Analyzing Verbal Idioms in Gadis Pantai Novel of Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Journal: International Journal of English, Literature and Social Science (Vol.5, No. 6)Publication Date: 2020-11-11
Authors : Muhammad Zainul Arifin Suyitno Raheni Suhita;
Page : 2124-2128
Keywords : idioms; meaning; novel; verbs.;
Abstract
The research aimed to analyze the verbal idioms by using semantic analysis. It is a descriptive qualitative design that applied text analysis focusing on one phenomenon. The data collection taken are words that contain idiomatic meanings in the novel of Gadis Pantai by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The writer collected the data through observation and note-taking techniques. The writer administered source triangulation and theoretical triangulation to test the validity. The result shows that there are five idioms which are formed by using verbs. There are eleven idioms created using transitive affixed verbs, which consisted of 8 phrasal verb idioms and eight partial idioms. There is a finding that nouns always follow the constituent elements of idioms to obtain the idiom's meaning.
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