Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Languare, Literature, Culture and Education, ISLLCE, 15-16 November 2019, Kendari, Indonesia

Research Article

Subordinate Conjunctions Expressing Time and Concession Used in “The Winner’s Curse”

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.15-11-2019.2296235,
        author={A. A. Inten Mayuni and Icha  Zakiya},
        title={Subordinate Conjunctions Expressing Time and Concession Used in “The Winner’s Curse”},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Languare, Literature, Culture and Education, ISLLCE, 15-16 November 2019, Kendari, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ISLLCE},
        year={2020},
        month={6},
        keywords={conjunction subordinate conjunction expressing time expressing concession},
        doi={10.4108/eai.15-11-2019.2296235}
    }
    
  • A. A. Inten Mayuni
    Icha Zakiya
    Year: 2020
    Subordinate Conjunctions Expressing Time and Concession Used in “The Winner’s Curse”
    ISLLCE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.15-11-2019.2296235
A. A. Inten Mayuni1,*, Icha Zakiya1
  • 1: Faculty of Letters, Universitas Warmadewa Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia
*Contact email: intenmayuni@gmail.com

Abstract

This study tries to discuss and analyze the kinds and functions of conjunction expressing time and concession. The data source was taken from the English novel entitled The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski. The data collection of this study used library method. In analyzing the conjunction expressing time and concession, researcher applied the theory of Murthy and Quirk as the main theory. A descriptive method used in analyzing data. There are two types of methods to present the result of analysis, they are formal method and informal method. The analysis leads us to some result, that there are five kinds of conjunction expressing time (when, before, after, until and since) and there are three kinds of conjunction expressing concession (although, though and even though). Each of these conjunctions has their own meaning. The conjunction have function to connect independent clause and dependent clause. The position of these conjunctions can appear in first of the sentence.