A SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF VERB PHRASE, NOUN PHRASE & WORD CATEGORIES ON A STORY ENTITLED ROOM 13 BY MONTAGUE RHODES JAMES

Abstract

The title of this research is A Syntactic Analysis of Verb Phrase, Noun Phrase & Word Categories On A Story Entitled Room 13 By Montague Rhodes James The purpose of this research is to find the type of phrase, word categories and dominant type of phrase and word categories on Room 13 story. The data source in this research is Room 13 story by M.R James. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method. The theory used in this research is Transformational Generative Grammar by Chomsky(1957) in the book ”beginning syntax” by Linda Thomas(1993). The result of this research there were five types of phrases used in the Room 13 story, such as; Noun Phrase, Verb Phrase, Adjective Phrase, Adverbial Phrase and Prepositional Phrase. Meanwhile, there are seven words of categories used in the story, such as; Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverbial, Preposition, Determiner and Pronoun. The data obtained with a total overall data of 1.031 phrases and 1388 words categories used in Room 13 story.