A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF LEXICAL COHESION AS FOUND IN WILLIAM FAULKNER'S SHORT STORY "BARN BURNING".

A STYLISIIC ANALYSTS OF LEXICAj- COSESION
AS

FOI'ND IN WILLIAM FATJLKNER'S SIIORT STORY 'BARN BVRNING'

A TIIESIS

Subniled i" Ptf,idl Futli n l to the Requlftm
fot Soiato Sdtu De{ee

FITRA ADELIZA

ENCLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LDTTERS

ANDAIAS UNIVERSITI

ABSTRAK
Dalan sk.ipsi ini dibahd renrMs kemuncul.n k.hcsi l€ksikaL yan! t rdapat
ddm cerita pendek karya Willianr Faullner. NilLianr Frulkiq 3d3l3h sallh *ru
De.ulis,Amerika yang tulisanny! menginspirli krqr Lrrlr tulnrn modern sekdrn!

ini. Tuju phulhd skipsi ini adalah umul nen8eranui lipe kohesi leksikJ yanB
muncul, apa clekny! yang dirdskap oleh pembaca dsi kenunculan kohesi lekikal
ien apa makna sdra yda bk! dibngkap oleb pemblca dllcm cerirateDebut.
D3r. salisis diambilddi @dta pendek william Faulknerdcnsanjudul lram
Buningdan dibabsi hdya sbanyak 20 pragEt Kemudim anrliris Jlta dilakuku
dengM ncnggunakan merode padan distribusional. Dara tcrsebut dianalhis densd
heng8unakm teori lohesi yonA dikemukaku olch Halliday d Hrkn (l97rj) dan
tcoristilisrika oleh Peter Verdonk (2002) sena didtrkuis dcngin rcori pcrg.Plikosi0n
stilislika analisis oleh plul Sinpson (2004). Daa analisk disajiko seara dcsknptif
J didukun! dengrn t bel y g digundkrn unluk menggrnrMrkan koh.si leksikal
t$e nunctrl dalam cerira Gscbur.
ii$il anrlisis dcnunjukkan bahR. kohc5i Leksikal )rng puling bmy k
munrrl ,d.l.h penlu angdn G.pelnlon) yaf8 mefekank.n pada scvr0lu hal ylng
rcrjadi ds kolokdi (collocation) yang melekat pda tal! boda dtn klrx sirlds
metrgganbdkb subyck dlu oblek ddm cerih. Dri kenu.culm kohesi leksikal
dih&apkd memudahk pemb.cadalam m.mahanri n.kn. d.ri .erit, i.6eb!i. D'ri
pcneeu.sn kohesi leksikal dallm karyany, penb!$ dsl)rr meras rn Jm
menbu.ngkar tarahelndusia yan8 kcms, pcnuh dcncM enosi, bcbas da. li
sepenise.grlr yME disimboLksn oleh Ftulk.erddh karFnyr,


I

CEAPTER

INTRODUCTION

1.1

D.ckFutd
The@

Dgry, happy.

of rh. SrudY

de sone Pavs
sad,

jo'


10

or *h.re!er ve

fom or painrins, drawins' !.€nsi
exprcss

as

hd@ lt cd

Bt

se dpEss it

expE$ our feeling

fe'l

The


sho!1 $ones,

noveh

b€ feelings

c

er' Painrs

be

ol

in the

or dBwe6

{En leelinss via pictues or painls pod or novclisl e4iess dleir feelings


rhoudl'
By usina le8ugc, dvone cm comhunicare his or her feelinS'
md wiat he or sh. wor lo shm

sir! orhes

loms, spoken md Mitten. The winen

Pcople

cd

rfer mv

lened!thaldoesformauific.lwhole
shon $ory
Nhich

t


defincd

fiat happe.
scnses

dd

10

s

s

'orn

messages

ir


Lwo

lbft ol

Has

(19?6:t): fhe *ord

pdqsases spokcn or

wilren' of vhatcvcr

-

the olhe. kinds ol trinen Gxr is 3 kind ol

repEsenlation of hnmm

hmo


ltuiguag'

be Eprq'nted in the

reyr such as snon slotv. Aeordins lo H3llidav aod
t€xr is used in lincuislics to

cd Ee

life lt pEser*

lilc6'v worls

ihe social condilion

being Shon slo.v is one of lnetuv wo*s tha! explain aborl

&od

rhe aurhox 10 express rhcir feelinSs or thousnb


$onl

liletuv workl use a
emerhins lhlt comecled to socill life shon $ory like olher
combinarion of votds or sentences rhaL hos

