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THE USE OF PRE-MODIFIERS AND POST-MODIFIERS OF NOUN PHRASES IN REVLON LIPSTICK ADVERTISEMENTS
IN FEMALE ONLINE MAGAZINES
AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS
Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra
in English Letters
By CLARA MONICA CHRISTIAN SUSANTO
Student Number: 154214108
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS
UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA
2019
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THE USE OF PRE-MODIFIERS AND POST-MODIFIERS OF NOUN PHRASES IN REVLON LIPSTICK ADVERTISEMENTS
IN FEMALE ONLINE MAGAZINES
AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS
Presented as Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra
in English Letters
By CLARA MONICA CHRISTIAN SUSANTO
Student Number: 154214108
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS
UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA
2019
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A Sarjana Sa..~tra Undergraduate Thesis
THE USE OF PRE-MODIFIERS AND POST-MODIFIERS OFNOUN PHRASES IN REVLON IPSTICK ADVERTISEME TS
IN FEMALE ONLINE MAGAZINES
ByCLARA MONT A CHRISTIAN SUSANTO
Student Nwnber: J54214\ 08
Approved by
Anna Isti'anah, S.Pd., M.Hum.Advisor
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A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis
THE USE OF PRE-MODIFIERS AND POST-MODIFIERS OFNOUN PHRASES IN REVLON LIPSTICK ADVERTISEMENTS
IN FEMALE ONLINE MAGAZINES
ByCLARA MONICA CHRISTIAN SUSANTO
Student Number: 154214108
Defended before the Board ofExaminers
on June 10,2019
and Declared Acceptable
BOARD OF EXAMINERS
NAME
Chairperson
Secretary
Member 1
Member 2
Member 3
: Arina Isti'anah, S.Pd., M.Hum.
: Anna Fitriati, S.Pd., M.Hum.
: Dr. B. Ria Lestari, M.Sc.
: Arina Isti'anah, S.Pd., M.Hum.
: Anna Fitriati, S.Pd., M.Hum.
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STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY
I certify that this undergraduate thesis contains no material which has been
previously submitted for the award of any other degree at any university, and that,
to the best of my knowledge, this undergraduate thesis contains no material
previously written by any other person except where due reference is made in the
text of the undergraduate thesis
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LEMBAR PERYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAHUNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS
Yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma
Nama : Clara Monica Christian SusantoNomor Mahasiswa : 154214108
Demi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada PerpustakaanUniversitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul
THE USE OF PRE-MODIFIERS AND POST-MODIFIERS OFNOUN PHRASES IN REVL ON LIPSTICK ADVERTISEMENTS
IN FEMALE ONLINE MAGAZINES
beserta perangkat yang diperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikankepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma hak untuk menyimpan,mengalihkan dalam bentuk media lain, mengelolanya dalam bentuk pangkalandata, mendistribusikan secara terbatas, dan mempublikasikannya di internet ataumedia lain untuk kepentingan akademis tanpa perlu meminta ijin kepada sayamaupun memberikan royalti kepada saya selama tetap mencantumkan nama sayasebagai penulis.
Demikian pernyataan ini saya buat dengan sebenarnya.
Dibuat di YogyakartaPada tanggal 6 Mei 2019
Yang menyatakan,
Clara Monica Christian Susanto
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A inteligência não é o determinante do sucesso, mas o trabalho árduo é o verdadeiro determinante do seu sucesso
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to explicate my deepest gratefulness to Jesus
Christ who has blessed and helped me through the barriers and has given me grace
and strength, so I am able to finish my study and my undergraduate thesis well.
Next, I would also express my biggest gratitude to my thesis advisor, Arina
Isti’anah, S.Pd., M.Hum., who has always helped, supported, and motivated me
with the good advices towards my process of writing this study. I also deliver my
gratitude to my co-advisor, Anna Fitriati, S.Pd., M.Hum., for the counsels toward
my undergraduate thesis.
I sincerely would give my huge thankfulness to my precious family, my
father Agus Susanto, my mother Rachel Yuliani, and my brothers Ivan Susanto
and Alann Susanto for being such great supporters and motivators since day one.
Moreover, I would like to thank to all the lecturers and staff of Universitas Sanata
Dharma, especially to my academic advisors FX. Risang Baskara M.Hum. and Dr.
Bernadine Ria Lestari, M.Sc. for their goodness, assistance, and support.
Last but not least, I am extremely thankful to all my friends: Gaby,
Chelsea, Gabby, Tania, Elin, Joy, Grace, Vanya, Thea, Nana, Uli, Kelvin, Aulia,
Rent Team, and Tambourine Team for all the support, prayer, and togetherness.
Clara Monica Christian Susanto
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE ...................................................................................................... ii APPROVAL PAGE ........................................................................................... iii ACCPETANCE PAGE ....................................................................................... iv STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY .................................................................. v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH ........................................................................... vi MOTTO PAGE ................................................................................................. vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................. viii TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................... ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................. xi LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................. xii ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................... xiii ABSTRAK ........................................................................................................... xiv
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 1
A. Background of the Study ........................................................................... 1 B. Problem Formulation ................................................................................ 4 C. Objectives of the Study ............................................................................. 4 D. Definition of Terms ................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ................................................... 7
A. Review of Related Studies ......................................................................... 7 B. Review of Related Theories ....................................................................... 9
1. Stylistics ............................................................................................. 10 2. Syntax ................................................................................................. 12
a. Noun .............................................................................................. 13 b. Noun Phrase ................................................................................. 13
i. Pre-modifiers .......................................................................... 14 1) Adjective Phrase ............................................................... 14 2) Participle .......................................................................... 15 3) Noun Phrase ..................................................................... 15 4) Compound ....................................................................... 15
ii. Post-modifiers .......................................................................... 15 1) Relative Clause ................................................................. 16 2) Prepositional Phrase ......................................................... 16 3) To-infinitive Clause .......................................................... 16
3. Theory of Advertisement ................................................................... 17 4. Persuasive Language Devices ............................................................. 18
a. Rhetorical Device ......................................................................... 18 b. Familiar Language ....................................................................... 18 c. Deictic .......................................................................................... 19
C. Theoretical Framework ............................................................................ 19
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CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ................................................................ 21
A. Object of the Study ................................................................................... 21 B. Approach of the Study ............................................................................ 22 C. Method of the Study ................................................................................ 23
1. Data Collection .................................................................................. 23 2. Data Analysis .................................................................................... 24
CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS ...................... 31
A. Pre-Modifiers and Post-Modifiers of Noun Phrases Used in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements .............................................................. 31 1. The Categories of Pre-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon
Lipstick Advertisements ..................................................................... 32 2. The Distribution of Pre-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon
Lipstick Advertisements ...................................................................... 34 a. Adjective Phrase + Head .............................................................. 35 b. Noun Phrase + Head .................................................................... 36 c. Compound + Head ...................................................................... 38 d. Participle + Head ......................................................................... 39 e. Adjective + Compound + Head .................................................... 40 f. Compound + Compound + Compound + Head ........................... 40
3. The Categories of Post-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements ..................................................................... 41
4. The Distribution of Post-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements ..................................................................... 43 a. Head + Prepositional phrase ......................................................... 44 b. Head + Relative clause ................................................................. 45 c. Head + To-Infinitive clause ......................................................... 47
B. Possible Effects Resulted from the Use of Pre-Modifiers and Post-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements ...... 47 1. Respondents Like Some What the Advertisements ........................... 51 2. Respondents Like Very Much the Advertisements ........................... 60
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ......................................................................... 63 REFERENCES .................................................................................................. 66 APPENDIX ........................................................................................................ 69
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
Adj : Adjective AdjP : Adjective phrase C : Compound Comp : Compound D : Deictic DSW : Dislike Some What DVM : Dislike Very Much FL : Familiar Language H : Head LSW : Like Some What LVM : Like Very Much N : Neutral N : Noun NP : Noun phrase Part : Participle PP : Prepositional Prep : Prepositional RD : Rhetorical Device Rel : Relative Rel.c : Relative clause To-Inf : To-Infinitive To-Inf.c : To-Infinitive clause
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LIST OF TABLES
No. Table Page 1 Table 1. Stylistics and Levels of Language 11 2 Table 2. Example of Distribution of Pre-Modifiers of Noun
Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements 26
3 Table 3. Example of Distribution of Post-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements
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4 Table 4. The Categories and Scales 28 5 Table 5. Example of Likert Scale in an Advertisement
Language 29
6 Table 6. The Advertisement Language’s Points and its Category 30 7 Table 7. The Categories of Pre-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in
Revlon Lipstick Advertisements in Female Online Magazines
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Table 8. The Structures of Pre-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements in Female Online Magazines Table 9. The Categories of Post-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements in Female Online Magazines Table 10. The Structures of Post-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements in Female Online Magazines Table 11. The Result of Questionnaire Table 12. Persuasive Strategies of 10 Advertisement Languages
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ABSTRACT
SUSANTO, CLARA MONICA CHRISTIAN. (2019). The Use of Pre-modifiers and Post-modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements in Female Online Magazines. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Sanata Dharma.
In the cyber world nowadays, printed mass media, especially magazine has still become a tool to find various fascinating information. Female magazines as the types of magazines commonly puts on some advertisements related to the beauty products. Revlon can be included as one of the most famed beauty brands in the world which has strong promotion in the advertisement. In order to attract people to buy the product, the language in Revlon’s advertisement plays an important role besides the appealing picture. Therefore, this study analyzes deeper the pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases found in Revlon lipstick advertisements as the data of the analysis.
Based on the previous explanation, then the researcher formulates two problems in this study. First, with the use of stylistics as the approach, this study proposes to analyze pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases used in Revlon lipstick advertisements in female online magazines. After identifying that, this study finds out the possible effects resulted from the use of pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases. Several advertisement languages from different female online magazines, Cosmpolitan, Female, Fashion, and Glamour magazines become the objects of the study.
Afterwards, there are 10 advertisement languages chosen from those different female online magazines. This study applies the theory of persuasive language devices by Khan, Shams, Fatima, and Khanam in order to find out the element of persuasive languages used in each advertisement language. This study also uses a questionnaire which is distributed to 20 female respondents. The questionnaire aims to discover which one of advertisement language that is most attractive one based on the respondents’ preferences and ideas.
The findings show that in pre-modifiers, there are 11 noun phrases with 4 types of modifiers and 6 different structures. Meanwhile in post-modifiers, it is found 7 noun phrases with 3 types of modifiers and 3 different structures. In addition, compound is the most used category in pre-modifiers while prepositional phrase is the most used category in post-modifiers. Rhetorical device is the most utilized persuasive strategy in the advertisement languages. Thereby, it is seen through the respondents’ responses in the questionnaire that the use of pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases and persuasive strategies are applied to draw people’s attention. Keywords: pre-modifiers, post-modifiers, stylistics, advertisement language
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ABSTRAK
SUSANTO, CLARA MONICA CHRISTIAN. (2019). The Use of Pre-modifiers and Post-modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements in Female Online Magazines. Yogyakarta: Program Studi Sastra Inggris, Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Sanata Dharma.
Di dunia maya saat ini, media massa cetak, terutama majalah masih menjadi alat untuk menemukan berbagai informasi menarik. Salah satu jenis majalah yaitu majalah wanita pada umumnya mencatumkan beberapa iklan yang berkaitan dengan produk kecantikan. Revlon termasuk menjadi salah satu merek kecantikan paling terkenal di dunia yang memiliki promosi yang kuat dalam iklan. Agar menarik perhatian orang untuk membeli produk, bahasa yang digunakan dalam iklan Revlon menjadi peran penting disamping gambar yang menarik. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini menganalisis lebih dalam mengenai penjelas nomina yang ditemukan dalam iklan lipstik Revlon sebagai data analisis.
Berdasarkan penjelasan sebelumnya, maka peneliti merumuskan dua rumusan masalah di dalam penelitian ini. Pertama, dengan menggunakan pendekatan stilistika, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pra-penjelas dan pasca-penjelas dari frasa kata benda yang dipakai dalam iklan lipstik Revlon di beberapa majalah daring wanita. Setelah mengidentifikasi hal tersebut, penelitian ini mencari efek yang dihasilkan dari penggunaan pra-penjelas dan pasca-penjelas dari frasa kata benda. Beberapa bahasa iklan dari berbagai majalah daring wanita yang berbeda-beda, seperti majalah Cosmpolitan, Female, Fashion, dan Glamour menjadi obyek penelitian ini.
Setelah itu, terdapat 10 bahasa iklan yang terpilih dari berbagai majalah daring wanita tersebut. Penelitian ini menerapkan teori perangkat bahasa persuasif oleh Khan, Shams, Fatima, and Khanam untuk mengetahui elemen strategi bahasa persuasif yang digunakan dalam setiap bahasa iklan. Penelitian ini juga menggunakan kuesioner yang di distribusikan kepada 20 responden wanita. Kuesioner ini bertujuan untuk menemukan bahasa iklan mana yang paling menarik berdasarkan preferensi dan pendapat responden.
Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa pada pra-penjelas, terdapat 11 frasa nomina dengan 4 jenis penjelas dan 6 struktur yang berbeda. Sementara pada paska-penjelas, ditemukan 7 frasa nomina dengan 3 jenis penjelas dan 3 struktur berbeda.Selain itu,kata gabungan adalah kategori yang paling banyak digunakan di pra-penjelas sedangkan frasa preposisi adalah kategori yang paling banyak digunakan di paska-penjelas.Perangkat retorik merupakan strategi persuasif yang paling banyak digunakan dalam bahasa iklan. Dengan demikian, hal ini terlihat melalui tanggapan responden dalam kuesioner bahwa penggunaan pra-penjelas
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dan paska-penjelas dan strategi persuasif diterapkan untuk menarik perhatian orang. Kata kunci: pra-penjelas, paska-penjelas, stilistika, bahasa iklan
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
In this era, people still use mass media as the tools in order to gain more
information. It is because mass media are easy to access for everyone. Mass
media can be printed or digital and one of the examples of printed mass media is
magazine. Magazine plays an important role as the mass medium in the society
because it provides various interesting information. As time goes by,
technological advances are already very visible as well. It can be seen that now
everything (news) is easier to be accessed online because it is simple and fast. The
presence of advertisement as one of the contents in magazine will always be there.
Hence, it is interesting to analyze deeper about advertisement. According to
O’Guinn, Allen, Semenik (2011), an advertisement is the product of institutions
interacting to produce content (p. 17). In other words, advertisement can be
described as a medium to bridge between the sellers and buyers in selling some
products, jobs, or services.
One of the types of magazines is female magazine. Commonly, female
magazines contain some advertisements which are related to some beauty
products. Hence, the study is going to use non-literary work, Revlon
advertisements, specifically lipstick products as the data of the analysis since it is
known that Revlon is one of the most popular beauty brands in the world. Today,
Revlon is a well-known brand in the cosmetic and beauty industry.
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Revlon is a brand which is well known for the quality of beauty products in skin
care, hair care, and hair color (Baxter, 2018, para. 1). It has been two decades
since Revlon revolutionized the color cosmetic market by debuting transfer-
resistant lipstick (Lochhead, 2015, para. 1). Lochhead also adds that complex
silicones including dilauroyl trimethylolpropane siloxy silicate or diisostearoyl
trimethylolpropane siloxy silicate enabled transfer-resistant properties in Revlon’s
lipsticks (2015, para. 6). From the achievements above, it is clearly proven that
Revlon successfully becomes one of the beauty brands which has spread around
the world and has a good quality lipstick products.
