Contrastive Analysis
ABSTRACT
Native speakers are having difficulties when doing communication in Target Language (TL). People still unable master or comprehend the language even though they have learnt the language in the primary and secondary levels. This term paper has been conducted to determine contrastive linguistic components between English and Bahasa Melayu from morphology and syntax fields. Affixes, adverbs, adverbs, superlatives, and preposition are to be investigated. This can be attributed to the different morphological structures between English and Bahasa Melayu, for example the –ly suffix for adverbs, superlatives form for adjectives, -s, -es, markers for plurality and reflexive pronoun, and these are some of the constraints faced by the people. This paper will present a contrastive linguistic analysis on the morphological and syntax of the structure of the two languages.
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Contrastive analysis (CA) is the systematic comparison of two or more languages aims of recognize the similarities and differences of the languages (Johansson, 2008). To understand the contrastive analysis, we need to compare and contrast languages. In this term paper, we chose to compare our mother tongue, Malay with our target language, English. Mother tongue is the first language that a person learns since childhood while target language is a language other than one 's native language that is being learned. We chose Malay because it is the first language we acquire and English become our target language because our English language learning is still ongoing.
Malay belongs to the big family of Austronesian languages. Austronesian languages consist of Indonesian, Malanesian, Austronesian and Polynesian. Among those four, Indonesian language forming the biggest group. Its speakers cover an extensive area from Farmosa, north to Philippines islands and Maluku in the east, Timor Timor in the south and Madagascar in the west. Malay language is
Native speakers are having difficulties when doing communication in Target Language (TL). People still unable master or comprehend the language even though they have learnt the language in the primary and secondary levels. This term paper has been conducted to determine contrastive linguistic components between English and Bahasa Melayu from morphology and syntax fields. Affixes, adverbs, adverbs, superlatives, and preposition are to be investigated. This can be attributed to the different morphological structures between English and Bahasa Melayu, for example the –ly suffix for adverbs, superlatives form for adjectives, -s, -es, markers for plurality and reflexive pronoun, and these are some of the constraints faced by the people. This paper will present a contrastive linguistic analysis on the morphological and syntax of the structure of the two languages.
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Contrastive analysis (CA) is the systematic comparison of two or more languages aims of recognize the similarities and differences of the languages (Johansson, 2008). To understand the contrastive analysis, we need to compare and contrast languages. In this term paper, we chose to compare our mother tongue, Malay with our target language, English. Mother tongue is the first language that a person learns since childhood while target language is a language other than one 's native language that is being learned. We chose Malay because it is the first language we acquire and English become our target language because our English language learning is still ongoing.
Malay belongs to the big family of Austronesian languages. Austronesian languages consist of Indonesian, Malanesian, Austronesian and Polynesian. Among those four, Indonesian language forming the biggest group. Its speakers cover an extensive area from Farmosa, north to Philippines islands and Maluku in the east, Timor Timor in the south and Madagascar in the west. Malay language is
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