CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of The Study
For every human, language is one important things to communicate to each other. Because language is one media to make one relationship and know the
other people by the communication. In the communication process we deliver a message that consist of information to people. Chierchia 1990:11 states that
language carry meaning unable us to use them express message, to convey information to another.
Language show the expresses of someone but not all the people can show it from the oral language. Because of it language can appear in written language. By
written language more and more expression can be show in sense of writing.
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There are many language in the world. One of that is English as international language. English is the one of international language because of
almost the people in the world know English as a second language after their mother language.
English have rules to make communication better in usage. Better in oral and writing. We can say the rules as the grammar. Grammar is the rules in the
English. Gerund is one of part in grammar. The writer takes Gerund as a paper in Jakarta Post Newspaper. Because I
want to know how often the Gerund are used in Jakarta Post Newspaper. I prefer Jakarta Post Newspaper because it is one of Indonesia newspaper which is use
English language. Gerund is
verb + ing which functional as a noun. Gerund is also find in written. For example, letter, poem, magazine, newspaper, etc. The writer’s object
is the gerund on newspaper, Jakarta Post newspaper. This paper, i want to analyze what the meaning of gerund and what function of gerund position in the Jakarta
Post Newspaper.
1.2 Scope of the Study
This study describes one kind of grammar and it is gerund. To make it easy understanding, I want to limits the study the function of gerund in Jakarta Post
Newspaper.
1.3 Purpose of the Study
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1. To find out and classify the function of gerunds in the articles of Jakarta Post Newspaper.
2. To find out the most dominant the function of gerund in the articles of
Jakarta Post Newspaper.
1.4 Significance of the Study
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