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AN ANALYSIS ON RELATIVE CLAUSE IN “BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA” NOVEL
Nur Laila Kadariyah
A Lecturer of English Department at Tarbiyah Faculty of IAIN Antasari Banjarmasin
Desy Purwanti
Alumni of English Department at Tarbiah Faculty of IAIN Antasari Banjarmasin
ABSTRACT
This research describes 1). Tthe original sentences of relative clause in novel bridge to
Terabithia; (2) Tthe common relative clause found in the novel; (3). The frequency of kinds of
relative clause that are used in the novel. The subject of this research is novel “Bridge to
Terabithia” by Katherine Paterson and the object of this research is relative clause in novel
“Bridge to Terabithia” by Katherine Paterson. The data of this research are collected through
reading and comprehending the story of novel, choosing the data dealing with the problem of
the study, and conducting survey on novel script. Then taking evidences related to the question
from the selected data. All collected data are then processed systematically through editing and
clarifying. The result of the research shows that there are five patterns of relative clause found
in the novel “Bridge to Terabithia” by Katherine Paterson namely relative clause of who, whom,
whose, that and which. First, the most frequently appeared in this novel are 99 relative clause of
that, the second position are 39 relative clause of who. After that in the third position are 26
relative clause of which, in the forth position are 5 relative clause of whose. The last in the
fifth are 3 relative clause of whom.
Key Words: An Analysis, Relative Clause, Novel Bridge to Terabithia.
Some stories make instruction or teaching. Stories of novel show the readers the way to use
English in written or spoken language. It can help learners to recognize words more quickly,
develop a larger vocabulary, understand grammar better. Novel is fictional prose narrative of
considerable length and some complexity that deals imaginatively with human experience
through a connected sequence of events involving a group of persons in a specific setting. The
novel “Bridge to Terabithia” is chosen because it is a good reading to learn Englis. It has moral
values to seek and grammatical structure to learn. One of grammar can be found and learnt in a
novel is relative clause. Relative clause is one of the most essential to be learnt, to be able to
write and speak target language. Learning relative clause also will improve reading, grammar,
vocabulary and speech communication. In sum, In this novel the author finds to analyze in its
script is relative clause. “A relative clause is used to form one sentence from two separate
sentences. The relative clauses replaces one of two identical noun pharases and relates the
clause to each other”.(Michael A . Payle, MA. And Mary Ellen Munoz Page, MA, 2005:174). That
generally modifies a noun or noun phrase and is introduced by (which, that, who, whom,
whose), A relative clause is a postmodifier--that is, it follows the noun or noun phrase it
modifies.
Based on background above, the formulation of problem in the research are: What are the
origin sentences of relative clause in novel bridge to Terabithia?; (2) What is the common
