INVESTIGATING TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE PHRASAL VERBS ON MOANA 2 MOVIE: A STUDY OF THEIR MEANINGS AND USAGE

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This study examines the use of phrasal verbs in the Moana 2 movie, focusing on their grammatical structures and meanings. The aim is to identify the types of phrasal verbs based on their grammatical forms and to explain the meanings that emerge from their usage in context. A descriptive qualitative method was employed, with 46 phrasal verbs collected from the movie’s script, including both dialogue and narration. Structural analysis refers to the classification of transitive vs. intransitive and separable vs. inseparable verbs, as proposed by Anggraeni (2022), while semantic analysis is based on five meaning categories by Anggraeni (2024): movement, completion, duration, punctual, and communication. The findings show that most phrasal verbs are intransitive and inseparable. Movement and completion are the most dominant categories (17 occurrences each), followed by punctual (7), duration (3), and communication (2). These results indicate that phrasal verbs not only contribute to sentence structure but also clarify the meaning of actions or events in both dialogue and narration.