According to Goddard (1998), advertisement is not just about the
commercial promotion of branded products, but can also encompass the idea of
texts whose intention is to add the image of individual or group (p. 8). Indeed, the
languages in advertisement take a significant role in communicating the products.
Goddard also adds that “advertising texts are seen as potentially involving
complex notions of audience, where readers have to work hard to decode message
and understand different address relationship” (p. 8). In order to be easily
understood by the readers, advertisement has to play in the use of language. In
advertisement, language needs to be simple, understandable, and attractive along
with the appealing picture.
The language used in Revlon lipstick advertisements has become the style
of the products. Therefore, this study uses stylistic approach in analyzing the
study. According to Simpson, “Stylistics is a method of textual interpretation in
which primacy of place is assigned to language” (2004, p. 2). To be more
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specific, the researcher is going to analyze deeper the linguistic features with the
provided data in order to have better understanding of it in the advertisement
languages. Simpson explains that linguistic feature do not constitute a text’s
‘meaning’, but linguistic features serves to base a stylistic interpretation and to
help explain why certain types of meaning are possible (2004, p.2). With the use
of syntax as the linguistic feature, this study observes more about the pre-
modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases in the advertisement languages in
the selected magazines which contain the beauty advertisements in English, such
as Cosmopolitan, Female, Fashion, and Glamour magazine.
According to Delahunty and Garvey, “modifier is an expression qualifying
the head of a grammatical construction” (2010, p. 87). They also explain that
noun modifier is a noun that modifies a head noun (2010, p. 319). The
consideration of analyzing the noun modifiers, whether pre-modifiers or post-
modifiers is because the beauty advertisements in the female magazines contains
many complex noun phrases with the noun modifiers to describe the products to
be more detailed. Therefore, the importance of noun modifiers in the
advertisement is indeed to add more detail explanation, description, or meaning to
the sentences. Thus, the sentences can be understandably read by giving the clear
information and eventually the readers can be interested buying the product.
Furthermore, this study identifies the specific features in syntax, which are
pre-modifiers and post-modifiers in the advertisements. For example the phrases
like “a heavy dry lipstick” and “the deep vampy color rules” and the sentences
like “you get an eye-catching shade in a matte finish” and “it’s light weight on
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settle in the lines of your lips”. Those examples of advertisement languages have
become the style of the advertisement.
Thereby, some benefits can be discovered based on the explanation above.
The other linguists or researchers will get the better idea in understanding the
linguistic feature inside the advertisement languages. It also finds out the possible
effects from the linguistic feature whether it leads persuasive purposes or not by
using a questionnaire addressed to the female respondents as the readers.
B. Problem Formulation
From the background explained earlier, there are two problems that are
discussed in this study. The problems are formulated as follows:
1. How are pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases used in Revlon
lipstick advertisements in female online magazines?
2. What possible effects are resulted from the use of pre-modifiers and post-
modifiers of noun phrases in Revlon lipstick advertisements?
C. Objectives of the Study
According to the problem formulation above, there are two objectives of
the study that the researcher would like to achieve. The first one is to figure out
the pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases that are used in Revlon
lipstick advertisements in female online magazines. The researcher analyzes each
advertisement from four famous female magazines to find out the pre-modifiers
and post-modifiers of noun phrases in the advertisement languages by using
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theory of syntax as the linguistic feature. Moreover, the first result will affect the
second problem of the study.
The second one is to examine the possible effects that are resulted from
the use of pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases in the advertisements
by using a questionnaire addressed to the female respondents as the readers and
using persuasive language devices. The researcher identifies the purposes of a
linguistic feature in the Revlon lipstick advertisements in female online magazines
and the effect to the readers. Thereby, the most exact theories in supporting the
analysis use the theory of advertisement and persuasive language devices.
D. Definition of Terms
In order to evade misunderstanding and misinterpretation, there are some
terminologies that the researcher uses based on the focus of the objects.
The first term is noun. According to Crystal (2008), “noun is a term used
in GRAMMATICAL classification of WORDS traditionally defined as the ‘name
of a person, place, or thing” (p. 333). He also adds that nouns in linguistic terms
are defined as items which display certain types of inflection, distribution, and
syntactic function (p. 333).
In English, modifiers are words, phrases, and clauses working as
adjectives and adverbs to add information to part of sentence (Wilson & Glazie,
2015, p. 132). They also state that a modifier must be in the right order, as close to
the word(s) it adds something to as possible (p. 132).
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The next term is noun phrase. According to Delahunty and Garvery, noun
phrase is phrase headed by a noun (2010, p. 320). In a noun phrase, there can be
determiners, quantifiers, and modifiers, a noun as well (Eastwood, 1994, p. 177).
Moreover, noun phrase has a function as subject, object, or prepositional object in
a sentence.
Noun modifier is divided into two categories, which are pre-modifier and
post-modifier. Noun phrase modifiers which occur before the head noun is called
pre-modifiers, while noun phrase modifiers which occur after the head noun is
called post-modifiers (Rohdenburd, 2009, p, 182).
Another term is advertisement. According to O’Guinn. Allen, Semenik
(2011), an advertisement refers to a specific message that an organization has
created to persuade an audience (p. 14). Indeed, advertisement is meant to
advertise some brand and advertising can be called as the activity of
advertisement. An advertising campaign is a series of coordinated advertisements
that communicate a reasonably cohesive and integrated theme about the brand (p.
14).
The last term is online magazine. Online magazine can be said as the
digital or electronic magazine. Digital magazine is defined as an exact replica of
the printed version, and had in mind magazines delivered on PCs, not the
forthcoming tablets with their wide range of interactive and multimedia
capabilities (Moses, 2010, para. 2).
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CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
This part consists of three main parts. The first part of the chapter
discusses the review of related studies. To help out this study, the researcher uses
four related studies which contain of two undergraduate theses and two journal
articles. The second part covers the review of related theories. There are four main
theories applied in this study which are stylistics, syntax, theory of advertisement,
and persuasive language devices. The third or last part consists of theoretical
framework. Its purpose is to define the contribution of the related studies and
theories adjusted in this study in order to answer the problems of study.
A. Review of Related Studies
In this part, there are several previous studies that more or less have the
same analysis and approach to support this study. The researcher finds two
undergraduate theses and two journal articles applied in this study.
The first related study is conducted by Famila (2016). She analyzes
linguistic features especially about lexical and syntactic features used on the View
column in Vogue magazine. Moreover, she finds out that those linguistic features
are exploited for persuasive purpose. She uses theory of lexical and syntactic
features, as well as persuasion.
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There is a similarity between Famila’s study and this study. Both of these
studies identify a stylistic analysis as the approach of the study. However,
Famila’s study and this study have different focus and data. She analyses lexical
and syntactical features from view column in Vogue magazine. Meanwhile, this
study uses only specific feature which is syntax from the Revlon lipstick
advertisement in some female online magazines.
The second related study is conducted by Febriyani (2017). She examines
the noun pre-modifications in describing fashion issues in Marie Claire and GQ
magazine by using a linguistic feature, syntax. Furthermore, she draws the
conclusion that the use of noun pre-modifications utilizes different style in both
fashion magazines and those noun pre-modifications proves that men and women
use different languages in depicting the fashion shows.
The resemblance between this study and Febriyani’s study is the use of the
approach. She uses stylistics as the approach to conduct her study. Nevertheless,
her study only analyses the noun pre-modifications in Marie Claire and GQ
magazine. On the other hand, this study identifies both the noun pre-modifiers and
post-modifiers in advertisements in female online magazines.
The third related study is an article by Fomukong (2016). In her study, she
observes the language of advertisement in Dangote Cement advertisement in
Bamenda- Cameroon by using some stylistic devices. Her conclusion is proven
that Dangote Cement advertisement shows the descriptive information about the
product and the catchy phrases come before the product’s name draw the readers’
attention.
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The similarity between her study and this study is that both of the studies
focus on the language style as the main research that uses stylistic as the approach
and have the same data taken from advertisement. However, the differences are in
the data and devices. Her study uses textual conception function, such as
prioritization, naming and describing, implying and assuming from cement
advertisement, while this study uses syntax as the linguistic feature from Revlon
lipstick advertisements in female online magazines.
The last related study is an article by Pratama & Isti’anah (2017). They
identify noun phrases of Jace Wayland’s Utterances in Mortal Instruments: City
of Bones. Their article draws the conclusion that it is found 7 types of structure of
the noun phrases in the utterance of Jace Wayland which have significance
function to the character.
The equality of their article and this study is that both of them use
stylistics as the approach of the study. Meanwhile, the difference is in the focus
and data. Pratama and Isti’anah focus on the noun phrases of one of the
characters’ utterances in Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, while this study
focuses on the use of pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases by using
one of the linguistic features and the effect caused by the feature in Revlon lipstick
advertisement in female online magazines.
B. Review of Related Theories
In this part, there are several related theories which are used by the
researcher to reach the analysis of this study. The researcher uses the theory of
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stylistics, linguistic features, theory of advertisement, and persuasive language
devices. These theories are explained below.
1. Stylistics
Each advertisement absolutely has a different way or style in delivering
the language. Simpson explains that to do stylistics is to explore language, and,
more specifically, to explore creativity in language use (2004, p. 3). Hence, the
presence of language in advertisement can be defined as a key to attract the
readers to buy the product. Stylistics is defined as the analysis of distinctive
expression in language and the description of its purpose and effect (Verdonk,
2002, p. 4). Verdonk also adds that doing stylistics thereby enriches our ways of
thinking about language and, as observed, exploring language offers a substantial
purchase on our understanding of (literary) texts (2002, p. 4). Barry explains that
stylistics is not just the interpreting of individual literary works, but when it is
used in straight textual interpretation, it tries to back up the impressionistic
hunches of common readers with hard data (2002, p. 137)
According to Barry, “Stylistic analysis attempts to provide a commentary
which is objective and scientific, based on concrete quantifiable data, and applied
in a systematic way” (2002, p. 136). The linguistic terms used in stylistics are
transitivity, under-lexicalisation, collocation, and cohesion. Meanwhile, Barry
also states that conventional or close reading is seen by the stylistician as
impressionistic, intuitive, and randomised (2002, p. 136). The terms used in close
reading are verbal nuance, irony, ambiguity, paradox and ambivalence.
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In order to understand the purpose and effect of the stylistic analysis in the
text, language features need to be known as well because they are related to each
other. There are several levels of language below.
Table 1. Stylistics and Levels of Language (Simpson, 2004, p. 5)
Level of language Branch of language study The sound of spoken language; the way words are pronounced. Phonology; phonetics
The patters of written language; the shape of language on the page. Graphology
The way words are constructed; words and their constituent structures.
Morphology
The way words combine with other words to form phrases and sentences.
Syntax; grammar
The words we use; the vocabulary of a language. Lexical analysis; lexicology
The meaning of words and sentences. Semantics
The way words and sentences are used in everyday situations; the meaning of language in context.
Pragmatics; discourse analysis
Relating to this study, the researcher only uses particular language aspect
which is syntax from the levels of language above. Syntax is the most suitable
linguistic feature because it focuses on the word arrangements that can analyze the
phrases and the sentences in pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases
which thereafter finds out the possible effects to the readers after certain feature is
found.
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2. Syntax
Syntax means the study of sentence formation which is grammatical and
acceptable. According to Yule, syntax in Greek means ‘a putting together’ or
‘arrangement’ (2006, p. 86). Thus, syntax is the study of the external structures of
words, words arrangements, and how words are related to one another. Salim
explains that syntax depicts the ways in which words may be combined into lager
units and states the rules for combining words and lager units (2008, p. 13).
Furthermore, syntax usually deals with sentence construction (simple and
complex sentence) and meanings of forms. According to Fromkin, Rodman, and
Hyams, syntax is the part of grammar that represents a speaker’s knowledge of
sentences and their structure (2011, p. 78). They also add that the rules of syntax
combine words into phrases and phrases into sentences (2011, p. 78).
In the discussion of syntax, there is so called syntactic category. Fromkin
et al states that syntatic category is a family of expressions that can subtitute for
one another without loss of grammaticality (2011, p. 87). The brother, a fire
fighter, Cindy, and so on are the example of syntactic category noun phrase (NP).
It takes a role as the subject or as an object in the sentence, for example sentence
like Lexi caught the puppy. Grammatically, it is a correct sentence which is
included as NP because Lexi is a proper name as subject even though it is counted
as a single word. In addition, syntactic categories are divided into two categories,
phrasal categories: such as Noun Phrase (NP), Verb Phrase (VP), Adjective
Phrase (AdjP), Prepositional Pharse (PP), Adverb Phrase (AdvP) and lexical
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categories such as: Noun (N), Verb (V), Preposition (P), Adjective (Adj), Adverb
(Adv).
a. Noun
According to Biber et al, nouns can be grouped into a small number of
classes which differ in meaning and grammatical behavior (1999, p. 241). There is
also classification of noun, which are common and proper nouns. Common noun
is a generic noun that is not capitalized such as cat, ball, or chair. In contrast,
proper noun is unique noun that is capitalized such as the name of person (Mary),
place (Australia), or thing (Diet Coke). Common nouns can be divided into two
types, countable and uncountable. Countable nouns refer to objects which can be
counted such as cow, table, or book. Meanwhile, uncountable nouns refer to
objects which cannot be counted such as water, oil, or air.
b. Noun Phrase
Noun phrase can be classified as one of the phrasal categories in English
syntax. According to Fromkin et al, noun phrase may function as the subject or an
object in the sentence (2011, p. 87). NP can contain a determiner (a, an, or the)
and a noun (bird, book, or pen), proper name (Jack, Harry, or Benny), a pronoun
(he, she, or him), a noun without determiner (information, furniture, or jelly), a
clause (a big bottle), or a sentence (He met Diana for dinner). The head of a
phrase is a word whose lexical category defines the type of phrase: the noun in a
noun phrase or the verb in a verb phrase (Fromkin et al, 2011, p. 102). A phrase
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consists of a head and modifiers (pre-modifiers and post-modifiers). However, it
can also consist of a single word (head). The noun phrase below is given as an
example.
(1) The smart students in my class.
That is called as NP because the head of the sentence is ‘students’ which is
modified by determiner and some modifiers, ‘The’ as the determiner and ‘smart’
as pre-modifier, and ‘in my class’ as post-modifier. Therefore, it is proven that the
theory of syntax is applied on how the words are arranged to form a phrase.
i. Pre-modifiers
Pre-modifier is modifying item(s) placed before the head. According to
Downing and Locke, pre-modifier function describes or classifies the referent by
means of open-class items, mainly adjectives and nouns (2006, p. 436). This study
analyzes several types of pre-modifiers.
1) Adjective Phrase
The presence of adjective phrase includes words or phrases before or after
the head. It can act as modifiers and complements. Hence, in pre-modifier,
adjectives phrase are used before the head in a noun phrase. According to
Huddleston and Pullum, most adjectives occur in two major functions, attributive
and predicative (2005, p. 18). They also state that in the attributive, the use of
adjective functions as modifier to a following noun in NP structure (p. 18). It
means attributive goes before the noun. The examples of the phrases are a heavy
dry lipstick and a glossy lip.
