COMPARISON BETWEEN ENGLISH AND BUGINESE LANGUAGE IN TERM

OF SEQUENCE OF GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION

(SYNTACTICAL APPROACH)

A Thesis

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of

Sarjana in English and Literature Department of Adab and Humanities
Faculty of UIN Alauddin Makassar

By

Rahmaniah R

Reg. Number: 40300106054

ENGLISH AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT

ADAB AND HUMANITIES FACULTY
STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF ALAUDDIN
MAKASSAR
2010
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 PERNYATAAN KEASLIAN SKRIPSI

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maka skripsi ini dan gelar yang diperoleh batal demi hukum.

Makassar, 28 September 2010

Penyusun,

RAHMANIAH R.
NIM: 40300106054

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 ABSTRACT

Title : Comparison between English and Buginese Sentence in

term of Sequence of Grammatical Function (Syntactical
Approach).
Researcher : Rahmaniah R
Consultant I : Prof. Dr. Mardan, M.Ag.
Consultant II : Serliah Nur, S.Pd.,M.Hum., M.Ed.

The objectives of this research are to find out the sequences of

grammatical function in English and Buginese language; the differences
and similarities between English and Buginese language in terms of
sequence of grammatical function.The method used in this research is
descriptive- qualitative.It aimed at describing the grammatical function
focused on basic sentence pattern in the sentence both English and
Buginese.

The analysis shows that, the researcher explained a lot of about basic
sentence patterns from the two languages, from which the writer gets the
similarities on the element of the sentence formation, such as : subject (S),
predicate (P or V), and object (O) in a sentence. The sentence pattern S+ V
in English is similar to Buginese sentence pattern; English has three main
verbs namely linking verb, transitive verb and intransitive verb, Meanwhile
Buginese predicate consists of kata benda (KB) or noun, frase sifat, kata
sifat (FS, KS) or adjective, frase kerja, kata kerja (FK, KK) or verb and
kata bilangan (KBI) or numeral. There are similarities to English and
Buginese languages structure of type such as S+P or S+V and S+P+O or
S+V+O. Furthermore the difference between the basic sentence in English
and Buginese are the element sentence formations. In Buginese language
sentence pattern are S+V+O, this patterns flexible. It can change into
V+O+S without changing its meaning. While in English sentence pattern is
a permanent, it does not change pattern.
Based on the finding, the writer expects that the language learners
should learn Basic Sentence Patterns because they need to know more about
similarities and differences about English and Buginese, so they can learn
English and Buginese better.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Praise is to Allah SWT who has blessed and given me the inspiration

during the process of the researcher to finish this thesis as one of the

fulfillment of the requirement to get the degree of sarjana humanities in

English and Literature Department, Adab and Humanities Faculty, State

Islamic University of Alauddin Makassar. Salawat and Salam are addressed

to the final chosen religious messenger, the Prophet Muhammad SAW.

The writer realizes that this thesis would have never been completed

without the assistance of the other people. Therefore, I would like to render

her acknowledgment to the following:

My deepest appreciation goes to Prof. Dr. Azhar Arsyad, MA, the

rector of the State Islamic University of Alauddin Makassar, Prof. Dr.

Mardan. M.Ag., the Dean of Adab and Humanities Faculty, State Islamic

University of Alauddin Makassar, Drs. Abd Muin, M.Hum., the Head of

English and Literature Department, Serliah Nur, S.Pd., M.Hum.,M. Ed., the

Secretary of English and Literature Department, for their invaluable

assistance and guidance during my study at the State Islamic University of

Alauddin Makassar.

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 I wish to express deepest appreciation and thank to Prof. Dr.

Mardan. M.Ag., first consultant and Serliah Nur, S.Pd., M.Hum.,M. Ed.,

second consultant, who have given valuable guidance, correction,

suggestion and encouragement in order that I can complete my thesis.

My honor also goes to the lecturers of the English Literature

Department of the State Islamic University of Alauddin Makassar who have

taught and guided me since the writer studied at the State Islamic

University of Alauddin Makassar.

Finally, my special gratitude is dedicated to my beloved parents

H.Rusman (Alm) and Hj. Rosmiah, my brothers and my sisters who always

give me material, support, motivation, sincere love and prayer from the

beginning to the end of the writing of the final project. Then I also thank to

my friends in UIN and my dormitory mates who always support me.

