A Study of Onomatopoeia Words Used in Batman VS Predator Comic. English Department, The Faculty of Teacher Training and Educational Sciences, Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo

Abstract

This research is concerned on the analysis of onomatopoeia words used in the comic. The subject of this thesis is the comic “Batman Versus Predator” written by Dave Gibbons. Dave Gibbons is an English comic book artist, writer, and sometime letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything". This study is a descriptive research because it is aimed to find out the meaning and the characteristics of onomatopoeia words in a “Batman Versus Predator” comic. The researcher does not use any statistical procedure or calculation. The object of this thesis is onomatopoeia in English comic. The data collecting technique of this thesis is noting technique. The researcher reads the comic, and takes a note about the onomatopoeia found in the comic. In analyzing the data the researcher finds the meaning and the types of onomatopoeia and draws conclusion. The result of this thesis shows that the researcher found 50 onomatopoeia words in the Batman VS Predator. From this research, the researcher also found there are three types of onomatopoeia based on Particular Combination Letter, Sound Resembles, and Word Relation how they are used. Each of them divide into specific type, there are Gr-(1), Cl-(0), Sp-(0), -ash(1), Wh-(1), and ckle(0) in the Particular Combination Letter. There are Direct Onomatopoeia (21), Associative Onomatopoeia (5), and Exemplary Onomatopoeia (24) in Word Resembles. And the last, there are Words Related to Water (3), Words Related to Voice (10), Words Related to Collisions (22), Words Related to Air (7), and Animal Sound (7). The researcher hopes that this thesis will enrich the knowledge of vocabulary especially in onomatopoeia and experiences for the readers.