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Cecep Nur Rohman
01004251
Cecep Nur Rohman
01004251
ABSTRACT
A Syntactic Study on the Lyrics Used in the Avril Lavigne’s Songs becomes the title of this S1 thesis. The main objective of this study is to find out the kinds of English Sentences based on the types (Declarative Sentence, Interrogative sentence, Imperative sentence, and Exclamatory sentence) and based on the full of formal predications (Simple Sentence, Compound Sentence, Complex sentence and Compound Complex Sentence) and the kinds of sentence structures used in the Avril Lavigne’s song lyrics.
This research uses a descriptive qualitative method. The object of this research is English sentences used in the Avril Lavigne’s “Let’s Go” song lyrics. The writer analyses about 633 English sentences in the Avril Lavigne’s “Let’s Go” album. In collecting data, the researcher uses two techniques; 1) teknik catat (note technique) and 2) teknik ganti (changing technique). The data are identified based on the types, full of formal predications and the specific forms song lyrics that are regarded as non-standard English. The writer uses the descriptive qualitative method to analyze and to describe the data.
The result of the analysis shows that the kinds of English sentence found are declarative sentence, imperative sentence, interrogative sentence, simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, and compound-complex sentence. There is no exclamatory sentence that found in the Avril Lavigne’s “Let’s Go” album. They are mainly found in the form of declaratives and simple sentences. The declarative sentence constitutes the most commonly occurring sentence type as it has the highest frequency of occurrence of sentence type 133 out of sentences or 59.4%. The use of declarative sentence in the Avril Lavigne’s song lyrics may enable the listener to understand the song easily at a glance so they can catch the message. The use of declarative sentence in song lyrics will be more appropriate and effective in sending the message to the listener. The simple sentence is the most frequently occurring sentence 186 out of 446 sentences or 45.5% of full of formal predication sentences. It is concluded that the simple sentence is the most frequently occurring sentence than the other because the simple sentence has simple construction and it may enable the users to memorize and understand the song easily. The listeners can catch the message of the sentence in the Avril Lavigne’s song lyrics at glance or as well as possible. The specific forms of sentence structure found are the omission of subject, incorrect concord between subject and predicate, Non-Standard English form, reduced form of because and reduced form of got to, going to and want to. The omission of subject is the most frequently occurring sentence 73 out of 110 sentences or 66.4% of the specific forms of sentence structures. The omission of the subject of a sentence may take the listener to infer the declarative sentence as imperative or interrogative sentence.
This research uses a descriptive qualitative method. The object of this research is English sentences used in the Avril Lavigne’s “Let’s Go” song lyrics. The writer analyses about 633 English sentences in the Avril Lavigne’s “Let’s Go” album. In collecting data, the researcher uses two techniques; 1) teknik catat (note technique) and 2) teknik ganti (changing technique). The data are identified based on the types, full of formal predications and the specific forms song lyrics that are regarded as non-standard English. The writer uses the descriptive qualitative method to analyze and to describe the data.
The result of the analysis shows that the kinds of English sentence found are declarative sentence, imperative sentence, interrogative sentence, simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, and compound-complex sentence. There is no exclamatory sentence that found in the Avril Lavigne’s “Let’s Go” album. They are mainly found in the form of declaratives and simple sentences. The declarative sentence constitutes the most commonly occurring sentence type as it has the highest frequency of occurrence of sentence type 133 out of sentences or 59.4%. The use of declarative sentence in the Avril Lavigne’s song lyrics may enable the listener to understand the song easily at a glance so they can catch the message. The use of declarative sentence in song lyrics will be more appropriate and effective in sending the message to the listener. The simple sentence is the most frequently occurring sentence 186 out of 446 sentences or 45.5% of full of formal predication sentences. It is concluded that the simple sentence is the most frequently occurring sentence than the other because the simple sentence has simple construction and it may enable the users to memorize and understand the song easily. The listeners can catch the message of the sentence in the Avril Lavigne’s song lyrics at glance or as well as possible. The specific forms of sentence structure found are the omission of subject, incorrect concord between subject and predicate, Non-Standard English form, reduced form of because and reduced form of got to, going to and want to. The omission of subject is the most frequently occurring sentence 73 out of 110 sentences or 66.4% of the specific forms of sentence structures. The omission of the subject of a sentence may take the listener to infer the declarative sentence as imperative or interrogative sentence.
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