VERDIANSYAH, ZAHRUDHIN (2017) A STUDY OF ELLIPSIS IN TOEFL READING PASSAGES IN BARON’S TOEFL IBT 12 th EDITION 2008. Other thesis, Universitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul Ulum.
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The textual forms are quite different from the contextual ones. One of the textual forms in English is TOEFL test which consists of three types, which are: PBT, CBT and iBT. The Baron‘s TOEFL iBT 12th edition 2008 was considered as a well-known resource by either domestic or international test-takers. In TOEFL, the reading section sometimes becomes the hardest section for some testtakers. One thing which may confuse the test takers is the occurrence of ellipsis in the texts. Ellipsis is leaving out words to avoid repetition or in other cases when the meaning can be understood without them (Swan, 1996: 172). This study analyzed the elliptical sentences used in TOEFL reading passages in Baron‘s TOEFL iBT 12th edition 2008 by using a syntactic approach. The purposes of the study are: (1) to describe the types of ellipsis used in the reading passages in TOEFL (2) to explain the ellipsis sentence construction in the reading passages in TOEFL. This study applied descriptive qualitative method. The data in this study were sentences with ellipsis presented in reading sections in Baron‘s TOEFL iBT 12th edition 2008. In total, there were 133 sentences taken as the data. The data were then classified in accordance with 14 types of ellipsis described by Swan (1996). The result of this study showed that there were seven types of ellipsis appeared in the reading passages. The types of ellipsis which appeared in the book were: (1) ellipsis with „and‟, „but‟, and „or‟ (47%), (2) ellipsis of reducing relative structures (32%), (3) ellipsis in ‗be after‘ conjunctions (6%), (4) ellipsis in noun phrases (4%), (5), ellipsis after auxiliary verbs (5%), (6) ellipsis with „that‟ and relative pronouns (4%) and (7) ellipsis at the beginning of a sentence (2%). For the construction of ellipsis, it was found out that some constructions were commonly used. They were “S+(V) & S+V”, “mod+N and (mod)+N”, “S+be+V,(be)V, and (be)V” & “modal+V and +(modal) V”, “S+modal+V and (S+modal)+V”, “S+V+Comp and (S)+V+Comp” & “S+V+Adv but (S)+V+Comp”, “Prep+NP, (Prep) NP and (Prep) NP” & “Prep+V, (Prep) V, and (Prep) V”, “PA+N+(PA)N and (PA)N”, “S+V+O and (S)+(V)+O” & “S+V+O and S+V+(O)”, “Det+adj+(NP) or (Det)+NP” & “Det+NP, (Det)+NP and (Det)+NP”, “NP+(RP+V)+PresentP”, “NP+(RP+be verb)+PastP” & “NP+(RP+be verb)+Prep”, “Conj+(S+be verb)+Comp”, “NP and Det(NP) but Det(NP)”, “S+V+Comp, as S+(do)+Comp”, “S+(VP)”, “(that)+S+V”, and “Adv+(S+be verb)+AP”. xiii Since the study described and explained the phenomenon of ellipsis in TOEFL, it is expected that the result of the study can give additional comprehension about ellipsis analysis in the reading passages in TOEFL and provide greater insights into the theory and will redound as reference and guide for students in understanding ellipsis commonly found in TOEFL reading passages and learning how ellipsis was constructed in the TOEFL reading passages. Then expectantly, this study will help the test-takers to comprehend more especially the reading passages also can raise the score of the test. Keywords: Ellipsis, Syntax, TOEFL iBT
| Item Type: | Thesis (Other) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Bahasa dan Sastra Fakultas Bahasa dan Sastra > S1-Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Iqbal Iqbal |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2017 02:38 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2017 02:38 |
| URI: | http://eprints.unipdu.ac.id/id/eprint/908 |
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