INTRODUCTION 1 The Analysis Of Conjunctions Found In The Reader’s Digest’s Article “The Faith Dealer”
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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1
Background of Study
Language is a medium of communication. It is an important thing in human life, since without language, we cannot make interaction. By using
language someone could make statements, explain or report something and keep social relations among the other person. Many ways are used to report something
such as by radio, television, newspaper and magazine. Language in magazine is called journalism language. According to Anwar 1991:1, “Bahasa pers adalah
salah satu ragam bahasa yang memiliki sifat-sifat khas yaitu: singkat, padat, sederhana, lancar, jelas, lugas, dan menarik. Bahasa Jurnalistik harus
didasarkan pada bahasa baku”. The language of the press is one of variety of languages that have specific characteristic: short, dense, smooth, clear, simple,
straightforward, and interesting. The language of journalism must be established on a standard language.
So, to make good sentences in magazine which are established on a standard language, the grammar is needed. Grammar Hancock, 2005:6 is the
natural, inherent, meaning making system of the language, and a system that governs the ways word come together to form meanings. Grammar is also the
study of that system, the various theories or perspectives that attempt to understand and describe it.
According to Frank 1990:1, “Traditionally, word can be classified into eight parts of speech such as noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction,
preposition, and interjection”.
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Conjunction as one of the parts of speech is very important in writing, because it is used to join words, phrases or clauses. It is divided into two
types: coordinating and subordinating conjunction. The coordinate conjunctions Woods, 2010:61 give equal emphasis to the elements they join for, but, yet, so,
nor, and, and or. Woods 2010:64 says, “The conjunctions joining independent
clause and subordinate clause give some information about the relationship between the two ideas are called subordinate conjunctions. They are while,
because, although, since, when, where, if, whether, before, until, than, as, as if, in order that, so that, whenever, and wherever.”
Conjunctions are used dominantly in Reader’s Digest Magazine. Reader’s Digest Magazine is one of the English magazines in Indonesia which is
published monthly. Reader’s Digest magazine contains of various articles, such as advertisement, adventure, humor, healthy, kitchen, and animals. In this magazine,
the writer chooses article about adventure because in this article the writer finds out a lot of conjunctions used. For examples: