A STUDY OF GERUND USED IN SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE S NOVEL THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES A PAPER BY DEVI MARINDA SIREGAR REG. NO. 132202006 DIPLOMA III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA MEDAN 2016
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ABSTRACT The paper deals with Gerund used in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s Novel The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. The objective was to find out the functions and the most dominant of Gerund used in the novel. In order to get the needed result, the data were taken from the story of novel. The data, then were studied based on the two aspects. From the study, it was found that Gerund could function as subject, object, after preposition, after certain verb, after certain phrase, after possesive adjective or possesive noun, after verb + preposition, after adjective + preposition and after noun + preposition. The most dominant Gerund was Gerund as object (51 sentences) which was equal to 26,5 %, followed by Gerund after preposition (42 sentences) which was equal to 21,88%, followed by Gerund after possesive adjective or possesive noun (31 sentences) which was equal to 16,14 %, followed by Gerund as subject (27 sentences) which was equal to 14,06 %, followed by Gerund after noun + preposition (22 sentences) which was equal to 11,5 %, followed by Gerund after adjective + preposition (6 sentences) which was equal to 3,13 %, followed by Gerund after verb + preposition (6 sentences) which was equal to 3,13 %, followed by Gerund after certain verb (4 tim sentences es) which was equal to 2,08 %, and Gerund after certain phrase (3 sentences) which was equal to 1,56 %. iii
ABSTRAK Kertas karya ini membahas Gerund yang dipergunakan dalam novel karangan Sir Arthur Conan Doyle yang berjudul The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Tujuannya adalah untuk mengetahui bentuk dan fungsi Gerund yang dipergunakan dalam novel tersebut. Data diambil dari cerita dalam novel dan kemudian data tersebut dikaji berdasarkan kedua aspek tersebut. Dari kajian data, ditemukan bahwa Gerund memiliki beberapa fungsi didalam kalimat yaitu Gerund as subject, Gerund as object, Gerund after preposition, Gerund after certain verb, Gerund after certain phrase, and Gerund after possesive adjective or possesive noun, Gerund after verb + preposition, Gerund after adjective + preposition dan Gerund after noun + preposition. Gerund yang paling dominan adalah Gerund sebagai objek (51 kali) dengan 26,5 %, lalu Gerund setelah preposition (42 kali) dengan 21,88%, lalu Gerund setelah possesive adjective or possesive noun (31 kali) dengan 16,14 %, lalu Gerund sebagai subject (27 kali) dengan 14,06 %, lalu Gerund setelah noun + preposition (22 kali) dengan 11,5 %, lalu Gerund setelah adjective + preposition (6 kali) dengan 3,13 %, lalu gerund setelah verb + preposition (6 kali) dengan 3,13 %, lalu Gerund setelah certain verb (4 kali) dengan 2,08 %, and Gerund setelah certain phrase (3 times) dengan 1,56 %. iv
ACKNOWLEDMENTS First of all, I would like to thank Allah who gives me blessing, health, and strenght so I can finish writing this paper. In this time, I wish to deliver my deepest gratefulness and appreciation to: My beloved parents, Sabar M Siregar and Ayu Iriani for their praying, love, support, affection, time and give me the best education. My elder sister, Dhesy Rahayu Siregar, for her affection, advice and support, my brother and younger sisters, Heri Mahfudz Siregar, Dini Sabriani Siregar, Danti Rizkika Siregar and Alyah Zahra Siregar, for their affection. Dr. Matius C.A Sembiring M.A. the Head of Diploma English Study Program, for his time, advice and patience. My supervisor, Drs. Chairul Husni, M.Ed., TESOL, for his patience, great time, advice and guidance. Without him this paper would never be completed. Dr. Drs. Budi Agustono, MS, the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of North Sumatera. My Ayang, Miranda Sri Mulyani Tarigan, Nanda Farahdibha, Mardha Fauziah, Dwi Syafhitri, Astri Diyan Pratiwi, Zakiah Saragih and Fitriani, for always beside me, help v
me and make me always laughing. And my best friend, Fitri Udani Siagian, for long acquaintance since junior high school. My friends in SOLIDAS. I do realize that this paper is still far from being perfect. Therefore, all criticism and suggestions are trully expected to build it. Finally, I wish this paper can be useful to all readers especially those who are interested in making it as a reference of any literatery work. Medan, 12 th May 2016 The Writer, DEVI MARINDA SIREGAR Reg. No. 132202006 vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR S DECLARATION... i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION... ii ABSTRACT... iii ABSTRAK... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... v TABLE OF CONTENTS... vii I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Backgroud of Study... 1 1.2 The Problem of Study... 4 1.3 The Objective of Study... 4 1.4 The Scope of Study... 4 1.5 The Significance of Study... 4 1.6 The Method of Study... 4 II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 The Definitions of Gerund... 6 2.2 The Functions of Gerund... 7 III. ANALYSIS AND FINDING 3.1 Anaysis... 16 3.2 Finding... 19 IV. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 4.1 Conclusion... 35 4.2 Suggestion... 35 REFERENCES... 37 APPENDIX vii