on grammatical function that most often occurs in the story. Based on the occurrences, the adjunct outnumbered another grammatical function, such as
disjunct and conjunct. After that, the writer classified the adverbial phrases based on their distribution. After that, the writer preceded the analysis on all of the
adverbial phrases.
2. Data Analysis
In order to understand the distribution, the writer classified the adverbial phrases in the story based on the theories mentioned above. The purpose of this
analysis was to identify the distribution of adverbial phrases used by the author. The grammatical function of adverbs and semantic roles of adverb can be used to
classify the distribution of adverbial phrases used in the story. The results of this analysis are presented in tables based on their position and types of adverb. The
followings are examples of the tables that will be used in analysis: Table 1. The Distribution of Adverbial Phrases Based on the Position
Initial Position Middle Position
Final Position Total
Table 2. The Distribution of Adverbial Phrases Based on Types of Adverb Grammatical Function Semantic
Role Total
Table 3. Types of Adverbial Phrases and the Occurrences in Three Positions Position
Types Initial
Position Middle
Position Final
Position PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
In order to reveal the significance of the adverbial phrases, stylistics theories are used to understand. Foregrounding and representation were used to find
out the significance of adverbial phrases to the plot of the story. Foregrounding was used to identify the roles and significances of adverbial phrases to the readers,
especially the reader’s emotions and interests. Representation was used to explain that all of description in the story can be brought to the readers’ imagination through
the adverbial phrases used by the author. Thus, the significance of adverbial phrases to the story can be seen through the way they represent the reality to help
improving the reader’s imagination. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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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
