KAIDAH PELESAPAN DALAM KONSTRUKSI KALIMAT MAJEMUK BAHASA INDONESIA

This research study aims to describe the rules of ellipsis in compound and
complex sentences. The sources of the data were two newspapers, Kompas and
Kedaulatan Rakyat, the edition of March 2002. The data were collected by using
observation and recording techniques. They were then analyzed by the substitution
method. On the basis of this method, the omission and substitution techniques were
employed.
Based on the analysis of the findings, the subject, predicate and object ellipsis
can be found in compound sentences and the subject ellipsis in complex sentences.
The rules of ellipsis in compound sentences are that (1) the omission can be done
if the omitted element is the same; (2) the omission of the subject and predicate is
always made in the clause after the coordinative conjunction and the omission of the
object is made in the clause before the coordinative conjunction; (3) the referential
characteristic of the omitted element is always anaphoric. The rules of ellipsis in
complex sentences are that (1) the omitted element must be the same; (2) the omitted
element is in the clause preceded by a subordinative conjunction or the dependent
clause; (3) the referential characteristic of the omitted element is cataphoric or
anaphoric.