Parallel structure Theory of Syntax a. Part of speech
knows that Mary knows the existence of Colin. Martha is required by Mrs. Medlock not to tell Mary about Colin. Martha feels afraid that she will be fired. In fact, Colin
as her employer does not fire her. Colin asks Martha that he wants to go outside. He wants to play with Mary in the garden. For the first time, Colin meets Ben. Ben really
shocks of what he sees since Colin has eyes like her mother. When Colin’s mother lives, Ben is Colin mother’s gardener. He loves Colin’s mother and always takes care
of her roses. As stated in The Secret Garden, Martha and Ben are the Yorkshire lower class
people who use the Yorkshire dialect. Even though there are many characters using the Yorkshire dialect in The Secret Garden such as Mrs. Medlock, Dickon, Mr.
Archibald Craven, and Colin, Martha and Ben are chosen to represent the grammar feature on the Yorkshire dialect based on their utterances to the children.
The number of Martha’s and Ben’s utterances to each child is listed below:
Table 8. Number of Martha’s and Ben’s Utterances
No. Speaking To
Martha Ben
1. Mary
129 51
2. Colin
4 36
3. Dickon
TOTAL 133 utterances
87 utterances
From the table above, it is seen that Martha shares 137 utterances whereas Ben shares 87 utterances. The utterances spoken by Martha and Ben have different
number of sentences. The utterances sometimes contain only some words, one
sentence, or even more than one sentence. In their utterances, Martha and Ben use Standard and Non Standard dialect. The table of utterances of Standard and Non
Standard dialect is as follow.
Table 9. Number of Utterances of Standard and Non Standard Used by Martha and Ben
No The character Standard
Non Standard 1.
Martha 29
104 2.
Ben 16
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