Abstract:
The study is concerned with phrasal verbs. These multi-verbs are formed
from combination of a verb with an adverb or preposition. Phrasal verbs are an
inevitable part of English language, so it is important to master this particular part
of English grammar. This study is to find out the phrasal verbs found in VOA
(Voice of America) online news including the kinds, the formulation, and the
meaning of phrasal verbs. The reason the researcher decided to write this thesis on
phrasal verbs and analyze them in VOA Online news is the researcher’s personal
interest in studying phrasal verbs. As a student, we have a big problem in using
phrasal verbs or understanding them in written text. This experience led the
researcher to make an analysis on phrasal verbs which might be found in
www.voanews.com.
The researcher strongly believes learners of English can get more
knowledge about the phrasal verb by knowing the typical and the meaning of the
phrasal verbs, especially in written texts. The aim of this thesis is to find out the
most common phrasal verbs used in news article found in VOA online news. The
researcher chooses VOA because VOA is the leading news provider that provides
huge information from over the world and it represents real language.
Descriptive method is used in this study; therefore the data obtained from
the research is in the form of words rather than numbers. The researcher decided
to analyze the news by reading each article very carefully and highlighting phrasal
verbs in particular article, classifying them and determining the meaning based on
the theory used. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The
theoretical part introduces phrasal verbs from theoretical point of view including
the general review of phrasal verb, the grammatical of phrasal verb, origin of
phrasal verb, and kinds of phrasal verb, while practical part outlines the analyses
of the phrasal verbs found in the news articles.
The result of the research shows that there are three kinds of phrasal verb
found in the article, they are transitive phrasal verb, intransitive phrasal verb, and
three-word phrasal verb. Each of phrasal verbs has different grammatical function
and some of the verbs and the particles can be separated. These research findings
can be implemented in the teaching writing through learning news item material
for senior high school students.
