An analysis of compound sentences in the main characters' dialogues in Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia

This study aims to conduct an analysis of compound sentences in the animated movie transcript "Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia". This study conducts an in-depth analysis of the structure that builds compound sentences and their functions by focusing on two problems, namely: (1) What are the clause combinations that form compound sentences in the movie transcript of Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia follows the clause rules from Quirk and Greenbaum (1973) and Chomsky (1957) to visualize phrases structurally and (2) What are the functions of conjunction in compound sentence found in the movie transcript of Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia which follows the theory of Halliday and Hasan (1973) about conjunction functions. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach following Creswell and Creswell (2023) with data in the form of a movie transcript of Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia. The data were collected by watching the movie, downloading the transcript, and converting it into plain text. The compound sentences were then manually analyzed by identifying clause types (declarative, imperative, interrogative) and interpreting the function of each conjunction (additive, adversative, causal). This study found 3 clause combination types that form compound sentences: declarative + declarative (14 data), imperative + declarative (2 data), and declarative + interrogative (1 data). The declarative + declarative pattern is the most dominant showing that the main characters more often use compound sentences to combine two statements for more efficient communication. This study also found that the adversative conjunction 'but' appears in 10 data, making it the most frequently used, followed by additive 'and' (5 data) and causal 'so' (2 data). The adversative conjunction is dominant because this film contains many utterances about the disclosure of the limitations of the characters compared to the optimism in facing the conflict in the movie. Additive conjunctions are used to tell events efficiently, while causal conjunctions are used to explain reasons or draw logical conclusions.