Ilmu Budaya: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Budaya
Vol 8, No 4 (2024): Oktober 2024

The Syntax Analysis on Sentence Patterns Used in Louis Tomlinson Song Lyrics

Therendy, Therendy (Unknown)
Masrur, Masrur (Unknown)
Alamsyah, Alamsyah (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Oct 2024

Abstract

Syntax is the structure of sentences, the established rules of usage for arrangement of the words of sentence into their proper forms and relation. To get more understanding about syntax, the writer presents the syntax analysis on sentence patterns used in Louis Tomlinson song lyrics with album Walls by using the theory of sentence patterns by Quirk and Greenbaum. This research also used the theory of tree diagram by O’Grady, Dobrovolsky, and Katamba to help the writer in analysing sentence patterns. In this study the writer used qualitative method. The data of this research are words, phrases, and sentences related to the analysis of sentence pattern especially in Two of Us, Defenceless, and Kill My Mind song. From the result, through the sentences selected by the writer, the writer found that the most number of the sentence pattern in Louis Tomlinson’s song lyrics is sentence pattern number 3: S + Vt + dO which is used for 5 times.

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JBSSB

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Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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Jurnal Ilmu Budaya (Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Budaya) merupakan jurnal yang dikelola oleh Fakultas Ilmu Budaya sebagai media publikasi ilmiah hasil penelitian dalam bidang bahasa, sastra, seni, dan budaya, termasuk pengajarannya. Terbit sebanyak empat kali setahun, yaitu pada bulan Januari, ...