scholarly journals CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF TENSE AND ASPECT IN ENGLISH AND INDONESIAN LANGUAGE

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (02) ◽  
pp. 131-145
Author(s):  
Ana Ratna Sari ◽  
Bejo Sutrisno

This study aims to find out the comparison between English and Indonesian terms of finite verb form, tense and aspect. Language is the medium used by human to convey the contents of their minds. Language is also an object of study in educational institutions. Examples of interesting language to study and learn are English and Indonesian language, because each of them has distinct characteristics. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative study.  The result of this study shows that there are four groups of verb forms in English: simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous forms. Each of the groups has present, past, and future forms. This scientific paper will contribute empirical data from English and Indonesian language that will support contrastive analysis theory.

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 167-192
Author(s):  
Lea Sawicki

The article deals with the use of simplex and compound (prefixed) verbs in narrative text. Main clauses comprising finite verb forms in the past and in the past habitual tense are examined in an attempt to establish to what extent simplex and compound verbs exhibit aspect oppositions, and whether a correlation exists between the occurrence of simplex vs. compound verbs and distinct textual units. The investigation shows that although simple and compound verbs in Lithuanian are not in direct aspect opposition to each other, in the background text portions most of the verbs are prefixless past tense forms or habitual forms, whereas in the plot-advancing text portions, the vast majority of verbs are compound verbs in the simple past tense.  


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-55
Author(s):  
Nor Zulaiqha Rosli ◽  
Nur Farahkhanna Mohd Rusli ◽  
Norfaizah Abdul Jobar ◽  
Norazimah Zakaria

The acquisition of Malay as a second language, either verbally or non verbally among the non-Malay students, is still in question. It is observed that the problems of pronunciation is still prevalent among the non-Malay students. Hence, the objectives of this study are twofold; (i) to identify the level of proficiency of the speaking skill of Malay language among Chinese students, and (ii) to analyse the errors made in the speaking skill of Malay language by Chinese students based on contrastive analysis theory. The respondents were 27 Chinese Form 1 students in SMK Ampang Pecah, Kuala Kubu Baharu, Selangor. The initial design of the study was spurred by library research and observation. The instruments used in data collection included notebooks, questionnaire, recorder and texts for speech test. The data were analyzed by contrastive analysis theory by Robert Lado (1957). The findings showed that there were four aspects of pronunciation errors related consonants produced by the respondents. They were (i) sound replacement, (ii) sound addition, (iii) sound abortion, (iv) and grammatical errors. This study also shows that the pronunciation errors were due to the influence of their native language, which is Mandarin language, and the interlingual factors of the respondents that have caused them to be weak in the mastery of Malay language. In terms of implication, this study provides some understanding on the importance of mastering oral speech in Malay language through appropriate grammatical usage and pronunciation , especially among the second language speakers of Malay.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-202
Author(s):  
Mohan Rao ◽  
Shobna Sonpar ◽  
Amit Sen ◽  
Shekhar P. Seshadri ◽  
Harsh Agarwal ◽  
...  

Ragging has claimed hundreds of innocent lives and has ruined the careers of thousands of students. A total of 717 cases of ragging were reported in the English print media alone across the country from January 2007 to September 2013. However, the media reports tend to focus on extreme cases and do not reveal the true extent of ragging. Moreover, in the absence of empirical data, it is difficult to understand the processes involved in, and the ramifications of, ragging. This study examines the prevalence and types of ragging practices in educational institutions. The study covered 10,632 students from 37 educational institutions spread across 12 states in India. Findings show that almost 40 per cent students admitted to having experienced some kind of ragging. College-wise analysis of the results showed marked variations in the prevalence of ragging among colleges, thus pointing to the role of institutional factors in the occurrence of ragging. Variations in responses are also seen based on the kind of course pursued, gender, and place of residence of student, thus indicating that these are critical factors in influencing the prevalence, severity and kinds of ragging practices.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Fahimeh Darchinian ◽  
Marie-Odile Magnan