May Allah SWT, The Almighty God, bless us.

Makassar, 28 September 2010

The writer

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE…….................................................................................. i

PENGESAHAN SKRIPSI ................................................................. . ii

APPROVAL SHEET ........................................................................ iii

PERNYATAAN KEASLIAN SKRIPSI ............................................ iv

ABSTRACT ...................................................................................... v

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................. vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................. viii

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ....................................................... 1

A. Background ............................................................................. 1
B. Problem Statement .................................................................. 3

C. Objective of Research .............................................................. 3

D. Significance of Research ......................................................... 4

E. Scope and Limitation of Research .......................................... 4

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

A. Some Previous studies …………................................................ 5

B. Syntax ..................................................................................... 6
C. Sentence Level ........................................................................ 8
D. English Basic Sentence Pattern ............................................... 12

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 E. Buginese Basic Sentence Pattern ............................................ 16

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD

A. Research Design ..................................................................... 19

B. Data and Source of Data ......................................................... 19
C. Technique of Data Collection ................................................. 19
D. Technique of Data Analysis .................................................... 20
CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS

A. English and Buginese Language in Term of Sequences of

Grammatical Function……………………………………........ 21

B. The Similarities and Differences between English and

Buginese Language in Term of Sequences of Grammatical

Function………………………………………………………. 27

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

A. Conclusions............................................................................. 37

B. Suggestions ............................................................................. 39

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background

Language is a tool of communication. It cannot be separated from

the people’s life, because almost all human activities use a language. In his

daily life, human can not be separated with language. In other words,

language is a reflection of the total life of some present as well as past day

community. Most human knowledge and culture are stored and transmitted

in language. Which is so ubiquitous that we take it for granted. Without it

however, society as we know now it would be impossible. Whatever we do

when we come together, whether we play, fight, make love or we talk to

each other, we live in a world of words. We talk to total strangers or to our

adversaries; we talk face to face over to the telephone. As a result, hardly a

moment of our walking life is free from the words. We talk even there is no

one to answer, we sometimes talk to ourselves. Each of these activities uses

a language.

To communicate our ideas is the usual answer to the question and,

indeed, this must surely be the most widely recognized function of

language. Through language people can express their feelings, willingness,

ideas and whatever they have in their mind, we can imagine what this life

looks like without language (Crystal, 1987:10).

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 Languages throughout the world are various and have their own

rules in grammar which might be similar or different in each language. For

example, English as international language is different from Buginese as a

vernacular in South Sulawesi society. The writer is interested in analyzing

and composing one of the parts of language rules in field of syntax.

Therefore, the writer takes English and Buginese as the object of her study

in this thesis.

Buginese is one of the vernaculars that exist in South Sulawesi

Society. It has the most speakers besides Torajanese, Mandarese and

Makassarese. Buginese has an important role and function in South

Sulawesi and supports Indonesian culture. As written in Pasal 36 XV UUD

1945:

“The regional languages are still used as a tool of communication

that is still alive and nurtured by communities of users, respected
and maintained by the state, because those languages are part of
Indonesian culture.”

Besides, (Fatmawati: 1994) says that: Buginese as one of local languages

has functions as follows:

1. Pride symbol for region.

2. Means of communication for society in the region.
3. Medium of instruction at Elementary School.

In order to keep and develop Buginese is as a symbol of regional

pride and as a tool to express ideas, thoughts and feelings. Buginese is

studied in Elementary School, Junior High School, even in University. It

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shows that Buginese has an important role in South Sulawesi Society,

especially its speakers.

Based on the statements above, the writer is interested in finding out

a way to increase how to understand that language especially in English and

Buginese sentences.

B. Problem statement

Based on the background previously, the researcher formulates problem

statement as follows :

1. What are the sequences of grammatical function in English and

Buginese language?

2. What are the similarity and difference between English and

Buginese language in terms of sequence of grammatical

function?

C. Objective of Research

Relevant to problem statements above, the objectives of this research are:

1. To find out the sequences of grammatical function in English

and Buginese language.

2. To find out the similarities and differences between English and

Buginese language in terms of sequence of grammatical function.

