Contrastive Analysis of Japanese and Indonesian Inversion Sentences
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.063How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Contrastive analysis, inversion sentence, touchibun
- Abstract
The structure of the Indonesian sentence is different from the Japanese sentence where the former is S-P, S-P-O, S-P-O-Adv, while the latter is S-O-P. Both languages have their own rules regarding the sentence structure, but the use of grammar is not that rigid in real practice. A sentence that reverses the order of the word in the structure is called an inverted sentence. In Japanese linguistic, inversion is called touchikoubun or scrambled sentence, or reverse order sentence. The knowledge of a person’s first language can affect the way they process the foreign language(s) they have learned. However, contrastive analysis can minimize that influence. This study aims to determine the differences and similarities between Indonesian and Japanese inverted sentences. As descriptive research, the data was taken from an Indonesian novel entitled ‘Cantik Itu Luka’ by Eka Kurniawan and a Japanese translated novel entitled ‘Bi wa Kizu’ chapters 1 and 2 by Ota Ribeka. The identity method was used as the tool for analysing inverted sentences from both works of literature. The results showed that Indonesian inverted declarative sentences and inverted imperative sentences can be paired into Japanese inversion. However, most of the Indonesian inverted interrogative sentences could not be paired into Japanese inversion sentences.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Luke Lianna AU - Dedi Sutedi AU - Herniwati PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/17 TI - Contrastive Analysis of Japanese and Indonesian Inversion Sentences BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 400 EP - 406 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201215.063 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.063 ID - Lianna2020 ER -