ABSTRACT Masruuro, Shofi L. 2015. An Analysis of Grammatical Cohesion in John Green’s Novel The Fault in Our Stars. Thesis, English Study Program, Faculty Social and Cultural Sciences. Trunojoyo University, Madura. Advisor: Dr. Masduki. This study focused on the grammatical cohesion in John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars. The aims of this study were to explain the types of grammatical cohesion in John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars, and to clarify the frequently appeared type of grammatical cohesion applied in this novel. It also aimed to explain the most frequent type of grammatical cohesion occurred in John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars. The methodology used in this study was a qualitative research because the data were in the form of words. The writer was the main instrument in collecting data. The source of data was John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars. The data were those utterances uttered by Hazel Grace Lancaster as the main character in this novel containing grammatical cohesion. These data were classified into codes until get the result. The writer found four types of grammatical cohesion in John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars, 967 data of reference (84,5%), 159 data of conjunction (13,9%), 13 data of ellipsis (1,1%), and 6 data of substitution ( 0,5%). Besides, this study also found out that the frequently appeared type of grammatical cohesion in John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars is reference. Reference as the most frequent type of grammatical cohesion which hold important role in making short and incomplete sentences became attractive and clear to be understood. Key words: conjunction, ellipsis, grammatical cohesion, reference, substitution, The Fault in Our Stars.


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ABSTRACT Masruuro, Shofi L. 2015. An Analysis of Grammatical Cohesion in John Green’s Novel The Fault in Our Stars. Thesis, English Study Program, Faculty Social and Cultural Sciences. Trunojoyo University, Madura. Advisor: Dr. Masduki. This study focused on the grammatical cohesion in John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars. The aims of this study were to explain the types of grammatical cohesion in John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars, and to clarify the frequently appeared type of grammatical cohesion applied in this novel. It also aimed to explain the most frequent type of grammatical cohesion occurred in John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars. The methodology used in this study was a qualitative research because the data were in the form of words. The writer was the main instrument in collecting data. The source of data was John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars. The data were those utterances uttered by Hazel Grace Lancaster as the main character in this novel containing grammatical cohesion. These data were classified into codes until get the result. The writer found four types of grammatical cohesion in John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars, 967 data of reference (84,5%), 159 data of conjunction (13,9%), 13 data of ellipsis (1,1%), and 6 data of substitution ( 0,5%). Besides, this study also found out that the frequently appeared type of grammatical cohesion in John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars is reference. Reference as the most frequent type of grammatical cohesion which hold important role in making short and incomplete sentences became attractive and clear to be understood. Key words: conjunction, ellipsis, grammatical cohesion, reference, substitution, The Fault in Our Stars.

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