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D. Significance of Research

Functional grammar plays an important role in exploring and

examining more about language especially in exploring interpersonal

function of language which deals with the way we use language to interact

in our social live. As one of the many ways of communication, conversation

takes an important role to establish and maintain a good relation person to

person.

This writing has two purposes, the first hopefully, this writing will

help any one to use English and it is grammatical features to communicate

appropriately and purposefully based on relevant situation, especially for

building relationship and expressing points of view through spoken text.

The second, the writer hopes, this writing will pull over people’s opinion

that grammar is just a set of complicated rules, but it is the main resources

that enable us to communicate our opinion and attitude properly.

E. Scope and Limitation of Research

Every language has its own structure and system, but it takes too

long if the writer discusses all of them. So in this writing the writer limits

her problem just on terms of sequence of grammatical function, and in what

case English and Buginese make them different and similar.

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 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

A. Previous Studies

This chapter discusses the review of related literature about previous

research findings, some pertinent ideas and theoretical framework relating

to the title of this thesis.

There are some concepts of finding related to grammatical function

presented the writer, they are:

Madawati (1994) in her thesis “Comparison of Basic Sentence

Structure between English and Selayarese” found that in English language

if the object is placed in front of so the object will become subject, compare

in Selayarese even though the object placed in front of or in the middle, the

object function will not change.

Furthermore, Ekayani (1999:iv) in her thesis “English and

Makassarese request sentence structure”, found that in Makassarese request

sentence pattern are (S+V+O+C) or (S+P+O+K), this patterns flexible. It

can change into (V+S+O) or (P+S+O), (C+V+O+S) or (K+P+O+S) and

(V+S) or (P+S) without changing its meaning. While in English request

sentence pattern is a permanent, it does not change pattern.

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 Similarity, Fibriana (2009:iv) in her thesis “Contrastive Analysis

between English and Indonesian Basic Sentence Patterns” result of this

research indicate that the similarities of English and Indonesian basic

sentence patterns can be seen from the following parts of each pattern. The

subjects in English and Indonesian are same. It is person or thing, and the

verbs in both languages are transitive verb which needs an object and

intransitive verb which does not need an object. The differenced of the two

languages lie in the verb and the complement in the sentence pattern S + V

+ C. The verb is linking verb (LV), that links subject and complement

which is used in nominal predicate. Indonesian complement has different

function from English complement. Complement in Indonesian consists of

noun, verb, numeral while in English consists of noun, adjective and

adverb. In English, the complement must put after LV while Indonesian

does not.

In this thesis, the writer tries to find the comparison between English

and Buginese Language in term of sequence of grammatical function.

B. Syntax

The term ‘syntax’ has been defined by many linguists. Syntax is

from a Greek word meaning order or arrangement. Syntax is deals with the

relation of words to each other as component parts of a sentence, and with

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their proper arrangement to express clearly the intended meaning.

Lombardi in Ba’dulu, M (1989:2).

Crystal in Ba’dulu, M (1980:346) defines syntax as the study of the

rules governing the way words are combined to form sentences in a

language. In this use, syntax is opposed to morphology, the study of word

structure. An alternative definition is the study of the interrelationships

between elements of sentence structure, and of the rules governing the

arrangement of sentences in sequences.

Similarly, Fromkin and Rodman in Ba’dulu, M (1983:200) state that

syntax is the part of our linguistic knowledge which concerns with the

structure of sentences. Furthermore, O’Grady and Dobrovolsky in Ba’dulu,

M (1989:126) define syntax as the system of rules and categories that

allows words to be combined to form sentences.

From all of definitions cited above, the writer concludes that syntax

is the study of the interrelationships of words in word groups. In other

words, we can say that syntax is concerned with the structure of word

groups.

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C. Sentence Level

1. Definitions of Sentence

The writer would like to quote the definition of sentences stated by

several aspects of language such as:

Sentence is a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a

language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences" (Lombardi in

Ba’dulu, M 1989: 4).

In the field of linguistics, a sentence is an expression in natural

language is often defined to indicate a grammatical and lexical unit

consisting of one or more words that represent distinct concepts( Quattuour

in Ba’dulu, M: 2002: 12).

