Background of the Study

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1. INTRODUCTON

1.1 Background of the Study

Language is one of the most important things in human being, because it plays a great role in human life for making interaction. By using language people can communicate with others, express their feeling and get information. English is one of the International Languages, it has its own structures as the other languages. Besides that, every language has its own rules, therefore, one language has different grammar with others. By knowing English grammar, it will help people to speak English very well, since there will be many difficulties faced by people who want to communicate in English because of not able to use grammar well. For instance, in using Pronouns. Pronoun is one of parts of speech Frank, 1979:1. According to Murray 1808:86 a pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or a word that is used instead of a noun. Furthermore, Tom Stoppard 1993:23 states that a pronoun is a word used to refer to and instead of a noun or noun phrase that has already been mentioned or is known, especially in order to avoid repetition. Then, Houghton 1996:251 states that a pronoun is any of a small class of words used as replacements or substitutes for noun phrases, referring to people or things mentioned in or understood from the context and having very general reference, as I, you, he, she, them, this, who, and what. Next, Alexa Margen 2010 states that a pronoun is as part of speech that substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and 2 designates people or things asked for, previously specified, or understood from the context. According to Sheirer 1989:340 pronoun has an important role in English because it is one of parts of speech that has a very great influence in mastering English. Furthermore, Mitchell 1992 and Zuber and Reid 1993 Access from the internet on 2 nd April 2011 state that a pronoun is a very important thing in mastering English because it is a word used to refer to and instead of a noun or noun phrase that has been mentioned or known, especially in order to avoid repetition so it can make our English language skill to be better. Besides that, according to Casey 1997:231 a pronoun has an important role in writing the articles, because Cases of pronouns are simple and are easy to be understood. Pronoun is used in order to avoid the repetition the words in the articles, because the repetition will make the sentences to be confused or any grammatical errors in your article’s writing. English dominates the exchange of news around the world, such as news article in a newspaper, for instance, Jakarta Post. This newspaper uses English as the medium of communication. Moreover, its articles there are many kinds of pronouns used such as Personal Pronouns, Possessive Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Interrogative Pronouns, Relative Pronouns, Indefinite Pronouns, Reflexive Pronouns, and Reciprocal Pronoun. Based on the previous explanation, I will analyze the use of pronouns in the articles of Jakarta Post Newspaper because it is very important to influence 3 our skill in English language to communicate if it must be mastered well. Besides, I want to know how often the pronouns are used in those articles.

1.2 Problem of the Study