Abstract :
Amalia, SuciNur. 2013. An analysis of Prepositional Phrase found in the
Entertainment Articles of the Jakarta Post.English Education
Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus
University. Advisor: (1) FajarKartika, SS, M. Pd, (2) Dr.
SlametUtomo,M.Pd.
Key Words :Analysis, prepositional phrase, entertainment articles
Syntax is the study of how words combine to form grammatical sentences.
It is the formation and composition of phrases and sentences from these words. In
contrast to semantics, syntax is one of the better understood areas within
linguistics. Phrase has some types but in this research, the writer wants to analyze
one of the phrase types. It is a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase is a
phrase that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. A
prepositional phrase may function as an adverb, adjective, or noun.
In this research, there are two objectives of the research. They are to find
out the types of prepositional phrase found in the entertainment articles of the
Jakarta postand to find out the function of the prepositional phrase in the
entertainment articles of the Jakarta post.
The design of this research is descriptive qualitative research. The data of
this research is prepositional phrase. Meanwhile, the data source isthe
entertainment articles of the Jakarta post.
Based on the analysis of entertainment articles, the writer found the type of
prepositional phrase. They are 115 types of prepositional phrase, the types
areplace position and direction (50), condition (14), agency (13), time (13),
purpose (7), addition (5), accompaniment (4), cause or reason (3), source (3),
possession or origin (3), manner (0), comparison (0). After calculated the types of
prepositional phrase, the writer found 117 the functions of prepositional phrase
and classify into adverbial function (87), adjectival function (19), and the last is
nominal function (11).
Relating to the analyzing of prepositional phrase, the writer suggests that
the next researcher can use article as a media of analysis, especially the analysis of
prepositional phrase. You should look for an article that there are many
prepositional phrases, so you can develop your knowledge about prepositional
phrase.The writer also hopes this research will be beneficial for the students,
lecturers, readers and further researcher in order to use of prepositional phrase in
composition of writing a good text.