THE CORPUS ANALYSIS OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED VERBS IN FAIRY TALES

ALDA KHARISNA NOOR, 12203173122 (2021) THE CORPUS ANALYSIS OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED VERBS IN FAIRY TALES. [ Skripsi ]

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ABSTRACT Noor, Alda Kharisna. Student Registered Number. 12203173122. 2021. The Corpus Analysis of the Most Frequently Used Verbs in Fairy Tales. Sarjana Thesis. English Education Department, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Tulungagung. Advisor: Dr. Muh. Basuni, M.Pd. Keywords: Corpus, Fairy Tales, Verb Fairy tales are told primarily for entertainment, even they are described as truthful, contain a moral lesson, or even innuendo. From this point of view, fairy tales need to use verbs to convey information, ideas, or messages in communicating. The proper verbs can help improve students' ability to communicate well. The correct verb can be known by understanding the verbs that are most often used in fairy tales. Therefore, the researcher was interested to study the most frequently used verbs in fairy tales. The formulated of this research question is "What are the most frequently used verbs and their role in fairy tales?" The aim of this study is to know the most frequently used verbs and their role in fairy tales. In this study, the author uses research design corpus-based study. The data analyzed was corpus of fairy tales which were collected and downloaded from several websites such as https://fairytalez.com/, https://www.storynory.com/, and https://americanliterature.com/. The data analysis of this research was conducted by using corpus specialized freeware that is, AntConc and TagAnt, in generating word lists and frequency, and then the results of the verbs were classified according to their role based on Levin (1993) English verbs classes. After conducting the analysis, the results revealed that of all the roles of the verbs, the most used were the verbs of communication with a total percentage 18,05%. Verbs of communication are used to communicate in conveying information, ideas, or messages from the sender to the recipient. In addition, it can also be used in a quote sentence as a comment addressed to someone. The conclusion of this study shows that the use verbs of communication is most often used because it describes the interaction between characters that shows the intensity of activity and the condition of the storyline to the reader. In every fairy tale, there is interaction between characters and talking is the easiest way to interact with each other. Hopefully, the results of this study can be used by students to improve their vocabulary in understanding fairy tales. In addition, knowledge of the most frequently used verbs could be used by students in conveying information, ideas, and messages so that they can communicate using English well.

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