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2) Participle
The function of participles either past or present is to explain nouns.
Participle as pre-modifier occurs before noun to modify it as well. Salim states
that a participle functions as an adjective that modifies a noun or a pronoun, but
just as with verbs, it can take an object (2008, p. 180). The examples of the
phrases are dabbed on freshly exfoliated lips and applying Revlon’s Ultimate
Suede Lipstick.
3) Noun Phrase
A noun phrase is a phrase that contains a noun and modifiers (optional).
Nouns generally function as head of NPs and NPs in turn have a range of
functions including of subject and object (Huddleston & Pullum, 2005, p. 17).
The presence of noun phrase can act as pre-modifier which explains the head in a
noun phrase as well. The examples of the phrases are four balm lipsticks and a
petal pink lip.
4) Compound
Compound word can be defined as a word made up of two or more base
words. Other words, compound is the combination of two or more nouns that
function as a single noun. Its function is also to modify nouns. The instances are
you get crayon-shaped dispenser and add super-shiny finish.
ii. Post-modifiers
Pre-modifier is modifying item(s) placed after the head. According to
Downing and Locke, post-modifier is realized by a wide range of units, including
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clauses, phrases and groups (2006, p. 447). They also add that most of the various
units that occur as post-modifiers or as complements can be either restrictive or
non-restrictive (p. 447). Relating to this study, the researcher also analyzes several
types of post-modifiers.
1) Relative Clause
Relative clause is known as an adjective clause. It uses a relative pronoun
as the connector, such as which, that, who, whom, and whose and also a relative
adverb, such as where, why, and when. The function of relative clause is to give
important information to identify the thing or person. An instance of a sentence is
It’s a darker red shade that delicate balance between berry and wine.
2) Prepositional Phrase
A prepositional phrase is used to modify a noun or a pronoun (Salim,
2008, p. 177). She also adds that a single sentence can contain several
prepositional phrases strung together, one after the other (p. 177). The function of
prepositional is not only as modifiers, but also as complements of noun phrase,
verb phrase, and adjective phrase. An example of a sentence is your minimalist
eye with a strong statement smile.
3) To-Infinitive Clause
To-infinitive is used to express the purpose of something or someone’s
opinion about something. Usually, it is also added before the verb. An infinitive is
the “to” form of the verb which usually acts as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb
(Salim, 2008, p. 181). An example of a sentence is it’s actually led me to discover
a handful of great products.
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3. Theory of Advertisement
According to O’Guinn et al, an advertisement refers to a specific message
that an organization has created to persuade an audience (2015, p. 9). They also
add that the creation of the advertisement is a complex interaction of the
company’s brand message (p. 10). Indeed, the role of advertisement can be the
way to bridge the seller and the buyer in order to sell the product. Moreover, the
function itself is to attract people’ attention to purchase the product.
According to Goddard, advertising is not just about the commercial
promotion of branded products, but can also encompass the idea of texts (2001, p.
8). That explanation asserts that advertisement doesn’t talk about the product
only, but the languages or texts play a significant role as well to create the product
becomes more alive and attractive. Advertising is very much a business process as
well as a communication process (O’Guinn et al, 2015, p. 14). Its description
means that advertising is like some communication which is created by the
company as the way to promote and sell their product.
From those theories, it can be seen that advertisement has a power in
attracting readers to buy the product. By using the language besides the appealing
pictures in the advertisement, it can influence the readers in the way they interpret
the product. Thereby, to catch the readers’ attention, the language needs to be
simple, understandable, and not long-winded because basically advertisement is
considered successful if the readers easily get the message and they can interpet
the meaning of the advertisement.
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4. Persuasive Language Devices
According to Khan, Shams, Fatima, and Khanam, persuasive language is
used to attract a group of buyer, so that they are easily convinced to buy a certain
product. They also add that the language is used to create a lasting impact on
memory (2017, p. 472). Therefore, besides the theory of advertisement,
persuasive languages are needed to catch people’s attention. Adil Khan et al
explain several languages of advertisement from a linguistic point of view.
a. Rhetorical Device
Rhetorical device refers to a specific type of sentence structure, sound, or
pattern in order to emotionally raise people’s reaction. This device is needed to
persuade or inform people. There are several types of rhetorical device as well,
such as alliteration, anaphora, hyperbole, metaphor, parallelism, and many others.
The examples are she has done this a hundred times (hyperbole) a small sweet
shrimp (alliteration), she is beautiful and she is lovable (anaphora), my mother
was boiling mad (metaphor), and like mother, like daughter (parallelism).
b. Familiar Language
According to Khan et al, “familiar language is the language used to show
friendly attitude” (2017, p. 472). Familiar language can be called as language
alteration which means the word play. The advertisers need to be smart in playing
the words to be more attractive or eye-catching that can imprint in people’s mind.
There are few techniques used in familiar language. They are figurative
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languages, catchphrases, slang, slogan, simple words, statics, bold or italic words,
and many more. Figurative language is the language which is used in exaggerated
manner (Khan et al, 2017, p. 474). The examples are 4 out of 5 athlets (static),
EXTRA FLAVOR (bold and capital words), and nothing is impossible (slogan).
c. Deictic
Deictic indicates items in the immediate context (Khan et al, 2017, p.
473). She, there, today, and others are the types of deictics. The functions of
those types are to refer to the person (who), place (where), time (when), and
situation (where) in which the speakers say. The instances are those kids are
happy, you go here now, and these beautiful creatures.
C. Theoretical Framework
The researcher applies several theories that are mentioned above to solve
the problems of the study. The data of this study are taken from non-literary work,
Revlon lipstick advertisements in female online magazines. Thereby, those
theories are needed to support in analyzing the data as well as to know the style
and its contribution towards the advertisement languages.
In order to solve the first problem, which is to find out the pre-modifiers
and post-modifiers of noun phrases in several selected advertisements, this study
uses theory of stylistics that focuses on syntax as one of the linguistic features.
The theory of syntax also helps the researcher to identify the specific features
which are pre-modifiers and post-modifiers.
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In order to solve the second problem, which is to know the possible effects
resulted from the use of pre-modifiers and post-modifier of noun phrases after
using the linguistic feature, the researcher applies the theory of advertisement and
persuasive language devices. The theories help the study to know how persuasive
and powerful the advertisement’s languages are in order to attract the readers’
attention to buy the product. The effects will be found through the responses of
female respondents from the questionnaire and it is seen from the score of
evaluation in each advertisement language. Therefore, it can be seen as well
whether the use of pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases in the
advertisements leads to persuasive purposes or not.
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CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
This chapter contains the object, approach, and method of the study. First,
in the object of the study, the researcher defines the source of the data of analysis.
Second, in the approach of the study, the researcher explains the approach applied
in the study and mentions some theories to support the approach. Third, in the
method of the study, it divides into parts, data collection which explains how the
data are collected and data analysis which explains the steps of doing the analysis.
A. Object of the Study
In this study, the researcher only focused on the written advertisements in
female online magazine, specifically in Revlon’s lipstick advertisements. The first
reason was because Revlon is one of the largest and best-known beauty companies
in the world. Then the second reason was because lipstick product is one of the
products which many young people use recently and has many variations of it.
Moreover, this study used several famous female magazines based in the United
States, such as Cosmopolitan, Female, Fashion, and Glamour magazines. Those
magazines were chosen because they are included as top 10 magazines in the
United States. In addition, they were published from 2014 up to 2017. Those
magazines were chosen because the advertisements were in English language
which could be understood by the respondents.
