KONSTRUKSI KALIMAT DALAM KARANGAN MAHASISWA TRANSFER KREDIT YUNNAN MINZU UNIVERSITY (YMU) DI UNIVERSITAS NEGERI YOGYAKARTA

Abstract

This research aimed at:  (1)  describing types of sentences based on their
number of clauses; (2) describing the forms of sentence constructions in the
essays written by students of Yunnan Minzu University (YMU); (3)  describing
errors in sentence constructions in the essays written  by students of  Yunnan
Minzu University (YMU).  
This research is a descriptive qualitative research whose samples were
taken from the essays of Yunnan Minzu University students who were taking
credit transfer program at the State University of Yogyakarta. The data collection
techniques used were reading techniques and recording techniques which were
in the form of written documents. The data analysis was done using distributable
methods with techniques for the direct elements. The data validation was done by
observing and reading it over repeatedly, maintaining the perseverance of
researcher in analyzing the data, doing triangulation of data, as well as
conducting discussions with lecturers and peers.
The results of the research were as follows. First, types of sentences based
on their number of clauses in the essays wriiten by YMU students were simple
sentence and compound sentence.  Second, the sentence constructions of the
simple sentences in the essays written by YMU students were: S+P+(K);
S+P+O+(K); S+P+O+Pel; S+P+Pel+(K); and P+S+(K).  The sentence
constructions of the compound sentences in the essays written by YMU students
were:  S+P+ conj+  (S)+P+(O)+(Pel)+(K);  S+P+O+(K)  +conj+  (S)+P+(O)+(K);
S+P+Pel+(K)  +conj+  (S)+P+(Pel)+(K);  S+P+K  +conj+  P;  P+S  +conj+  P.  The
sentence constructions of the compound complex sentences in the essays
written by YMU students were:  S+(relative pronoun+relative clause)+
P+(O)+(Pel)+(K);  S+P+(  relative pronoun+relative clause)  +P+(O)+(Pel)+(K);
S+P+O+Pel+(  relative pronoun+relative clause)  +K;  S+P+O+(  relative
pronoun+relative clause) +Pel+K; S+P+O+Pel+( relative pronoun+relative clause)
+K;  conj+  subordinate clause  +  main clause; dan    main clause  +conj+
subordinate clause. Third,  the types of errors found in the essays were: (a)  the
absence of a subject in a sentence; (b)  the absence of a verb in a sentence; (c)
the absence of both subject and verb in a sentence; (d)  the absence of a
conjunction between sentences.