AN ANALYSIS OF REFERENCE IN NEIL GAIMAN’S NOVEL CORALINE

Larasati, Karina and Zahrida, Zahrida and Indah, Damayanti (2023) AN ANALYSIS OF REFERENCE IN NEIL GAIMAN’S NOVEL CORALINE. Undergraduated thesis, Universitas Bengkulu.

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Abstract

This research aims to find out the dominance of references and how the processes of reference used in the Coraline novel. The research design was descriptive qualitative research. The subject of this research was Neil Gaiman’s novel Coraline that used the first 4 chapters of the novel. The data were analyzed based on Yule's theory of reference in which there are two parts, namely aspects and types of reference. From the analysis of this research, there are three aspects of reference used in the novel, namely Referential Use (40.35%), Attributive Use (54.38%), and Names and Referents (5.26%). The most dominant aspect of reference is Attributive Use. Three types of reference were also found in this research, namely Anaphora (61.40%), Cataphora (28.07%), and Zero Anaphora (10.52%). Anaphora is the most widely used types of reference. This research also used Brown and Yule’s theory that cited from Halliday and Hasan regarding reference relation to support Yule’s theory of reference. The reference relation consists of 6 items, namely Repeated Form, Partially Repeated Form, Lexical Replacement, Pronominal Form, Substituted Form, and Ellided Form. From the whole 6 reference relation items, Pronominal Form is the most occurred in the reference relation. Based on the result, it can be concluded that the most widely used reference in the novel is Pronominal Attributive Anaphora due to the story has numerous characters contributing in the development of the story, and each of them has very unique features. Keywords: Reference, Coraline, Novel, Discourse Analysis

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