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In order to make the study more understandable by the readers, this study
examined one language level which was syntax. The selected data from the
written advertisements were observed by using that level. Furthermore, the
researcher analyzed specific features in syntax, noun modifiers which were
divided into two types, pre-modifiers and post-modifiers. The type of pre-
modifiers consisted of adjective, participle, noun, compound, and so on.
Meanwhile, the type of post-modifiers consisted of relative clause, prepositional
phrase, participle, to-infinitive, and so on. Thereby, this study intended to identify
the function of those features in the data analysis and how the features could
cause the effects.
B. Approach of the Study
In order to conduct this study, stylistic approach was the most appropiate
one to be used in this study. According to Verdonk, stylistics is defined as the
analysis of distinctive expression in language and the description of its purpose
and effect (2002, p. 4). The particular items such as the words, phrases, and
clauses meant in this study were the pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun
phrases found in non-literary work, female online magazine of Revlon lipstick
advertisements. This study applied one of the linguistic features, syntax by
analyzing the types of pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases and also
identified the possible effects from the use of pre-modifiers and post-modifiers.
Therefore, by observing the pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases, the
purpose and effect will be discovered. Barry mentions that stylistics aims to show
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how the technical linguistic features of a literary work, such as the grammatical
structure of its sentences, contribute to its meanings and effects (2002, p. 134).
Even though this study used non-literary work from the advertisements,
stylistics still could be applied to analyze the advertisement. Barry explains that
stylistics can be applied equally to expository prose, political speeches,
advertisements, and so on (2002, p. 134). It could happen because this study
analyzed the advertisements’ languages which the researcher believed that each
advertisement has its own style in delivering the message in order to promote the
product. Therefore, stylistics was a proper approach to conduct this study.
C. Method of the Study
1. Data collection
The data were collected from the written texts of Revlon lipstick
advertisements in female online magazines: Cosmopolitan, Female, Fashion, and
Glamour magazine which were published from 2014 up to 2017. Nevertheless,
this study only focused on a certain product which was lipstick. Even though
Revlon has a lot of a variety of products, such as foundation, eyeliner, eye
shadow, and so on, the researcher still preferred lipstick products because the use
of lipsticks tends to be used more often by young people nowadays rather than the
other beauty products.
There were several steps in collecting data. First, the researcher collected
the data from Revlon lipstick advertisements in several famous female online
magazines. In this study, the researcher used a purposive sampling in order to
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collect data of the analysis. According to Creswell, purposive sampling can
purposefully inform an understanding of the research problem and central
phenomenon in the study (2007, p. 125). He also adds that the purposeful
sampling is used in qualitative research (p. 125). The purposive technique
sampling was applied by choosing purposively certain famous online magazines
which published some Revlon lipstick advertisements, for Revlon lipstick itself
was well known for its quality and it has spread around the world. Hence, the
purposive sampling was the appropriate method in collecting data.
Second, the researcher only chose ten advertisement languages which were
found in four female online magazines and at least each advertisement consisted
of one noun modifier whether it is pre-modifier or post-modifier. Furthermore, to
find out the possible effects from the use of specific features, the researcher
identified the responses of respondents through the questionnaire and then
observed persuasive language devices applied in each advertisement language.
The researcher took 20 females whether they have ever used and have never used
the Revlon lipstick. The female respondents were chosen based on people who
had an English background because the data were in English form. Thereby, the
researcher used the questionnaire to find out the respondents’ preference. The
questionnaire can be found in the appendix.
2. Data analysis
In order to observe the data and answer the problems, there were several
steps to answer the problems. The first analysis that the researcher conducted was
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by finding the pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases that were used in
the Revlon lipstick advertisements in female online magazines. This analysis was
about to find out the linguistic feature in one level which was syntax and the
spesific features in noun modifiers, pre-modifiers and post-modifiers. The theory
of Downing and Locke (2006) was used to analyze both of the features. After
identifying pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases in advertisement,
the second analysis was by answering the possible effects resulted from the use of
pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases with the use of the theory of
O’Guinn, Allen, Semenik, Scheinbaum (2011) and the theory of Khan et al
(2017).
Hence, the first step to find pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun
phrases modifiers was conducted by reading carefully each lipstick advertisement
from four variants of different female online magazines. The second step was the
researcher collected the noun modifiers of noun phrases according to the
categories, whether pre-modifiers or post-modifiers. Then, the functions of each
type were also mentioned in the discussion as well. After that, the data in pre-
modifiers and post-modifiers were also distributed according to the category of
modifier. The categories in pre-modifiers were adjective phrase, participle, noun
phrase, and compound. Meanwhile, the categories in post-modifiers were relative
clause, prepositional phrase, participle clause, and to-infinitive clause.
After finding the category of each modifier, the researcher determined the
structure of pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases. For example, in the
noun phrase a heavy dry lipstick, the phrase a heavy dry acts as adjective phrase
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(AdjP) which consists of a as determiner (Det), heavy and dry act as adjective
(Adj). That one unity of adjective phrase pre-modifies lipstick as the head or noun
(H/N). Each structure was not put randomly, yet it was combined in a good
pattern. The example forms will be displayed in the table of distribution below.
Table 2. Example of Distribution of Pre-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements
Table 3. Example of Distribution of Post-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in
Revlon Lipstick Advertisements
No Structure of Noun Pre-Modifiers
Example Number Percentage
1. H + ing-Part Lips delivering bright
2 20%
2. H + PP Range with modern twist
5 50%
Etc.
The researcher used the table above to show the number of structure of
pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases. It was used as well to analyze
which structure that was more dominated.
In addition, to identify the possible effects from the use of linguistic
feature, the researcher used a questionnaire addressed to several young females as
the respondents. The questionnaire contained the selected advertisement
languages which each advertisement language consisted noun modifiers. The
purpose was to find out the respondents’ preference and opinion toward the
languages in advertisements. From that step, it could be seen that the effects of
No Structure of Noun Pre-Modifiers
Example Number Percentage
1. Adj + H Liquid color 2 20% 2. AdjP + H A glossy lipstick 5 50%
Etc.
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pre-modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases in the advertisements could lead
persuasive purposes.
For measuring the respondents’ preference towards the advertisement
languages, the researcher used the scaling. According to Kothari, “The rating
scale involves qualitative description of a limited number of aspects of a thing or
of a person” (2004, p. 78). He also states that using rating scales means judging an
object in absolute terms against some specified criteria (p. 78).
The respondents were some female students batch 2015 from English
Letters Department Universitas Sanata Dharma Yogyakarta. The reason was
because the study discussed lipstick products which were commonly used by
females. The other reason was because the students of English Letters Department
learnt English as the foreign language and they were from batch 2015 who have
already had enough knowledge in knowing some theories applied in this study.
Furthermore, the questionnaire was conducted by distributing 20 questionnaires to
the female students, whether they have ever used or they have never used the
Revlon lipstick product and it was distributed on 4 December 2018 inside and
outside class.
To make the study more comprehensible, thus this study applied graphic
rating scale to measure the people’s preference and opinion through the
questionnaire, for each respondent had different taste. The graphic rating scale
involves qualitative description a limited number of aspects of a thing or of a
traits of a person (Kothari, 2004, p. 78). The type of measurement of graphic
rating scale is displayed and modified in the figure 1 below.
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Figure 1. Graphic Rating Scale (Kotahri, 2004, p. 79)
How do you like the product?
The researcher used the graphic rating scale shown above to measure the
respondents’ personal preference towards the languages in Revlon lipstick
advertisements which provided ten phrases or clauses as the data of measurement.
