PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS ON SENTENCE PATTERNS IN JOHN DENVER’S SONG LYRICS A SARJANA PENDIDIKAN THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education By Danin Christianto Student Number: 141214001 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2018 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS ON SENTENCE PATTERNS IN JOHN DENVER’S SONG LYRICS A SARJANA PENDIDIKAN THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education By Danin Christianto Student Number: 141214001 ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2018 i 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 ABSTRACT Christianto, Danin (2018). Syntactic Analysis on Sentence Patterns in John Denver’s Song Lyrics. Yogyakarta: English Language Education Study Program, Sanata Dharma University. In this world, every living thing has at least one language in order to have a communication with each other. Humans, for example, are able to show feelings and emotions and socialize by using languages. In Indonesia, English learners do not get familiar enough with English sentence patterns. In learning language, studying sentence patterns in song lyrics becomes more necessary as there are often misinterpretations of words when they are combined into sentences in song lyrics in the forms of sentence pattern construction. Considering the issue, the researcher got interested to analyse syntactically the sentence patterns in John Denver’s song lyrics. This research was conducted to answer one research question: What sentence patterns are used in John Denver’s song lyrics? In order to answer the research question, the researcher employed qualitative approach as the nature of this research since it described about certain phenomena in detail. The method used in this research was content analysis as it analysed the sentence patterns in the John Denver’s song lyrics. Finally, the researcher employed the theory of Quirk and Greenbaum (1973) to analyse the sentence patterns in the lyrics. Additionally, the researcher also employed the theory of O’Grady, Dobrovolsky, and Katamba (1996) to represent the tree diagrams and phrase structure rules of the chosen sentences. Based on the results, the researcher found out that there were 8 out of 9 patterns which were used in the song lyrics. The sentence pattern which was frequently used was pattern 3: S + Vt + dO. There were 12 sentences which used the pattern in John Denver’s song lyrics. However, there was no sentence which used pattern 6: S + Vt + iO + dO. Finally, the researcher hopes that the results can help English learners to improve their understanding on sentence patterns and phrase structure rules. Keywords: John Denver’s song lyrics, sentence pattern, syntactic analysis vi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRAK Christianto, Danin (2018). Syntactic Analysis on Sentence Patterns in John Denver’s Song Lyrics. Yogyakarta: English Language Education Study Program, Sanata Dharma University. Di dunia ini, setiap makhluk hidup setidaknya memiliki satu bahasa dengan tujuan untuk berkomunikasi dengan sesama. Manusia, sebagai contoh, mampu menunjukkan perasaan dan emosi dan bersosialisasi dengan menggunakan bahasa. Di Indonesia, para pembelajar bahasa Inggris belum cukup memahami tentang pola kalimat bahasa Inggris. Dalam belajar bahasa, mempelajari pola kalimat didalam lirik lagu menjadi penting karena sering terjadi kesalahan penafsiran kata-kata ketika mereka disatukan menjadi kalimat di lirik lagu dalam bentuk penyusunan pola kalimat. Dikarenakan permasalahan tersebut, peneliti menjadi tertarik untuk menganalisa secara sintaksis pola kalimat yang terdapat di lirik lagu John Denver. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menjawab satu rumusan masalah: Pola kalimat apa saja yang terdapat di lirik lagu John Denver? Untuk menjawab rumusan masalah tersebut, peneliti menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif sebagai lingkup penelitian karena penelitian ini mendeskripsikan tentang fenomena tertentu secara terperinci. Metode yang digunakan di penelitian ini adalah analisis isi karena penelitian ini menganalisa pola kalimat di lirik lagu John Denver. Pada akhirnya, peneliti menggunakan teori dari Quirk dan Greenbaum (1973) untuk menganalisa pola kalimat di lirik lagu tersebut. Sebagai tambahan, peneliti juga menggunakan teori dari O’Grady, Dobrovolsky, dan Katamba (1996) untuk menggambarkan diagram pohon dan aturan struktur frasa dari kalimat-kalimat yang telah dipilih. Berdasarkan dari hasil penelitian tersebut, peneliti menemukan bahwa terdapat 8 dari 9 pola kalimat yang digunakan di lirik lagu tersebut. Pola kalimat yang sering digunakan adalah pattern 3: S + Vt + dO. Terdapat 12 kalimat yang menggunakan pola ini di lirik lagu John Denver. Akan tetapi, tidak ada kalimat yang menggunakan pattern 6: S + Vt + iO + dO. Akhirnya, peneliti berharap bahwa hasil dari penelitian ini dapat membantu para pembelajar bahasa Inggris untuk meningkatkan pemahaman mereka tentang pola kalimat dan aturan struktur frasa dalam bahasa Inggris. Kata Kunci: : John Denver’s song lyrics, sentence pattern, syntactic analysis vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI DEDICATION PAGE “Sometimes, the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us” (Nicole Reed) This thesis is dedicated to my beloved family: Papi Ir. Stephanus Wijanto; Mami Maria Asumpta Suryani Budiadi; Kokoh F. B. Edwin Cipta Adhi, S.T.P.; Adik Felix Kurniawan; and myself viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This wonderful journey would not be possible without the guidance and support. First and foremost, I would like to dedicate my best gratitude to Almighty Lord Jesus Christ for His greatest blessing during my academic life. Because of His blessing and guidance, I was able to be always strong in facing many difficult obstacles during the process of finishing my undergraduate thesis. My big gratitude goes to Bapak Drs. Barli Bram, M.Ed., Ph.D., my thesis advisor, for his precious suggestions and critics which make me able to accomplish this study. He has given much of his attention, support, time, and patience for the sake of this thesis writing’s success. My everlasting thanks are given to my beloved family members, Papi Ir. Stephanus Wijanto, Mami M. A. Suryani Budiadi, Kokoh F. B. Edwin Cipta Adhi, S.T.P., dan Adik Felix Kurniawan, for their endless love, generosity, support and affection which are given during my study. Without them, I would not be able to motivate myself in facing this academic life. I would also like to give my gratitude to my best friends from the Ex- Student Hall Squads: Veronika Oktaviani, Marie-Louise Catherine Widyananda, Johan Tobias Kristiano, Antonia Eka Puspita, Vinsensius Galuh Kusuma, Jessica, Benita Saraswati, Angelina Lintang Venta Dewanti, Vincentius Yosa Rahardiyan, Aven Kristianus, and Yohanes Mahatmo Suryo Widiasmoro for their cares, wonderful time, and support given to me in finishing ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI my thesis. I will never forget our beautiful moments of togetherness. I consider them a part of my good family. I am so grateful to be able to befriend with people like them. My special gratitude is also addressed to my only and beloved girlfriend Ivena Karin for her unconditional and endless love and motivation given to me in accomplishing my academic study. I thank her for being extra-care to me, particularly when I had so many hard times and problems. Also, I thank her family members for their kindness and concern so that I always feel well-motivated. Last but not least, I would also like to thank everybody, especially my friends from batch 2014, who has come to my life and helped me to develop and grow to be a better individual. May God bless us all. Danin Christianto x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TITLE PAGE ........................................................................................................... i APPROVAL PAGES .............................................................................................. ii STATEMENT OF WORK’S ORIGINALITY ...................................................... iv PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI ......................................................... v ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................... vi ABSTRAK .............................................................................................................. vii DEDICATION PAGE .......................................................................................... viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................... ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................... xi LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................... xiii LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................