Abstract:
This study deals with onomatopoeia in Doctor Dolittle novel by Hugh Lofting. The
objectives of the study were to analyze the types of onomatopoeia that used in the
Doctor Dolittle novel by Hugh Lofting, to analyze why onomatopoeia used in Doctor
Dolittle novel by Hugh Lofting, and to investigate how the author describe the
onomatopoeia word in his novel. The scope and limitation were focused about
onomatopoeia words found in the Doctor Dolittle novel by Hugh Lofting. The
researcher analyzed three types of onomatopoeia, there are Direct Onomatopoeia,
Associative Onomatopoeia, and Exemplary Onomatopoeia. This study applied a
descriptive qualitative method and it was taken place in library of UMSU to analyze
the data. The data of this reseach was taken from the Doctor Dolittle novel. were the
novel The technique of data analyzing was from the data collection, data
presentation, data verification and, data reduction. The research finding showed that
there were 38 of onomatopoeia found in this research which consist of 7 words direct
onomatopoeia, 24 words assiciative onomatopoeia, and 7 exemplary onomatopoeia
based on Bredin's (1996 : 558). Associative Onomatopoeia was the dominant types
of Doctor Dolittle novel by Hugh Lofting.
