Theoretical Analysis of Using Conjunctions in the Lexical Items

Abstract

The aim of the research is to analyze about conjunctions as a part of syntax in writing an English narrative composition as a means of lexical items. In fact, syntax is the study of the rules that govern the ways in which words combine to form phrases, clauses and sentences. Basically syntax is one of the major components of grammar. Noam Chomsky (2007) stated, "Syntax is the study of the principles and processes by which sentences are constructed in particular languages. Syntactic investigation of a given language has as its goal the construction of a grammar that can be viewed as a device of some sorts for producing the sentences of the language under analysis". As to the main parts of the issue, conjunctions are also part of Syntax discussed in this paper. There are also parts of speech. There are eight parts of speech such as verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. A conjunction connects words, phrases or clauses. Writing is related to composition and there four kinds of composition, they are: argumentation, description, exposition and narration. Data was taken from twenty learners' English narrative compositions. They were taken by asking the learners to make an English narrative composition. After taking the data then classifying, analyzing and correcting were done. There were some kinds of syntax were found in the learners' English narrative compositions, they are: five items of subordinate conjunctions, three items of coordinate conjunctions and two item of conjunctive adverbs.