Humaniora: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Education
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): HUMANIORA: Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Education, Juni 2021

Makassarese and English Affirmative Sentences Pattern : A Linguistic Contrastive Study

A. Ardiansyah (English Literature Departement Letters Faculty, Bosowa Univertsity)
Sudirman Maca (English Literature Departement Letters Faculty , Bosowa Univertsity)
Syahriah Madjid (English Literature Departement Letters Faculty , Bosowa Univertsity)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Oct 2021

Abstract

This research aims to determine the differences between Makassarese and English structure. This research is a descriptive qualitative research with ten samples of native speakers of Makassarese in urban village of PAI, Biringkanaya Makassar. The method used is contrastive method and using sentence function theory from Verhaar and the theory of tree diagram from Bornstain. The results of this research indicate the existence of different Makassarese and English structurally in terms of sentence function. The affirmative sentences in Makassarese generally begins with the predicate (P) then followed by subject (S) whils English sentences begins with subject (S) then followed by predicate (P). Verb in Makassarese also cannot change or get modification because it is not affected by an adverb and context of the sentence. While the verb in English can change depending on an adverb and context of the sentence.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jlle

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Humaniora: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Education (JLLE) is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, published in June and December, twice a year electronically by Faculty of Letters Bosowa Universty. It covers the latest developments in the broad areas of English language, ...