Similarly Leech (2006:104) states that sentence are the largest unit

of language that it is the business of grammar to describe. In writing,

sentences are marked by beginning with a capital letter and ending with a

full stop (.), question mark (?) or exclamation mark (!).

From all of definitions cited above, the writer concludes that a

sentence is a word or a group of words stands between an initial capital

letter and a mark of and punctuation or between two mark of end

punctuation mark (period/full stop or question mark or exclamation mark).

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 2. Sentence Elements

Azar (1999: A1-6) states that Subject, verbs, objects, and adverbs are

the components of basic sentence patterns. The subject is the person, thing

that does an action. Almost all English sentences contain a subject (S) and a

verb (V). The verb may or may not be followed by an object (O).

Verbs that are not followed by an object are called intransitive verbs.

Example:

Birds fly
S V

Common intransitive verbs are agree, arrive, come, cry, exist, go,

happen, live, occur, rain, rise, sleep, stay, and walk.

Verbs that are followed by an object are called transitive verbs.

Example:

a. The student needs a pen

S V O

(noun) (verb) (noun)

b. My friend enjoyed the party

S V O

(subject) (verb) (object)

Common transitive verbs are build, cut, find, like, make, need, send,

use, want.

Subject and object of verbs are nouns (or pronouns).

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Example of nouns: person, place, thing, John, Asia, pen, information,

appearance, amusement.

A sentence with be as the main verb has three basic patterns:

a. Mary is a student -> be + noun

(be) (noun)

b. John is smart -> be + an adjective

(be) (adjective)

c. John was at the library -> be + a prepositional phrase

(be) (Prep. Ph.)

Be is also used as an auxiliary verb in progressive verb tenses and in the

passive. For examples:

Mary is writing a letter -> auxiliary, writing = main verb

Other verb like be that may be followed immediately by an adjective

are called linking verbs. An adjective following a linking verb describes the

subject of a sentence.

Common verbs that may be followed by an adjective are = feel,

book, smell, sound, taste, appear, seem, become (and get, turn, grow, when

they mean become).

Examples:

a. The soup smells good

(LV verb) (adjective)

b. This food tasted delicious

(LV verb) (adjective)

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 c. The children feel happy
(LV verb) (adjective)

3. Basic Sentence Patterns

Languages are different from one another in manner in which

morphemes are combined to form larger constructions. The manners in

which morphemes are combined to form larger constructions are referred to

as morphological process. O’ Grady and Dobrovolsky in Ba’dulu, M (1989:

89) say that morphology is the component of a grammar that deals with the

internal structure of words, particularly of complex words.

Grammatical structure involves two fields: morphology and syntax.

Syntax is the field of grammatical structure of sentences as built up of

words, through the relation between the two needs careful consideration

(Robin: 1980: 140). Franklyn (1996: 155) says that syntax is the sentence

patterns of language.

According to Leech (2006: 8) Adverbs are a major class of words,

mainly consisting of words which modify verbs, adjectives and other

adverbs, for example adverbs of time (now, then and so on), of place (there,

somewhere and so on), of manner (well, carefully and so on), of degree (so,

very and so on), and a wide range of other words which do not fit into such

easily defined categories: just, either, however, actually and so on.

Clause is major unit of grammar, defined formally by the elements it

may contain: subject (S), verb phrase (V), object (O), complement (C) and

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adverbial (A). The subject continues deleted, usually there are two clauses;

these are dependent clause and independent clause. Dependent clause is not

complete sentence meanwhile independent clause is complete sentence.

A phrase is a group of word without subject or predicate sentence patterns

which cover the morphological process, because it can change words to

new words which have meaning,(Leech, 2006: 20).

The writer says that basic sentence patterns must be arranged from

words and they must be developed according to basic sentence patterns. All

sentences must occupy subject and predicate.

