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
The purposes of the study are: 1.
To find out and classify the kinds of demonstrative adjectives in the articles of Jakarta Post Newspaper.
2. To find out the most dominant use of demonstrative adjectives in the
articles of Jakarta post Newspaper.
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1.4. Significance of the Study
The significances of the study are: 1.
To enrich knowledge about adjective especially demonstrative adjectives. 2.
To guide readers in studying demonstrative adjectives. 3.
To be a reference for the next researcher in analyzing the grammar.
1.5. The Method of research
In writing this paper the writer uses a method of research, that is, library research. She collects and reads English grammar books as her references. The
writer collects some articles from Jakarta Post Newspaper and internet as the sources of data. The data, the demonstrative adjectives, found in the articles are
then identified and categorized. Finally, the writer combines and tabulates the demonstrative adjectives based on their type in order to find out the type
dominantly used in those articles.
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CHAPTER 2
THE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES
2.1. The Definition of Adjective
An adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a noun or pronoun, and give more information about the noun or pronoun’s referent.
Collectively, adjectives form one of the traditional English eight parts of speech, though linguists today distinguish adjectives from words such as determiners that
also used to be considered adjectives http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiAdjective. The adjectives are used to clarify nouns and it can be one word or a group
of words. They can also be used with certain verbs such as the verb “to be” and to clarify the subject that is doing the action. In general, adjectives are used to
describe colour, material, shape, size, amount, price, quality, origin, personality, weight, temperature, weight, age, direction, etc. They may come before the word
they describe or they may follow the word they describe http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiAdjective.
2.2. The Position of Adjective 2.2.1. Attributive position
