Agus Makmur. 1410130080. The Analysis of Collocation in the Novel “The Lost
Symbol” By Dan Brown
This study was carried out to describe the kinds of collocation types and the
meaning of collocation in the novel “the lost symbol” by Dan Brawn. The
reseacrher reason related the interesting that this novel is the best seller as the
national countris and also was translated many language. The main purpose of this
research that this novel there are many collocation words that used and makes
readers difficult to understand in the content of the novel. The collocation
analyzes using the theory from Benson and Ilson (1997). This study is descriptive
qualitative research deals with narrative. The data source of the research in
Sinclair, J. M., Jones, S., and Daley, R. (2004. Report to OSTI on Project
C/LP/08. In English Collocation Studies: The OSTI Report. ed. R.Krishnamurthy.
London: Continuum. The researcher applied the documentation study method, and
the researcher using the content analysis as the analysis of the data. The researcher
conducting the two quations are the types of collocation and the meaning of
collocation related other words in the sentence and also related the aims of the
research are to know the types of collocation and to know the meaning of
collcoation connected with other words in the novel. The result of this research
showed that there are many collocation that used in the novel “the lost symbol” by
Dan Brown. Actually there are 41 collocation word as the research finding in the
types of collocation category, and the collocation meaning that the collocation be
able to change the meaning related the other words in the sentence of the text
