Coordinate Conjunction in The Happy Prince novel by Oscar Wilde

Abstract

The study deal with the analysis coordinate conjunction in The Happy Prince novel by Oscar Wilde. The objectives of the study were: (1) to find out the types coordinate conjunction in The Happy Prince novel by Oscar Wilde and (2) to find out the dominant type of coordinate conjunction in The Happy Prince novel by Oscar Wilde. The source of the data were taken from in The Happy Prince novel by Oscar Wilde and produced by Steven Andersen, this novel consisted VII chapter in 136 pages. The research took 60 pages which consisted from chapter I until chapter IV. Descriptive qualitative method was applied to analyzed the data. Thus, in doing this research, library research was applied in analyzing the data. After that, all the data obtained in The Happy Prince novel by Oscar Wilde. There were ninety-six (96) utterances found of 4 types of coordinate conjunction in The Happy Prince novel. There were: cumulative 47 (48,96%), adversative 13 (13,54%), alternative 3 (3,13%), illative 33 (34,37%). Based on the analysis, the researcher found the dominant types of coordinate conjunction in The Happy Prince novel by Oscar wilde were cumulative 47 (48,96%).