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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS

A. The Occurrence of Adverbial Phrases

1. Position of Adverbial Phrases

After reading The Tell-Tale Heart, the writer realized that adverbial phrases often occur in the sentences. This shows the prominence of adverbs as a feature of language. There are nearly two hundred occurrences of adverbs in form of adjunct. Based on the position, most of the adverbs occur in the middle of sentences. Even though adverbs generally have greater freedom of position in the clause, the choice of word order may be a matter of focus or emphasis in case of adverbs of manner. In addition, initial position of adverbs is used for sequence of adverbials to avoid confusion at the end Wales, 2001: 9. Thus, the position of adverbs may give hint about what the author wants to make the attention more in the story. In the short story, adjunct of manner is the most type of adverb that occur in the middle position and final position. The position of adverb is important if there are several adverbs in a clause. For instance, in the sentence 1, the adverb of time appears in the beginning of a clause, so it can drag the attention of the readers to the certain time that the narrator mention in the story. 1 Now this is the point. p. 277  Initial Position 2 And every morning, when the day broke, I went boldly into the chamber, and spoke courageously to him … p. 278  Middle Position 3 …As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door. p. 280  Final Position Those are some examples of adjunct of space in three different occurrences. When the adjunct appears in the initial position, it immediately points out the manner or situation before the action is described in the sentence. When the adjunct appears in the middle or final position, it may modify or be the complement of the verb. The narrator mentions now in the beginning to give the clear explanation of time before the reader confused with when the action takes place. In the second example, the narrator tells about where he went to, thus the adjunct works as complement because the verb needs complement, but not only that, it still gives the border of the setting. While still on the same page, adjuncts of time and adjuncts of manner are less often to be complements, but more likely to be modifiers. The third example shows that the adjunct of place modifies the noun. The adjunct explains where the knock came from. The occurrences are the same with the other adjuncts, such as adjunct of time, adjunct of manner, and adjunct of respect. Table 4. The Occurrence of Adjuncts in The Tell-Tale Heart Initial Position Middle Position Final Position Total 11 129 51 191 Table 4 shows the occurrence of adverbial phrases in the short story. Most of them appear in the middle of a sentence. It has many occurrences in number which are 129 data. Adverbs in middle position help to invite the reader’s attention to the more detailed information, such as how, where, or when the action takes PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI