ASPECT IN ENGLISH

Muliharta, Wayan (2013) ASPECT IN ENGLISH. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Warmadewa.

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Abstract

The title of this paper is Aspect in Engish. The aims of this paper are to analyze the types of aspect and their characteristics. The data is taken from novel The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling. They are collected by observation method through reading and note taking. Then the data are analyzed based on the theoretical basis that is from Comrie (1976) in his book entitled Aspect as the main theory and some other books as supporting theories that are relevant to the topic. The result of analysis of the research shows that the types of aspect can be classified into two, such as major aspect (Perfective/Imperfective, Telic/Atelic, Punctual/Durative, Semelfactive/Iterative, Progressive, and Habitual) and minor aspect (prospective and retrospective). Each type of aspect has its own characteristic. Perfective aspect indicates the termination of the action which is completed and imperfective shows the uncompleted event (the event still in progress). Telic aspect is resultative that has some implication related to the moment of speech and some other past or future, while atelic is unresultative event that indicates the process and the result of event. Punctual aspect is a momentary event that has no temporal time and durative has temporal duration. Semelfactive aspect is composed by single sub event that has a short length of time, while iterative involves the repetition or multiple sub events. Progressive aspect understood to be on going that state a dynamic event. Habitual describes the action that has the characteristics of an extended period of time and also appears to be removed from time. Prospective aspect indicates as a warning to some third party to prevent the future situation coming. And retrospective aspect indicates the present event that has a backward look from the time in the past.

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