The Analysis of Tenses Used by Dickens in His Novel “Complete Ghost Stories”

Abstract

The title of this paper is The Analysis of Tenses Used by Dickens in His Novel “Complete Ghost Stories”. This paper consists of four chapters, the first chapter is an introduction containing the background of the study, problem of the study, scope of the study, purpose of the study and method of the study. The second chapter is the theoretical which contains the theories about Tenses. The third chapter is the data and the analysis which contains of the result of the analyzing tenses derived from novel and found tenses of the most dominant and found many times TO HAVE is used as a verb or as an auxiliary verb in the novel. The result is they are 27 sentences in Simple Present Tense (11.16%), 10 sentences in Present Continuous Tense (4.13%) and 17 sentences in Present Perfect Tense (7.02%). They are 105 sentences in Simple Past Tense (43.39%), 29 sentences in Past Continuous Tense (11.99%) and 23 sentences in Past Perfect Tense (9.50%). And they are 30 sentences in Simple Future Tense (12.40%) and 1 sentence in Future Continuous Tense (0.41%). So, the most dominant of tenses is Simple Past Tense, with total 105 sentences (43.39%). Many times TO HAVE is 40 data. They are 17 sentences in Present Perfect Tense (40.48%) as an auxiliary verb and 23 sentences as an auxiliary verb and 2 sentences as a verb in Past Perfect Tense (59.52%). The last chapter is the fourth chapter, contains conclusion and suggestion which explain about the result of the analysis obtained from the third chapter and contained on the advice given to readers or other writers who take the same topic.

Judul kertas karya ini adalah The Analysis of Tenses Used by Dickens in His Novel “Complete Ghost Stories”. Kertas karya ini terdiri dari empat bab, yaitu bab pertama adalah pendahuluan yang berisi latar belakang, perumusan masalah, pembatasan masalah, tujuan dan metode penelitian. Bab kedua adalah landasan teori yang berisikan teori-teori tentang Tenses. Bab ketiga adalah data dan analisis yang berisikan hasil dari menganalisa tenses yang diperoleh dari novel dan mencari tenses yang paling dominan dan mencari seberapa sering TO HAVE yang digunakan sebagai katakerja atau sebagai katakerja bantu didalam novel. Hasilnya adalah ada 27 kalimat dalam Simple Present tense (11.16%), 10 kalimat dalam Present Continuous Tense (4.13%) dan 17 kalimat dalam Present Perfect Tense(7.02%). Ada 105 kalimat dalam Simple Past Tense (43.39%), 29 kalimat dalam Past Continuous Tense (11.99%) dan 23 kalimat dalam Past Perfect Tense (9.50%). Dan ada 30 kalimat dalam Simple Future Tense (12.40%) and 1 kalimat dalam Future Continuous Tense (0.41%). Jadi, tenses yang paling dominan adalah Simple Past Tenses, dengan total 105 kalimat (43.39%). Penggunaan TO HAVE yang sering muncul adalah 40 data. Ada 17 kalimat dalam Present Perfect Tense (40.48%) sebagai katakerja dan 23 kalimat sebagai katakerja bantu dan 2 kalimat sebagai katakerja dalam Past Perfect Tense (59.52%). Pada bab terakhir yaitu bab keempat, berisi kesimpulan dan saran yang menjelaskan tentang hasil analisis yang diperoleh dari bab ketiga dan berisikan saran-saran yang diberikan untuk pembaca atau penulis lain yang mengambil , yang sama.