Abstract:
This study deals with types of phrases and function of phrases in My Everything
album by Ariana Grande. The objectives of the study were to find out the types of
phrases and to describe the functions of phrases found in My Everything Album
by Ariana Grande. The researcher used descriptive qualitative method to collect
the data. The data was analyzed through Miles and Huberman’s theory (1994: 10-
11) that the three phases include data reduction, data display and conclusion
drawing and verification. The source of the data was taken from the official lyric
website. The finding of the research which showed all types of phrases used in
“My Everything” Album by Ariana Grande and there were 121 lyrics that
contained phrases. The details were as follows: verb phrase (70), noun phrase
(28), adjective phrase (12), adverbial phrase (4), and prepositional phrase (7).
There were lots of functions of phrases found. In verb phrase, there were as
predicate (59), and adverb (11). In noun phrase, there were as direct object (14),
adverbial (5), subject (4), object complement (1), subject complement (2), and
complement of a preposition (2). In adjective phrase, there were as subject
complement (9), object complement (1), pre-modifier in a noun phrase (1), and
post-modifier in a noun phrase (1). In adverbial phrase, there were as modifier of
an adverbial (4). In prepositional phrase, there were as post-mod of a noun (4) and
post-mod of an adjective (3)
