An analysis of lexical collocation in the Novel Earth by Tere Liye translated by Gill Westaway

Hasibuan, Erwina (2022) An analysis of lexical collocation in the Novel Earth by Tere Liye translated by Gill Westaway. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research focuses on analyzing of lexical collocation in the novel Earth by Tere Liye Translated by Gill Westaway. By knowing it, readers will more easily understand the meaning and conceive lots of vocabulary about lexical collocation from the novel. The formulation problems that should be answered in this research were: 1) What types of lexical collocation are found in the novel Earth by Tere Liye Translated by Gill Westaway? 2) What is dominant type of lexical collocation applied in the novel Earth by Tere Liye Translated by Gill Westaway? The purpose of this research were supposed to know the types of lexical collocation in the novel Earth by Tere Liye Translated by Gill Westawayand to know which most dominant types that found in the novel Earth by Tere Liye Translated by Gill Westaway. This research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative research. The subject of this research was the novel Earth by Tere Liye Translated by Gill Westaway, while the object of this research was lexical collocation in the novel. This research had the following procedures in collecting data: the researcher read the novel, made a listed of the data of lexical collocation by those types and tabulating all types of lexical collocation found in the novel. The analysis of the data divided into six stages: collecting, identifying, confirming, classifying, categorizing, and analyzing. The result of the research denoted that there were 6 types of lexical collocation in the novel. Totals in collocation that were found in 6 types were 241 lexical collocations. The most dominant type of lexical collocation that found in the novel is form adjective + noun = 51 collocations. While adverb + adjective = 34 collocations, noun + noun = 42 collocations, noun + verb = 40 collocations, verb + noun = 44 collocations, and verb + adverb or adverb + verb = 30 collocations which existed in the novel.

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