Abstract
The present study deals with the features of long sentences in the novel The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. This study aimed to identify the features of long sentences found in the novel and to suggest ways to comprehend the long sentences. This study is beneficial for the development of English teaching, particularly the structure course. The data were in the form of phrases, clauses, and sentences used in the novel which were collected through observation method (metode simak). Descriptive qualitative method was employed for analysing the data. The results indicated that most of the sentences were compound complex. Each clause can be identified through its subject, predicate, object, and adverb or complement. Each subordinate clause could be un-derstood by identifying the word(s) modified and introductory word used. By identifying the main clause, sub-ordinate clause, parts of a main clause, subordinate clause, and kinds of phrases, the reader can under-stand the long sentences. In addition, most of the main clauses were pre-ceded by adverbials.
Highlights
In daily communication people use constructions which can be in the form of phrases, clauses, or sentences
Each clause begins with introductory words such as “who, whose, which, as, etc. it is in line with what (Frank, 1972) states that in a dependent clause, the full predication is altered in such a way that the clause must be attached to another clause, an independent clause
The sentence constructions used in the novel The Autumn of Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marques are very complicated and various
Summary
In daily communication people use constructions which can be in the form of phrases, clauses, or sentences. Clause is subdivided into main clause and subordinate clause. The example of main clause is ‘She needs to read this novel’, and the example of subordinate clause is ‘because this novel is the best’. Main clause can stand alone as a sentence, whereas subordinate clause cannot. A sentence can consist of one main clause or more and one subordinate clause or more. All of them are very much needed in delivering people’s ideas, thought, suggestions, and many others in order to be received by the listeners or readers . When we talk about this matter, we are usually in charged with language as a means of communication which takes an important role in human life
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