Meanwhile, the other theory states that rating scales require the respondent to
make an evaluation judgment of the target by marking one of the categories
organized into a scale (Dörnyei, 2003, p. 36). Therefore, this study also applied
likert scale to support the measurement of the data. According to Dörnyei, “likert
scales consist of a series of statement all of which are related to a particular
target” (2003, p. 37). He also adds that in likert scale, respondents are asked to
indicate the extent to which they agree or disagree with these items by marking
one of the responses (p. 37). The categories and scales were shown below.
Table 4. The Categories and Scales
Categories in the Questionnaire
Scales Categories in the Total Points
Scales
Dislike very much 1 Dislike very much 1-20 Dislike some what 2 Dislike some what 21-40 Neutral 3 Neutral 41-60 Like some what 4 Like some what 61-80 Like very much 5 Like very much 81-100
The scale above was created to make some illustration of respondents’
feeling toward the advertisement languages. A scale dislike very much was used
Like very much
Like some what
Dislike some what
Dislike very much
Neutral
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to explain the feeling that the language really was not attractive for the
respondents. A scale dislike some what was used to describe the language was not
attractive enough. A scale neutral was used to explain that the language was
attractive, yet was not that attractive too. It was in the middle measurement.
Meanwhile, a scale like some what used to describe that the language was
attractive enough for the respondents and lastly, a scale like very much used to
illustrate the feeling that the language was really attractive.
After collecting the respondents’ responses, the result of questionnaire was
counted by using theory of frequency to discover the total point of each
advertisement languages. According to Neuman, “Likert scales are called
summated-rating or additive scales because a person’s score on the scale is
computed by summing the number of responses he or she gives” (2014, p. 230).
The example of measurement was applied in a table below.
Table 5. Example of Likert Scale in an Advertisement Language
No Advertisement Language Responses 1 2 3 4 5
1. A heavy dry lipstick 2 2 6 4 6 Total points of advertisement language number 1 (one): (1x2) + (2x2) + (3x6) + (4x4) + (5x6) = 70
Referring to the table above, the numbers which came up in the initial
position were used to refer the scales. Meanwhile, the numbers that came up
under the initial position were the frequency of respondents who chose the scales.
In addition, some codes or initial were used to shorten the use of space and to
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make it more efficient. 5 indicates LVM which stands for “like very much”, 4
indicates LSW which stands for “like some what”, 3 indicates N which stands for
“neutral”, 2 indicates DSW which stands for “dislike some what”, and 1 indicates
DVM which stands for “dislike very much”.
Table 6. The Advertisement Language’s Points and its Category
No Advertisement Languages Total Points Category 1. A heavy dry lipstick 70 Like some what
It could be seen that from the table above, the advertisement language, “A
heavy dry lipstick” got 70 points which its category was “like some what” that
meant the respondents got enough feeling of attractiveness toward that language.
Therefore, the second problem was answered by looking at the highest number of
the response which one was the most preferred and by seeing the respondents’
choice toward the advertisement language they have chosen.
In addition, the researcher also applied specific open question as the
second part in the questionnaire. Dörnyei explains that specific open questions ask
about concrete pieces of information such as preference that can be answered in
one line, which is marked with dots in the questionnaire (2003, p. 48). Thereby,
this study also discovered the reason of the respondents’ preference from that
specific open question. From those evidences proved that the function of
questionnaire was to discover the characteristic of advertisement languages which
eventually the result of questionnaire was used to decide which specific features
in syntax between pre-modifiers and post-modifiers came up to be the most
persuasive one.
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CHAPTER IV
ANALYSIS RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
This chapter consists of two sections that answer the problems of the
study. The first section answers the first problem, which is to identify the pre-
modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases used in Revlon lipstick
advertisements in female online magazines that become the style of the
advertisement. The second section provides the answer of the second problem,
which is to find out the possible effects resulted from the use of pre-modifiers and
post-modifiers of noun phrases in Revlon lipstick advertisements.
A. Pre-Modifiers and Post-Modifiers of Noun Phrases Used in Revlon
Lipstick Advertisements
This part is conducted to answer the first problem that discusses pre-
modifiers and post-modifiers of noun phrases found in Revlon lipstick
advertisements. According to Simpson, there are seven level of language (2004, p.
5), but this study only focuses on certain level, which is syntax. The explanation
of the analysis is discussed below along with the linguistic feature found in the
data. Since the researcher used purposive technique sampling, thus only 10
advertisement languages were used as the data of the analysis.
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1. The Categories of Pre-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick
Advertisements
Pre-modifiers are modifiers which come before the noun. According to
Nelson, pre-modifiers in a noun phrase occur before the noun, and after any
determiners which may be present (2001, p. 82). Pre-modifiers also have several
categories: Adjective phrase, Noun phrase, and Participle, Compound. Therefore,
the categories of pre-modifiers will be shown in the table below.
Table 7. The Categories of Pre-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements in Female Online Magazines
No Advertisement Languages Categories of Pre-
Modifiers 1. Radiant colour with a moisturising shine
Adjective phrase 2. It’s an insanely comfortable formula that
hydrates due to mango, shed, and coconut butters
3. Pure-coloured lipsticks are your perfect accessories to complete any look
4. Its moisturising formula with vitamin E and avocado oil condition lips
Participle
5. You can’t go wrong with an intense highly-pigmented bordeaux shade
Noun phrase 6. Its Super Lustrous Lipstick range with a
modern twist to classic colours 7. A bold cherry-color pout is essentially the
piéce de résistance of date night makeup
Compound
8. The high-shine, lightweight, pure-coloured lipstick
9. Look for a true blue-based colour that’ll draw a lot attention
10. Pure-coloured lipsticks are your perfect accessories to complete any look
11. You get an eye-catching shade in a matte finish without having to worry about a cracking lip
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Referring to the table above, it is found 11 data which are included as pre-
modifiers among 12 articles in the advertisements. The bold words are the
categories of modifiers and the italic ones are the heads. Most data or
advertisement languages come from compound as the pre-modifiers and the
second one comes from adjective phrase as the pre-modifiers. The last data are
noun phrase and participle.
One of the examples of adjective phrase, Radiant colour with a
moisturising shine can be called as adjective phrase because it goes before noun
which the head is an adjective, radiant that modifies the noun colour. Next, one
example of participle, Its moisturising formula with vitamin E and avocado oil
condition lips can be categorized as participle because the word moiturising
comes from a form verb moisture and it is included as present participle {-ing}. It
acts as adjective which can describe a noun, formula. Then, one example of noun
phrase, Super Lustrous Lipstick range with a modern twist to classic colours
can be included as noun phrase because Super Lustrous Lipstick is a noun
phrase that the head is noun, lipstick which functions as some specific thing. This
one unity modifies range as the head noun. Lastly, one of the examples of
compound, pure-coloured lipstick can be included as compound because that
word consists of a combination of two words that is united to make other
meaning. That compound word acts as an adjective compound which comes from
adjective + past participle that eventually modifies a noun. After dividing the data
to its category, the complete explanation of distribution of pre-modifiers is
discussed below.
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2. The Distribution of Pre-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick
Advertisements
This part will examine several forms of the noun pre-modifiers when it is
merged to compose noun phrases. From Cosmopolitan, Female, Fashion, and
Glamour magazines, it is found 11 noun phrases with 4 types of modifiers and 6
different structures of pre-modifiers that is displayed in the table below.
Table 8. The Structure of Pre-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements in Female Online Magazines
No Structures of Pre-Modifiers of Noun
Phrases Number Percentage
1. AdjP + H 3 27,5% 2. NP + H 3 27,5% 3. Comp + H 2 18% 4. Part + H 1 9% 5. Adj + Comp + H 1 9% 6. Comp + Comp + Comp + H 1 9%
Total 11 100%
According to the table above, the structures of noun pre-modifiers that are
mostly used are AdjP + H which occurs 3 times with 27,5% and NP + H which
occurs 3 times with 27,5% from the total amount as well. Second highest structure
is Comp + H that occurs 2 times with 18% from the total amount. Meanwhile, the
rest other structures only appear one time which have 9% from the total amount.
