A Syntactic Analysis of Simple Sentence on the Joko Widodo’s Speech by Using Theory of Tree Diagram

Abstract

This research was conducted to describe the simple sentence structure through tree diagram and to find the simple sentence structure found in the Joko Widodo’s speech by using theory of tree diagrams. This research applied descriptive qualitative method. The instruments were the researcher as the primary instrument, table, and Joko Widodo’s speech text. The data collection were taken from internet, it was the President of Republic of Indonesia (period: 2014-2019) Joko Widodo's speech text of his speech at the annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group at Nusa Dua Hall, Nusa Dua, Bali, 12 October 2018.  To analyze all data, this study used the theory of tree diagram proposed by Diana D. Bornstein (1997). The data were indentified types of simple sentence structures,then were classified, were displayed, and were described. The finding out of form of words examined were 18 (eighteen) types of simple sentences structures.