Table 10. Utterances Spoken by Martha and Ben to Mary and Colin
No. References
Speaking To Utterances
Standard or Non
Standard Types of
feature Number of
page Mary
or Colin
Utterances spoken
by Martha or Ben
The types
of feature
based on the underlined
selected texts
in utterances’
column
The example from the novel is:
Table 11. The Example of Martha’s utterances
No. References Speaking To
Utterances Standard or
Non Standard Feature
1 25
Mary That
there ?
Non Standard The use of there
after a noun that
Table 12. The Example of Ben’s utterances
No. References Speaking To
Utterances Standard or
Non Standard Feature
1 37
Mary One o th
kitchen- gardens.
Standard -
2. Data Analysis
There are two problems discussed in this study i.e. the grammatical features on the Yorkshire dialect based on Martha’s and Ben’s utterances to the children and
Martha’s and Ben’s reasons of speaking Standard and the Yorkshire dialect to the children. To be able to answer those questions, the analysis is done in some steps.
The first problem contains the features used by Martha and Ben in talking to the children. Based on Fasold and Connor-Linton, the pattern of the dialect can be
described from the lexical, phonological, syntax, and also discourse variation Fasold and Connor-Linton, 2006: 310. In fact, the writer only focuses on syntax variation.
In The Secret Garden novel, Martha and Ben sometimes speak the Yorkshire dialect and sometimes speak Standard English to the children. In this research, the
writer wants to determine what the grammatical features used by Martha and Ben in the Yorkshire dialect only. The writer will compare the Yorkshire dialect spoken by
Martha and Ben with the theory of Standard English made by linguistics experts. In this explanation of the grammatical features, the writer divides the types of
features into seven such as pronouns and nouns, verbs and auxiliaries, word order, article, prepositions; conjunctions; and adverbs, negatives, and Non Standard
vocabulary. For example, in pronoun feature, Martha and Ben often use pronoun tha in their utterances. It compares with Standard English. In Standard English, pronoun
you is used. After dividing the types of features, the writer gives the utterances of Martha
and Ben. To make the explanation clearer, the table is made.
The example of the table is:
Table 13. The Example of the Grammatical Features on the Yorkshire Dialect Used by Martha and Ben in Their Utterances to the Children
Features Yorkshire form
Standard English The
example of
utterances
In the table, the features column contains pronouns and nouns, verbs and auxiliaries, word order, article, prepositions; conjunctions; and adverbs, negatives, or
vocabulary. In the Yorkshire form column, each grammatical feature of the Yorkshire dialect used by Martha and Ben are written. In Standard English column, the
explanation of Standard English’s theory that is related to each Yorkshire feature used by Martha and Ben is given. In the example of utterances, the example of
Martha’s and Ben’s utterances is given. The examples of Martha’s and Ben’s utterances are:
Martha25Mary Thats th moor. Does tha like it? Ben37Mary If tha likes. But theres nowt to see.
In the bracket, it contains three things. The first is the person who speaks Martha or Ben, the second is the page of Martha’s or Ben’s utterances, and the last
is the person who Martha or Ben talks to. Beside the bracket, the utterances that are spoken by Martha and Ben are given. In the utterance, there will be underlined-italic-
bold selected texts. Those underlined-italic-bold selected texts are given to make clear the grammatical features used by Martha or Ben.
