the different feature of the author in delivering message or affecting the reader can be observed through stylistics.
Adverbial phrases are also one of many features that the author uses to deliver his message. It is meant to give effect to the readers by his style of writing,
and in this case, the adverbial phrases that the author used. An adverb, which is also known as adjunct, is usually treated as a tool to describe the environment in a clause.
They adjuncts basically describe the circumstances that attach to the process related by the clause and for that reason they can often be removed without affecting
the grammaticality of the clause as a whole Simpson, 2004: 14.
5. Foregrounding
Foregrounding is “the bringing of particular textual features into
prominence, e.g. distinct patterns or parallelism, repetitions, and deviations from general linguistic rules or from the style expected in a specific text type, or genre,
or context ” Verdonk, 2002: 118. It is like ‘throwing into relief’ of linguistic sign
from common norms of ordinary language. It is the particularly noticeable features to show the relationship with other features of style in order to awaken the reader’s
emotions or interest. In the story, one of many features used by the author is adverbial phrases. It can be observed that adverbial phrases are used in many
varieties. Some of them distinguish themselves from ordinary language. It can be said that they violating grammatical norms. Later, it will be proved that adverbial
phrases can trigger the reader’s emotions and interest. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
6. Representation
Representation is the use of language to create a context of reality rather than to identify aspects of an existing one; projection though language of an
alternative world. “The people, places, and times in the story act on readers as cues to imagine them as participating in the situation of the fictional world of the
discourse” Verdonk, 2002: 34 in order to make the readers can engage to the story. It makes the reader be like in the world or situation of the story, escapes from reality
to feel the conflicting emotion in the story. Adverbial phrases work as the feature to create the projection of the world of the story. It will be analyzed how adverbial
phrase signifying to the context of reality in the story.
C. Theoretical Framework
The theories above are used to answer the problem formulation of this study. The theory of syntactic function of adverb and semantic roles of adverb are
used to find out the distribution of the adverbial phrase. The grammatical function of adverbials is used to identify what certain adverbs explain. It gives clear
explanation about the function of adverbs grammatically in sentences. It also helps to classify the distribution of adverbs in the short story. The semantic roles of
adverb help to analyze what aspects are described by the adverbial phrases. Considering that an adverb is a content word that carries certain meaning, the
semantic roles of adverb is the perfect guideline to identify the meaning of the adverb. Several semantic roles that can be assigned in certain adverbs are Space,
Time, Process, Respect, Contingency, Modality, and Degree. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
The theory of foregrounding and representation help to study the prominent feature of adverbial phrases which have significances. In foregrounding,
the writer will highlight that certain adverbs may be included in a form of distinct patterns, repetitions, and deviations from general rules in language. In
representation, the writer will relate that the representation may help the readers to engage themselves to the short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. All these theories
will be elaborated to identify the significance of adverbial phrases to the story. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