'live

md h.s ns oM ch.raclri$ics

ill oM

stvle ro na]re the story more

To

6dc^rrnd

of laglage,


a story. the

b€cause one

of the

rcad.a

m

bopefirlly pay denrions to

inporL thi4

in a srory is

{€

dy se


ldBU.Se dEi

sed by tbe author. As stlt€d hy Paul Sinpson in his book.Sr/ltrti.]: '1telonce
hook

lot staleds (2@4:2): slylislics n
h 6sisled

which primary of lace

a nelhod ol texrual i.l..P€lation in

to /d,8,zg? Thc reson why

inpolt@r ro styListicids is beause the vdjous loms. pallems,

co.sti$e linguistis

shctr m o

l

suse is ro

dd lweh rhal

inponMl i.dex ofllc fddion ollhe lext '

H@cq stylisrics. which is concem wilh the sludy oasLtle id le8uase, will
be appropliat€ to

rn lyze

by Pcter Verdonk in his

ce

rhe l&guagc slyle

book.tllti.r

be defined as rhe malysis

desoipuon of i1l purpose

shicl

is used by

llle anhor. As saled

(2002:4): "So slylisrics, Ute sludy ol slyle,

disnncive exprBsior in laDsase rnd lh.

ol

dd €fet."

so. stylislics is th. sludy of explorins the ld8rrage ol the authoB

s*

the orealivity of the

story tluoush

11€

l

usins |ne la.slase lo creale a eood

snage ln otncr wdds, slylislics

ol

cldsiay 1le elemen&
which is used by

altloi ir

$e

l

h

used

psem

ud tr
in the

io idenrill md

guge &al being 6€d. Tne ebnents ol langDge

aurhor cm be claled to lhe study of texl, bequse rhe

lmsuas€ thlt uscd by de allhor in

witte. lext, in lhis cde j6 a shorl

Cohcsion is one olthc elenents thal buijt a textwe

ol!

Gxr.

siory. is

s shted by

(19?6:8): Cohesion is a scmmtic Elalion benven

&

el€nent in lhe lext md sond olner €lenenl thal h crucial to lbe inlerpiehlion

ol

Halliday

ud H6d

il, ' Cohesion is

a

impond ddice

in lhe lingristics de$riplion of lilerdy lexts

CHAPTER 4

Cohesion devices

dc

the inporrant element in a lext lhat buill lhe texl

lexrurc. wirhorr cohesion there is no relaled neanins mons rhe scdenes, Thec

r€

sone coiesive devices *hich

cohesile dcvices

re

used by the

m

doninmlly occm in litcBry worLs Thc5s

du6or ro nate the conlenr oaihe work mor

bcaulitul md inleEsted lo rcad, Throush the deyices, the aulhor tries lo delivc!
rhe meani.g

lia

lmEuaae md the delic€s,

i.

this cse lhe devices is lexical

cohesion.Ir is hopelullt the @ders could convey the nemins md givc theelect
ro the

eadcr which is comnonly c5l1cd by forcsroundine or psychological efect,
Faulkn$ uses loi€ties ol *ords io deliv*ing hn id€d in the sbon story

Faulk.ff rcnds ro Mire

*ods lhlt hd bem

mo)

choscn

long enlmc.s to descnbe his idea\ Tne choice

pc

ops lends 10 m0ke thc Eadcr

.l

involvc in thc story

whcrc rhcy could fe€l @d inagine the smc siiMtion shich is descnb.d by rhc

rulnor in dE story. Alier

utyzing ilc lcxical coheio; &on l,!c dahh, n h

lound rhlt lerical concsior ielps lhe reldem

b

convey lhe literary

neuir8

in the

shon sory. aaulkner dominatly uscs rcpctilioned collo.arion in expEssing
slJessing thc ideas. Tbrough Lhe

sd

nalysis. repetition is the donin t tlpes ol

lcxical lhat occur wirh 57.6% followed by collocarion (17.92%), nemnyn
(12 ?8%1, synonyh (7.68%). hyponrnr (0.00%).lDd

mlonln(3.84%).

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