An Analysis of Auxiliary Verb and Conjucntions Used in The Jakarta Post Newspaper

Abstract

This paper entitled "An Analysis of Auxiliary Verb and Conjunctions Used in the Jakarta Post Newspaper". The scopes of this paper are definition, function, type and most dominant use. The writer used library research as method of research as research design, quantitative data is applied as data, in data collecting method the writer used reading data and in data analysis the writer applied Junaidi’s and Suwono’s formulas to get the percentage. This study took ten articles as the source of data for the analysis. There are 133 primary auxiliary, 108 modal auxiliary verb, 382 coordinating conjunctions and 3 correlative conjunctions verb that is found in the articles of Jakarta Post Newspaper. Coordinating conjunctions “and” is the most dominant conjunctions with percentage 81,67 %. Then, the most dominant primary auxiliary verb is “to be” with percentage 48,88 %. And the most dominant modal auxiliary verb is “will” with percentage 27,77 %. Modals “shall” and “ought to” are the least dominant modals with percentage 0 %.

Tugas akhir ini berjudul “An Analysis of Auxiliary Verb and Conjunctions Used in the Jakarta Post Newspaper". Batasan pada tugas akhir ini adalah definisi,fungsi, tipe dan penggunaan yang paling dominan. Dan di metode penelitian penulis menggunakan studi kepustakaan sebagai desain penelitian, kuantitatif data dan dalam analisis data penulis menerapkan rumus Junaidi dan Suwono untuk mendapatkan persentase. Materi ini menggunakan 10 artikel sebagai sumber data untuk analisis. Terdapat133 primary auxiliary verb, 108 modal auxiliary verb, 382 coordinating conjunctions dan 3 correlative conjunctions yang ditemukan pada artikel surat kabar Jakarta Post. Coordinating conjunctions “and” adalah conjunctions yang paling dominan dengan persentase 81,67%. Kemudian, primary auxiliary verb yang paling dominan adalah “to be” dengan persentase 48,88%. Dan modal auxiliary verb yang paling dominan adalah “will” dengan persentase 27,77%. Modal “shall” dan “ought to” adalah paling tidak dominan dengan persentase 0%.