Furthermore, the further explanation will be discussed below.
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a. Adjective Phrase + Head
Adjective phrase can contain one or more words. This structure is the most
used in the different types of magazines. Different with the other structures, this
structure is located in 5 noun phrases.
Radiant + colour
AdjP H
According to Eastwood, An adjective phrase can have one or more
adjectives (1994, p. 252). Adjective phrase here only has one adjcetive radiant
that modifies colour as the head. An adjective radiant is included as the type of
descriptive adjective which its function is to explain noun or pronoun and to add
more information and qualities to the words they’re modifying. In order to be
more clear, the constituent structure in bracketed phrase with the theory of
Radford (1988) is described in below.
[NP[AdjP[Adj Radiant]][N colour]]
insanely comfortable + formula
AdjP H
According to Downing and Locke, adverbs have some functions, one of
them is that act as modifier in group structures (2006, p.508). The funtion of
adverb here can modify an adjective, or even a verb and an adverb. The other
function is to add more detail explanation of adjective itself. Some adjectives
which already have the {–ly} suffix is also the form of adverb (Downing and
Locke, 2006, p.504).
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In this strcuture above, this can be called as adjective phrase bceause an
adjective comfortable acts as the head of phrase. Adjective phrase includes an
adverb insanely which explains the adjective comfortable and that one unity of
adjective phrase modifies the noun head formula. The constituent structure in
bracketed phrase is described as follows.
[NP[AdjP[Adv insanely][Adj comfortable]][N formula]]
perfect + accessories
AdjP H
As same as previous structure, this adjective phrase only has one adjective
perfect that modifies accessories as the head. The function is also to explain noun
or pronoun and to add more information and qualities to the words they’re
modifying. The constituent structure in bracketed phrase is described in below.
[NP[AdjP[Adj perfect]][N accessories]]
b. Noun Phrase + Head
Noun phrase is one of the syntatic categories which its functions as the
subject or as an object in a sentence (Fromkin et al, 2011, p. 87). Noun phrase
also can act as a modifier which its function is to explain the noun.
bold cherry-color + pout
NP H
This structure is included as noun phrase which contains an adjective bold
and compound cherry-color. This compound is indicated as noun compound
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which is based on adjective + noun. A whole noun phrase bold and cherry-color
modify the head pout. The constituent structure in bracketed phrase is described
as follows.
[NP[NP[Adj bold][N cherry-color]][N pout]]
intense highly- pigmented bordeaux + shade
NP H
In that noun phrase, it consists of an adjective intense, adjective
compound highly-pigmented which it comes from adverb + past participle {-ed},
and noun bordeaux. A whole noun phrase modifies shade as the head noun. The
constituent structure in bracketed phrase is described in below.
[NP[NP[Adj intense][C highly-pigmented][N bordeaux]][Nshade]]]
Super Lustrous Lipstick + range
NP H
That structure of noun phrase above consists of Super as adjective which
modifies Lustrous acts as adjective, and one unity of both adjectives Super
Lustrous modify Lipstick which acts as noun that eventually one unity of noun
phrase pre-modifies range as the head. Furthermore, the function of noun phrase
above is to strengthen the meaning of the head range. The constituent structure in
bracketed phrase is described as follows.
[NP[NP[Adj Super][Adj Lustrous][N Lipstick]][N range]]
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c. Compound + Head
According to Biber et al, “compounds used as adjectives lend themeselves
to a compact and integrated expression of information” (1999, p. 533). They also
add that compounds can be arranged of adjective + noun, noun + adjective,
adjective + adverb, and so on (1999, p. 533). In other words, compound is kind of
combination between one free root and other free roots. As the researcher already
explained compound in the previous structure, compound has several different
shapes. However, this type is included as the most common compound which is
adjectival compound. According to Biber et al, the element in an adjectival
compound that is suffixed with –ed or –ing is most often a verb (1999, p. 533).
Pure-coloured + lipsticks
Adj Comp H
In that structure, Pure-coloured acts as adjective compound that modifies
lipstick as the head. Actually there are several structure types of compounds, such
as adverb + past participle, noun + past participle, adjective + present participle,
and many more. However, in this structure, Pure-coloured comes from adjective
+ adjective past participle {-ed}. The constituent structure in bracketed phrase is
described in below.
[NP[C pure-coloured][N lipstick]]
eye-catching + shade
Adj Comp H
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From the structure above, eye-catching is indicated as adjective compound
as well that modify shade as the head. Adjectival compound, eye-catching here
comes from noun + adjective present participle {-ing} which participle catching
comes from a verb catch. The constituent structure in bracketed phrase is
described as follows.
[NP[C eye-catching][N shade]]
d. Partciple + Head
The function of participle is to explain nouns that can be used as pre-
modifiers. There are two kinds of participle, present participle and past participle.
Present participle ends with {–ing}, for example like gardening class. Meanwhile,
past participle ends with {–ed}, for example like baked potato. Actually those
participle adjectives come from verb that is being added by suffix {–ing}, {-d}, or
{–ed}.
moisturising + formula
Present Part H
From the structure above, adjective participle {–ing} moisturising
modifies formula as the head. Participial adjectives can be analyzed as being
derived from verbs (Biber et al 1999, p. 530). Therefore, moisturising here can
be categorized as present participle because the suffix {-ing} is added to the base
verb moisture. The constituent structure in bracketed phrase is described in below.
[NP[Part moisturising][N formula]]
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e. Adjcetive + Compound + Head
This kind of structure is little bit different with the others. It is because the
pre-modifiers words are not combined together to modify the head noun, but those
words modify differently or separately.
true + blue-based + colour
Adj Comp H
This structure is included as compound pre-modifiers. However, it has
different analysis with the previous ones. It contains an adjective true which
explains the head noun colour and blue-based is treated as compound which
explains the head noun colour as well. In addition, adjective compound, blue-
based comes from adjective + adjective past participle {-ed}. Thereby, in this
case, true blue-based is not one unity which explains the head, yet both words
explain the head separately. The constituent structure in bracketed phrase is
described as follows.
[NP[Adj true][C blue-based][N colour]]
f. Compound + Compound + Compound + Head
The last structure is kind of the another complex structure of compound
which consists of triple compounds that modify the head noun. Because of the
presence of triple compounds, it means that those compounds are exactly
emphasizing the detailed information or explanation of the head noun.
high-shine, + lightweight, + pure-coloured + lipstick
Comp Comp Comp H
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In this noun phrase, high-shine, lightweight, and pure-coloured are
treated as the compound that modify the head lipstick separately. Noun compound
high-shine comes from adjective + noun, noun compound lightweight comes
from noun + noun, adjective compound pure-coloured comes from adjective +
adjective past participle {-ed}. The constituent structure in bracketed phrase is
described in below.
[NP[C high-shine][C lightweight][C pure-coloured][N lipstick]]
3. The Categories of Post-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick
Advertisements
Post-modifier is modifiers which come after the head. According to
Downing and Locke, post-modifier includes all the experiential post-head items
that are placed after the head noun and it helps to define the non referent still
further (2006, p. 404). They also add that post-modifier can also use the term
qualifier which is realised by finite and non-finite clause (2006, p. 404). Post-
modifiers also have several categories: Relative clause, Prepositional phrase, and
To-Infinitive clause. Therefore, the categories of post-modifiers will be shown in
the table below.
Table 9. The Categories of Post-Modifiers of Noun Phrases in Revlon Lipstick Advertisements in Female Online Magazines
No Advertisement Languages Categories of Post-Modifiers
1. Its Super Lustrous Lipstick range with a modern twist to classic colours