MAKNA KATA KERJA BANTU MODAL YANG TERDAPAT DI FILM THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

HERLINA ENDAH ATMAJA, Drs. Tofan Dwi Hardjanto, M.A.,

2014 | Skripsi | SASTRA INGGRIS

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginvestigasi makna kata kerja bantu modal dalam film The Perks of being a Wallflower. Secara khusus, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi dan mengklasifikasi kata kerja bantu modal menurut maknanya. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah dialog yang berisi kata kerja bantu modal. Kata kerja bantu modal dianalisa secara semantic dan pragmatic. Berdasarkan hasil data, 171 kata kerja bantu modal ditemukan. Kata kerja bantu modal yang paling sering digunakan adalah kata kerja bantu modal will (28.7%), diikuti oleh can (24.0%), would (21.6%), could (14.0), should (7.0%), might (2.9%), and must (1.8%). Dari 171 kata kerja bantu modal, 43 (25.1%) digunakan untuk mengungkapkan makna epistemic, 23 (13.4%) digunakan untuk mengungkapkan makna deontic, dan 105 (61.3%) digunakan untuk mengungkapkan makna dinamis. Dalam penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa kata kerja bantu modal paling sering digunakan untuk mengekspresikan makna dinamis.

This research attempts to investigate the meanings of modal auxiliary verbs in the movie The Perks of being a Wallflower. In particular, it aims to identify and classify the modal auxiliary verbs according to their meanings. The data used in this research were dialogues containing modal auxiliary verbs. The modal auxiliary verbs are analyzed semantically and pragmatically. Based on the data analysis, 171 modal auxiliary verbs were found in the movie. The most commonly used modal auxiliary verb in the movie is the modal auxiliary will (28.7%), followed by can (24.0%), would (21.6%), could (14.0%), should (7.0%), might (2.9%), and must (1.8%). From the 171 modal auxiliary verbs, 43 (25.1%) are used to express epistemic meanings, 23 (13.4%) are used to express deontic meanings, and 105 (61.3%) are used to express dynamic meanings. It was found in this research that the modal auxiliary verbs are most frequently used to express dynamic meanings.

Kata Kunci : kata kerja bantu modal, makna epistemic, makna deontic, dan makna dinamis.