds the meaning and the types of onomatopoeia and draws conclusion. The result of this thesis shows that the researcher found 50 onomatopoeia words in the Batman VS Predator. From this research, the researcher also found there are three types of onomatopoeia based on Particular Combination Letter, Sound Resembles, and Word Relation how they are used. Each of them divide into specific type, there are Gr-(1), Cl-(0), Sp-(0), -ash(1), Wh-(1), and ckle(0) in the Particular Combination Letter. There are Direct Onomatopoeia (21), Associative Onomatopoeia (5), and Exemplary Onomatopoeia (24) in Word Resembles. And the last, there are Words Related to Water (3), Words Related to Voice (10), Words Related to Collisions (22), Words Related to Air (7), and Animal Sound (7). The researcher hopes that this thesis will enrich the knowledge of vocabulary especially in onomatopoeia and experiences for the readers. xi CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study Language is important for all human being in their life. Hornby (1995:662) says that language is the system of sounds and words used by humans to express their thought and feeling. Language cannot be separated from them, since it is used in daily life to communicate with others around them, it is a way to convey both spoken and written. Language is a gift from God to us, because language can unite all of human being from different tribe, race, region, and religion. Besides, language can make people fight because of misunderstanding. Language is unique. In this world we can find various kind of language from many regions. Language itself has various kinds of type and characteristic. And from that reason, there is a linguistic. Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. According to Richards and Scmidts (2002:587) a word is the smallest of the linguistics unit which can occur on its own in speech or writing. Even word is the smallest of the linguistics, it has meaning and it has a big function in the sentences where it placed. Klamer (2004:37) states that a word is the meaningful units used in creating sentences. Harley (2006:3) gives the clear definition what actually word is. He stated that word is a 1 2 combination of vocal sounds, or one such sound used in language to express an idea and constituting an ultimate minimal element of speech having a meaning for example the word “word”. In the realm of linguistic study, it is commonly accepted that individual sounds do not represent any particular meanings. It is, for instance, meaningless to ask what [p] or [a] mean. The sound for the word of a particular meaning is arbitrary; therefore there is generally no connection between sound and meaning. This, however, is not absolutely correct, as we have neglected the existence of a class of words, namely onomatopoeia, which do appear in the everyday use of language quite often. Wren and Martin in Siswantoro (2005:24) said that figure of speech (figure of language) is a departure from the ordinary form of expression or the ordinary course of ideas in order to produce a greater meaning. A figure of speech that suggests or imitates the origin of a particular sound is known as onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeic words (Charty and O’Dell, 1996:38) are those which seem to sound like their meaning. Holman and Harmon (1992:553) define onomatopoeia as “words that by their sound suggest their meaning: “hizz”, “buzz”, “whirr”, “sizzle”. This definition indicates a harmony between the phonetics and semantics aspects of an onomatopoeia word. According to various definitions, a distinctive aspect of this linguistic phenomenon is that the sounds of certain words convey or give clues to their meanings. 3 However, a closer look at onomatopoeic words shows different types: some of them convey various kinds of human voice, sounds of animals, sound or noise resulting from natural phenomena like thunder or the movement, crashing, clashing of solid objects. Onomatopoeia words are a necessity in most comic books, because the screen would show onomatopoeia instead of the action that would produce the 'real-life' sound. By doing this, the show still retained some of the flair of the original comics. They also made the scenes less violent, a serious concern during that time period. One of comics, which used several onomatopoeia words, is Batman VS Predator. Batman VS Predator comic is one of the three mini-series comic books that were written by Dave Gibbon In 1991.
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