AN ANALYSIS OF SYNTACTIC STRUCTURES IN THE RAP SONGS “NO

LOVE” AND “TALKIN TO MYSELF” BY EMINEM

THESIS

By:
TRI YULI ARDIYANSAH
NIM: 09360016

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2013
AN ANALYSIS OF SYNTACTIC STRUCTURES IN THE RAP SONGS “NO
LOVE” AND “TALKIN TO MYSELF” BY EMINEM

THESIS

This Thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to

achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education

By:
TRI YULI ARDIYANSAH
NIM. 09360016

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2013
 This thesis written by Tri Yuli Ardiyansah was approved on August 1, 2013.

By:

Advisor II, Advisor I,

Drs. Imam Mahfud Riza Elfana, M.A

This Thesis was defended in front of the Examiners of the Faculty of Teacher

Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang

and accepted as one of the Requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

on August 1, 2013

Approved by:

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

University of Muhammadiyah Malang

Dean,

Drs. M. Syaifuddin, M.M.

Examiners: Signatures:

1. Drs. Jarum, M.Ed 1……………………

2. Drs. Marzuki, M.Pd 2……………………

3. Riza Elfana, M.A 3……………………

4. Drs. Imam Mahfud 4……………………

 MOTTO
if you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.

Do good anyway

(Kent Keith)

DEDICATION:
I dedicated this thesis to
My beloved family.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Alhamdulillah, all praises are due to Allah SWT, who gives His blessing,

guidance and merciful in my life, then finally I could finish this thesis.

Furthermore, I would like to express my deepest thank to Riza Elfana, M.A

and Drs. Imam Mahfud for their advice, correction, motivation and ideas in guiding

my thesis until finished. My gratitude also goes to all lectures of English Department

in the University of Muhammadiyah Malang for knowledge that may worthwhile.

Indeed, I would like to thank to my beloved Mother (Ibu Tutik Husiansih),

Father (Bapak Tirto Nadi), Sisters (Mbak Susana Puji Astuti and Indri Wahyuni

Astuti), brothers (Mas Akhmad Fauzi and Samsul Arifin), nephew and niece (Adek

Amanda, Zizi, and Valen) who always give me support and prayers so that this thesis

could be completed. For the one who always give spirit to finish my thesis “My

09360270, Ncy” thanks for your Love.

To all my close friends at English Department (Aji, Pram, Tomat, Iman,

Johan, Hardi, Lingga, Irma, Inof, Dian, Raisa, and Febri) thanks for your togetherness

and kindness, help and support. And for all my friends who cannot be mentioned one

by one, thank you very much.

Malang, August 1, 2013

The Writer,

Tri Yuli Ardiyansah

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
APPROVAL ................................................................................................... i
LEGALIZATION ......................................................................................... ii
MOTTO ......................................................................................................... iii
DEDICATION ............................................................................................... iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................ iv
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................... v
TABLE OF CONTENT ................................................................................ vi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study ..................................................................... 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem .................................................................... 3
1.3 Purpose of the Study ........................................................................... 3
1.4 Significant of the Study ....................................................................... 3
1.5 Scope and Limitation ….. .................................................................... 4
1.6 Definitions of the Key Terms .............................................................. 4
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Syntactic Structures …………………………………………………. 5
2.2 Kinds of Syntactic Structures ............................................................... 6
2.2.1 Structure of Modification ............................................................ 6
2.2.1.1 Modifier .......................................................................... 6
2.2.1.2 Head ............................................................................... 9
2.2.2 Structure of Predication .............................................................. 10
2.2.2.1 Predicate ......................................................................... 10
2.2.2.2 Subject ............................................................................ 12
2.2.3 Structure of Complementation .................................................... 13
2.2.3.1 Verbal Element ............................................................... 13
2.2.3.2 Complement ................................................................... 14
 2.2.4 Structure of Coordination............................................................ 17
2.2.4.1 Elliptical ......................................................................... 18
2.2.4.2 Split Structure ................................................................. 18
2.2.4.3 Correlatives .................................................................... 18
2.2.4.4 Coordination of Words or Clauses ................................. 19
2.3 Song...................................................................................................... 19
2.4 Rap Songs............................................................................................. 21
2.5 Review of Related Study ..................................................................... 23
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design .................................................................................. 24
3.2 Research Instrument ............................................................................. 25
3.3 Research Object .................................................................................. 26
3.4 Data Collection..................................................................................... 26
3.5 Data Analysis ....................................................................................... 26
CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Research Findings .............................................................................. 28
4.1.1 The kinds of syntactic structures in the rap songs “No Love”
and “Talkin to Myself” by Eminem .......................................... 28
4.1.1.1 Song 1 ............................................................................. 29
4.1.1.1.1 Structure of Modification ................................ 29
4.1.1.1.2 Structure of Predication ................................... 31
4.1.1.1.3 Structure of Complementation ........................ 34
4.1.1.1.4 Structure of Coordination ................................ 36
4.1.1.2 Song 2.............................................................................. 38
4.1.1.2.1 Structure of Modification ................................ 38
4.1.1.2.2 Structure of Predication ................................... 41
4.1.1.2.3 Structure of Complementation ........................ 43
4.1.1.2.4 Structure of Coordination ................................ 45
 4.1.2 The most predominant syntactic structure in the rap songs “No
Love” and “Talkin to Myself” by Eminem .............................. 47
4.2 Discussions .......................................................................................... 48
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1 Conclusions ......................................................................................... 50
5.2 Suggestions ......................................................................................... 51
REFERENCES .............................................................................................. 52
APPENDIXES
Appendix I ................................................................................................. 53
Appendix II ............................................................................................... 59
Appendix III .............................................................................................. 64
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