Sarovah Widiawati Primary Author

ABSTRACT Non-finite clauses are clauses which have no tenses. This research aimed to find the forms and the functions of non-finite clauses in introduction section of skripsis (ISoS) and research articles (ISoRA) in English field. Research articles were used to identify the ideal forms and functions of non-finite clauses. Content analysis was used in this research. The ISoS and the ISoRA were selected randomly. The first step in analyzing the data was identifying the forms and the functions of the clauses, counting the percentage of the data, discussing the findings by interpreting the data, and conducting a conclusion by explaining the result. The findings showed that there were three forms of non-finite clauses in the ISoS and the ISoRA. The forms were present participle, past participle, and to-infinitive. In the functions, there were non-finite clauses as minor clause, qualifier, epithet, non-finite clauses as conjunction, non-finite clauses after conjunction, circumstance, prepositional phrase, actor, goal, carrier, attribute, possessive, identified, identifier, phenomenon, behaver, and existent. The ISoS were frequent presented non-finite constructions as minor clauses. The ISoS had more non-finite clause constructions in clause simples rather than clause complexes. It was different with the ISoRA, the ISoRA had less non-finite constructions as minor clauses and had more clause complexes. The non-finite constructions in introduction section of skripsis and research articles made the clauses dense. It concluded that the witers of the ISoRA used non-finite clauses more proficient than the writers of the ISoS because not every language has non-finite constructions. Key Words: non-finite clauses, ISoS, and ISoRA