THE ANALYSIS OF ELLIPTICAL CONSTRUCTION IN THE

TRANSPORTER REFUELED MOVIE: DISCOURSE APPROACH

RESEARCH PAPER

Submitted as a Partial Fullfillment of the Requirements

for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department

by:
DEDDY PERDANA BAKTI
A320130134

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SURAKARTA
2017
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 MOTTO

Indeed, Allah is with the patient.

-Al Baqarah V. 153-

Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever
-Mahatma Gandhi-

Look in the mirror, that is your competition

-Anonymous-

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 DEDICATION

Wholeheartedly, the writer dedicates this research paper to:

His God, Allah SWT who gives the blessing for the writer to

finish his study,

His Parents, who always support the writer physically and

mentally,

His friends, who are fighting in the togetherness.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Assalamu’alaikum Warrahmatullahi Wabarakaatuh.

In the name of Allah SWT, the most merciful and guidance, peace and
blessing upon his most beloved messenger, Prophet Muhammad SAW who guided
human life from the darkness into the brightness.
In this opportunity, the writer would like to express his gratitude and
appreciation to :
1. As Dean of Teacher of Training and Education Faculty Muhammadiyah
University of Surakarta.
2. Mauly Halwat Hikmat, Ph. D., as the chairman of English Education
Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
3. Aryati Prasetyarini, S. Pd., as the academic consultant who gave her
permission to do this research paper.
4. Dra. Malikatul Laila, M. Hum., as the supervisor who guided to finish this
research paper.
5. Lectures of English Education Department, who had given their knowledge to
the writer
6. His beloved mother, Wahyuni and his beloved father, Joko Suratno, for their
prayers, supports, and they have given to the writer.
7. His Grandmother, who always cares about his study.
8. My long distance relationship partner, who always supports and makes
the writer to finish this research paper.
9. His duo best friends, Wibowo Aji and Ziqi, for their supports and
motivations.
10. His beloved friends of Leh Uga, Agung, Wendi, Tyar, Dwiki, Fathoni,
Nuradhi, Melati, Febrian, Devi, Tika.
11. His beloved 2016 manager of SEGA, Hemix, Epin, Anida, Endang, and
Risma.

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 12. The students who are guided by Mrs. Laila, Rifki, Ambar, Ndari, Rizal,
Retno.
13. All of his friend of C class.
14. All friend in UMS that cannot be mentioned one by one, and
15. All people who contributed greatly in completing this reseacrh paper .

Lats but not the least, the writer realizes that this reseacrh paper is not perfect.
Then, the suggestion and supportive criticism are hoped to make this reseach paper
to be better.

Wassalamu’alaikum Warrahmatullahi Wabarakaatuh.

Surakarta, June 2017

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 ABSTRAK

Penelitian ini membahas tentang analisa bentuk ellipsis dalam percakapan yang
ditemukan pada film The Transporter Refueled. Adapun tujuan dari penelitian ini
adalah 1) Mengidentifikasi tipe ellipsis yang ditemukan pada film The Trasnporter
Refueled, 2) Menjelaskan konteks dan alasan dari bentuk kalimat ellipsis yang
ditemukan pada film The Transporter Refueled, dan 3) Menjelaskan pengaruh dari
bentuk kalimat ellipsis yang ditemukan pada kegiatan belajar mengajar.
Pada penelitian ini, penulis menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif
deskriptif. Data yang dianalisa adalah percakapan yang mengandung bentuk kalimat
ellipsis yang ditemukan pada film The Transporter Refueled. Penulis menerapkan
metode observasi dan metode analisa dokumen pada penelitiannya.
Berdasarkan hasil dari analisa, penulis menganalisa 41 percakapan yang
mengandung kalimat ellipsis yang ditemukan pada film The Transporter Refueled.
Dari analisa, penulis menemukan bahwa 1) Terdapat tiga jenis ellipsis pada film The
Transporter Refueled, antara lain, nominal ellipsis, verbal ellipsis, dan clausal
ellipsis, 2) Terdapat tiga jenis konteks pada film The Transporter Refueled, antara
lain, situational context, background knowledge context, dan co-textual context. lah
salah satu film aksi yang berisikan percakapan-percakapan dalam adegan aksi.
Hasilnya, penulis banyak menemukan jenis verbal ellipsis di The Transporter
Refueled. Disamping itu, penulis juga mengidentifikasi jenis nominal ellipsis dan
clausal ellipsis.

Kata kunci : cohesion, nominal ellipsis, verbal ellipsis, clausal ellipsis.

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 ABSTRACT

This research is about the analysis of elliptical construction found in The

Transporter Refueled movie. The objectives are 1) To derive the types of elliptical
construction that are found in The Transporter Refueled movie, 2) To explain the
context and reason of elliptical construction that are found in The Transpoerter
Refueled movie.
In this research, the writer uses a descriptive qualitative research as the type
of the research. The data are utterances that containt elliptical construction found in
The Trasnporter Refueled movie. The writer applies observation and document
analysis method in order to collect the data.
Based on the result of the data analysis, the writer analyzes 41 utterances that
containt elliptical construction found in The Transporter Refueled movie. From the
analysis, the writer found that 1) There are three types of ellipsis found in The
Transporter Refueled movie, that are nominal ellipsis, verbal ellipsis, and clausal
ellipsis, 2) There are three types of context found in The Transporter Refueled
movie, that are situational context, background knowledge context, and co-textual
context. As the result, there will be many verbal ellipsis found in The Transporter
Refueled movie. Besides, there are also identified nominal ellipsis and clausal
ellipsis.

Keywords:cohesion, nominal ellipsis, verbal ellipsis, clausal ellipsis

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

TITLE ......................................................................................................... i
APPROVAL ................................................................................................ ii
ACCEPTANCE........................................................................................... iii
TESTIMONY .............................................................................................. iv
MOTTO ...................................................................................................... v
DEDICATION ............................................................................................ vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .......................................................................... vii
ABSTRAK................................................................................................... ix
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................ x
TABLE OF CONTENT .............................................................................. xi
THE LIST OF TABLE ............................................................................... xiii
CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study .................................................. 1
B. Limitation of the Study ..................................................... 4
C. Problem Statement ........................................................... 4
D. Objective of the Study ...................................................... 5
E. Benefit of the Study .......................................................... 5
F. Reseach Paper Organization ............................................. 5
CHAPTER II: UNDERLYING THEORY
A. Previous Study ................................................................. 7
B. Theoretical Framework..................................................... 9
1. The Sense of Discourse............................................... 9
2. The Concept of Discourse and Pragmatics .................. 10
3. Context of Language Use ............................................ 11
4. The Notion of Cohesion .............................................. 20
5. The Notion of Ellipsis ................................................. 21
6. Listening Comprehension ........................................... 24
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD
A. Type of Research .............................................................. 26

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C. Data and Data Source ....................................................... 26
D. Technique of Collecting Data ........................................... 27
E. Data Validity .................................................................... 27
F. Technique of Analyzing Data ........................................... 29
CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
A. Data Analysis ................................................................... 29
B. The Findings .................................................................... 67
C. Discussion of the Findings ................................................ 69
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion ....................................................................... 73
B. Suggestion ........................................................................ 73
BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................... 75
APPENDIX ................................................................................................. 77

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 THE LIST OF TABLE

Table 1. The significance of elliptical construction

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