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.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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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  -