AN ANALYSIS OF IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION IN "LOCK AND KEY" NOVEL BY SARAH DESSEN

KHOTIMAH, KHUSNUL (2015) AN ANALYSIS OF IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION IN "LOCK AND KEY" NOVEL BY SARAH DESSEN. [ Skripsi ]

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ABSTRACT Khotimah, Khusnul. Student Registered Number. 3213113091. 2015. An Analysis of Idiomatic Expression in “Lock and Key” Novel by Sarah Dessen. Sarjana Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Tulungagung. Advisor: Dr. Erna Iftanti, SS. M.Pd. Keywords: idiom, idiomatic expressions One of the challenges in learning English language resides in the use of idiom. An idiom is a special feature of language that has a specific form or style presents only in a language. Even, in translating idiomatic expressions, we cannot translate them literally (word by word). This is caused of many idiomatic expressions cannot be understood grammatically. At any rate, idiomatic expressions are very important for the English language learners either EFL (English as Foreign Language) or ESL (English as Second Language). In this research, there are three statement of research problems: (1) What are the type of idiomatic expressions found in novel entitled “Lock and Key” by Sarah Dessen? (2) What are the classification of idiomatic expressions found in novel entitled “Lock and Key” by Sarah Dessen? (3) What are the connotative meaning of idioms used in novel entitled “Lock and Key” by Sarah Dessen? So that, the objectives of this research are: (1) To find out the type of idiomatic expressions in novel entitled “Lock and Key” by Sarah Dessen, (2) To find out the classification of idiomatic expressions in novel entitled “Lock and Key” by Sarah Dessen, (3) To know the connotative meaning of idioms in novel entitled “Lock and Key” by Sarah Dessen. This research method used library research by applying content analysis method. The data of this research is in the form of utterances and sentences that contained idiomatic expression. In addition, its data source is taken from Sarah Dessen’s novel entitled “Lock and Key”. The result of finding and analysis shows that there are 50 kinds of idiomatic expressions in the “Lock and Key” novel. All of them are looked for according to the types of idiom and the classifications of idiom. Those idiomatic expressions are also interpreted into their connotative meaning based on the context of sentence in the novel. In this case, to translate idiomatic expressions are not only look for them by using dictionary but also see the context of sentence contained idiomatic expressions. Furthermore, in the teaching learning process, it is important for the teachers to familiarize the students with idiomatic expressions. The teachers can provide their students with practices dealing with idiomatic expressions since it will help the students to improve their knowledge about idiomatic expressions. As the students who are learning English language, understanding idiomatic expressions are necessary because they are frequently used in everyday conversation by the native speakers either spoken or written. Furthermore, idiomatic expressions can be learnt by the students itself through some ways other than the school, for instance reading a novel, listening to the music, watching the television, and so on.

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