ENGLISH PASSIVE CONSTRUCTION USED BY THE INDONESIAN TOUR GUIDE IN BOROBUDUR TEMPLE(DESCRIPTIVE QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN BOROBUDUR TEMPLE)
This research aims at describing the English passive constructions used by Indonesian tour guide in Borobudur temple. In this research, the writer has tried to answer three main research questions: (i) to describe distinctive feature of passive constructions, (ii) to know whether subject animacy influences the tour guide to select a particular passive type and (iii) to know whether agent animacy also influences the tou guide to select a particular passive type. This research is based on the spoken data collected from the Indonesian tour guide. The writer uses the descriptive qualitative method to analyze the English passive constructions used by Indonesian tour guide in Borobudur temple. In this research, there are 62 examples of passive constructions. The writer identifies them into six types of passive construction as the features of the passives used by the Indonesian tour guide in Borobudur temple. After looking at the subject animacy of all the passives, it is found that subject animacy does not influence the tour guide to select a particular pasive type because there is single trend only that is inanimate subject. In addition, the writer also finds that agent animacy does not influnce the selection of a particular type of passive.