Based on our collection of life stories (n = 25), our qualitative study seeks to better understand, after the fact, how young, immigrant-background adults in Québec negotiate ethnocultural boundaries through their post-secondary and professional orientation experiences, particularly in terms of linguistic choices. The analyses highlight the strengthening of boundaries within Québec’s educational institutions and workplaces. The results expose different examples of racism experienced by young adults in their relations with the Québec francophone majority that led them to integrate into English-language post-secondary education and workplaces. In addition, young adults from “black” and “Arabic” minorities more frequently report racist attitudes from francophone Quebecers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 227 ◽  
pp. 03004
Author(s):  
Oykhumor Ruzikulova ◽  
Naila Sabitova ◽  
Gulbakhor Kholdorova

Irrigated lands of Bukhara, Samarkand and Navoi regions are located in the Zarafshan river oasis and are called geosystems. Assessment of the reclamation state of geosystems of the region has been carried out in the area of classification and mapping for the effective use of land. When classifying a research object, it is much easier to identify, evaluate and apply reclamation measures. In the classification of landscapes, they are grouped in a certain order and there is an opportunity to apply such reclamation measures. So far, the basin-level classification of the Zarafshan river oasis and geosystems has not been carried out. In the scientific paper, landscapes were analysed as a form of geosystem. The geosystems of the region were grouped and summarized for the performance of the reclamation geographical assessment based on water and salt parameters. The classification of the object of study using GIS is of great scientific and practical importance. An analysis of the origin, structure, development and other features of an object when it is classified will determine the scientific significance of the case. Geosystems were isolated using the forms depicted on the relief plastic card in the scientific paper. Measures have been developed to improve the reclamation state of existing geosystems. They reached scientifically sound conclusions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-116
Author(s):  
Marina Akimova

The author explores various compositional levels of the Russian modernist author Mikhail Kuzmin’s long poem “The Trout Breaks the Ice”. The levels are: (1) the grammatical tenses vs. the astronomical time (non-finite verb forms (imperative) are also assumed to indicate time); (2) the meters of this polymetric poem; (3) realistic vs. symbolic and (4) static vs. dynamic narrative modes. The analysis is done by the chapter, and the data are summarized in five tables. It turned out that certain features regularly co-occur, thus supporting the complex composition of the poem. In particular, the present tense and time regularly mark the realistic and static chapters written in various meters, whereas the past tense and time are specific to the realistic and dynamic chapters written in iambic pentameter. The article sheds new light on the compositional structure of Kuzmin’s poem and the general principles of poetic composition.


2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Quoc Thao ◽  
Nguyen Van Muoi

This descriptive and qualitative study, part of a big project, endeavored to explore the syntactic features of the English discourse marker only and its Vietnamese translational equivalents. It involved the development of a bilingual corpus, which consisted of 168 English and 168 Vietnamese instances of sentences containing only. The interpretive contrastive analysis was employed. The findings reveal that only in English often comes in three positions, namely, initial, medial, final, whereas their Vietnamese equivalent usually appears in initial and medial positions. Additionally, there are more similarities than differences in terms of syntactic functions of only used in English and Vietnamese.


2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1 (8)) ◽  
pp. 110-115
Author(s):  
Iraj Safaei Keshtegar

Discourse analysis theory is an extensive scientific field where a number of scientific traditions cooperate, including linguistics, cognitive psychology, sociology and artificial intelligence. The present article attempts to reveal the role of the highest levels of discourse in explaining the role of the application of the language. To achieve the goal 70 male and female students of general English have been chosen randomly. The findings of the research correspond to the famous idea of D.H. Hymes about the application of the language according to which grammar rules are senseless without the knowledge of the rules of the language use. The research presents methodological advice to the lecturers of higher educational institutions which can help develop the communication skills of their lecturers.


2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-286
Author(s):  
You-Jing Lin

This paper analyzes primary tense and aspect distinctions in the Zhuokeji rGyalrong verb. The proposed analysis improves upon existing work on the same dialect partly due to its fine-tuned phonological treatment of the relevant verb forms, and partly due to its integration of methodological insights from recent theoretical work on tense and aspect, in particular Östen Dahl's framework as well as Carlota Smith's two-component approach to situational and viewpoint aspects. Zhuokeji is demonstrated to encode a typologically prominent aspectual opposition between Perfective and Imperfective as well as a distinction of absolute tense between Present Imperfective and Past Imperfective, with the Perfective usually carrying past-time reference.


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