Literal Meanings of General Prologue in Geoffrey’s Chaucer Canterbury Tales

Abstract

This thesis is entitled “Literal Meanings of General Prologoue in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales”. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories in a frame story between 1387 and 1400. The problems of doing this research are what are literal meaning and word formation. This research purposes to find out and to identify the literal meaning of words and kinds of words that found in The General Prologue in Geoffrey Chaucer‟s Canterbury Tales. Paul De Man (1979) once said that “Literal Meaning asks for the concept or difference whose existence is denied by the figurative meaning. The researcher using qualitative descriptive design with case study in order to describe the Literal Meaning of General Prologue in Geoffrey Chaucer‟s Canterbury Tales. To facilitate in analyzing the data, the researcher used the tables, it divided into Middle English, Modern English, Literal Meaning and Word Formation. The writer found there 28 chapters of Canterbury Tales consists of : Introduction; The Knight; The Squire; The Yeoman; The Prioress; The Second Nun and Three Priests; The Monk; The Friar The Merchant; The Clerk; The Sergeant of the Law; The Franklin; The Haberdasher, Carpenter, Arrasmarker, Dyer and Weaver; The Cook; The Shipman; Physician; The Wife of Bath; The Parson; The Plowman; The Miller; The manciple; The Reeve; The Summoner; The Pardoner; The Proposal of the Host; The Rules of the game; The agreement; Drawing of lots. To apply the Literal Meaning is to take the words in their most basic sense not in their figurative sense or in any additional meaning. This research concludes that types of Word Formation processes found in Geoffrey Chaucer‟s Canterbury Tales. There are blending, compounding, inflection, conversion and derivation. Among the five word formation processes, compounding were the most occuring word formation process.

Skripsi ini berjudul “Literal Meanings of General Prologue in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales”. Geoffrey Chaucer menulis Kisah Canterbury, sekumpulan cerita dalam bingkai cerita antara 1387 dan 1400. Permasalahan dalam melakukan penelitian ini adalah apa arti harfiah dan pembentukan kata. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan mengidentifikasi makna harfiah dari kata-kata dan jenis kata yang ditemukan di The General Prologue di Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Paul De Man (1979) pernah berkata bahwa “Makna harfiah meminta konsep atau perbedaan yang keberadaannya ditolak oleh makna kiasan. Peneliti menggunakan desain deskriptif kualitatif dengan studi kasus untuk menggambarkan The General Prologue in Geoffrey Chaucer‟s Canterbury Tales. Untuk memudahkan dalam menganalisis data, peneliti menggunakan tabel, itu terbagi menjadi Inggris Tengah, Inggris Modern, Makna Hiteral dan Pembentukan Kata. Penulis menemukan ada 28 bab dari Canterbury Tales terdiri dari: Introduction; The Knight; The Squire; The Yeoman; The Prioress; The Second Nun and Three Priests; The Monk; The Friar The Merchant; The Clerk; The Sergeant of the Law; The Franklin; The Haberdasher, Carpenter, Arrasmarker, Dyer and Weaver; The Cook; The Shipman; Physician; The Wife of Bath; The Parson; The Plowman; The Miller; The manciple; The Reeve; The Summoner; The Pardoner; The Proposal of the Host; The Rules of the game; The agreement; Drawing of lots. Menerapkan Makna Hiteral berarti mengambil kata-kata dalam pengertian paling mendasar, bukan dalam arti kiasan atau makna tambahan apa pun. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa jenis proses Pembentukan Kata yang ditemukan dalam kisah Canterbury karangan Geoffrey Chaucer. Ada blending, compounding, infleksi, coverion, dan derivasi. Di antara kelima proses pembentukan kata, penggabungan adalah proses pembentukan kata yang paling banyak terjadi.