CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of the Study
Language, as a means of communication plays an important role to human’s life. We use language in order to communicate one another, express our
personal reactions to situations, to stimulate a response in something else, and for the sake of thinking something out Montgomery, 1962:15.
There are many languages in the world. Every person speaks their own language, for instance Indonesians speak Indonesian and English people speak
English, etc. But nowadays in the era of globalization, English language becomes the international language because many countries interact with other countries.
So, they need international language in order to understand each other. Every language has rule to make it better in usage. Grammar is the set of
logical and structural rules that govern the composition of sentences, phrases, and words in any given natural language. A formal study of grammar is an important
part of education because learning to speak means learning the grammar too. Grammar in English language is considered hard to master by the
Indonesians because it is very complicated and does not has the same rules as the grammar in Indonesian language. English grammar contains many items; one of it
is demonstrative adjective. English dominates the exchange of news around the world, such as news
article in a newspaper. For instance in Indonesia, Jakarta Post uses English. We
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can find that there are demonstrative adjectives used such as ‘the’, ‘this’, ‘these’, ‘that’, ‘those’, ‘such’, ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘any’, ‘some’, ‘another’, and ‘other’ Suryadi and
Junaida, 2007:70. Here the writer analyzes the use of demonstrative adjectives in the articles of
Jakarta Post newspaper. Besides, she wants to know how often the demonstrative adjectives are used in the Jakarta Post.
1.2. Scope of the Study
Learning English grammar is not an easy thing because English is mostly the second language of Indonesians. In order to make the learners not to be
confused in learning this paper, the writer limits the study on demonstrative adjectives in the articles of Jakarta Post Newspaper published on December 26,
2009; December 30, 2009; January 4, 2010; and January 25, 2010. This study explains the definition, usage and classification of using demonstrative adjectives.
1.3. Purpose of the Study