D. English Basic Sentence Patterns

1. Sentence Pattern: S + V (+ A)

Greenbaum (2002:24) states that sentence pattern above consists of

subject and intransitive verb. We can put adverbs after the verb. The

examples are as follows:

a. Birds can fly

S V

b. The sun rises

S V

c. I will run quickly

S V A of manner

In this sentence pattern, adverbs normally follow the verb and they

have three basic types, namely:

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 1) Adverb of place

2) Adverb of manner, and

3) Adverb of time

2. Sentence Pattern: S + V + O

Greenbaum (2002:26) states that sentence pattern above consists of

subject, verb and object. Sentence pattern above has a transitive verb as one

of its elements. This kind of verb needs an object. Therefore we should put

an object after the verb. The examples are as follows:

a. They speak two languages

S V O

b. Dian teaches English

S V O

c. People read newspaper

S V O

3. Sentence Pattern: S + V + C

Greenbaum (2002:27) states that the sentence pattern above consists of

subject, verb (linking verb) and complement. The most common linking

verbs are in the form of be. The complement can be a noun, an adjective

and an adverb. The examples are as follows:

a. They are students

S V C-n (be)

b. Harry is smart
S V C-adj

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 c. Her mother must be there
S V C- adv

Student must know too about other linking verbs such as: Appear,

become, feel, get, go, grow, keep, look, remain, seem, sound, smell, taste,

turn, etc.

The following are the examples:

a. The rose smells sweet

S V C-adj

b. They look crazy

S V C

c. She keeps silent

S V C

4. Sentence Pattern: S + V + O + O

Azar (1999: A3) states that this sentence consists of subject,

transitive verb, and two objects. The first object is called an Indirect Object

(iO), and the second is a Direct Object (dO). Between iO and dO, there is

no preposition at all.

The verbs which are often used in these patterns are: ask, assign,

award, bring, buy, cause, deny, do, get, grant, guarantee, hand, lease, lend,

mail, make, offer, owe, pass, ray, play, read, rent, save, sell, send, serve,

show, spare, teach, tell, throw.

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The examples are as follows:

a. I told her my feeling

S V O O
(iO) (dO)

b. She buys me a book

S V O O
(iO) (dO)

c. The teacher teaches us three languages

S V O O
(iO) (dO)

5. Sentence Pattern: S + V + O + C

Charles in febriana (2009: 35) states that the sentence pattern above

consists of subject, verb, object, and complement. The complement can be a

noun, a pronoun, an adjective and an adverbial phrase.

The examples are as follows:

a. The people declared them heroes

S V O C

b. She considered the food delicious

S V O C

6. Sentence Pattern: S + V + O + A (Prep. ph.)

Azar (1999: A4) states that the sentence pattern consists of subject,

verb, object and adverb of prepositional phrase. This sentence pattern has a

transitive verb as one of its elements. This kind of verb needs an object and

an adverb (prepositional phrase) after an object.

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 Prepositional phrase is a phrase (a combination of two or more

words) which starts with preposition such as to, in, on, at, for, etc. and the

function as adverbs.

The examples are as follows:

a. My mother gives a new bike to her daughter

S V O A

b. This university sent a letter to Tim

S V O A

E. Buginese Basic Sentence Pattern

Junus (2007:37) states that every word or phrase in sentence has

function that relate word or phrase in the sentence, this function is syntaxes,

it means with word and phrase sequence in a sentence, the main function of

syntaxes in a sentence is predicate (P), subject (S) and object (O).

Under the passage is included some basic sentence form in Buginese

language and sequence or word structure or phrase which compose the

basic sentence.

1. Sentence Pattern: S + P

a. Amboqna guru.
S P

(His father is a teacher)

In this structure of the sentence, noun phrase as subject followed by noun

phrase as predicate. So this sentence has form S + P.

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 b. Iko padangkang.
S P

(You are a seller)

In this structure of the sentence, pronoun as a subject followed by noun

phrase as a predicate. So this sentence has form S + P.

2. Sentence Pattern: S + P + O

a. Malawanknga lao ri bolana.

S P O

(I rarely go to his house)

In this structure of the sentence, noun phrase as subject followed by verb

phrase as predicate and noun phrase as object. So this sentence has form S +

P + O.

b. Paqdengngeng lellung jonga.

S P O

(The hunter is hunting a deer)

In this structure of the sentence, noun phrase as subject followed by verb

phrase as predicate and noun phrase as object. So this sentence has form S +

P + O.

3. Sentence pattern: P+ S

a. Manré i la Basoq.
P S (Basoq is eating)

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In this structure of the sentence, verb phrase as predicate and noun phrase

as subject, so this sentence has form P + S.

b. Manakeq amboq
P S

(My father is meticulous)

In this structure of the sentence, adjective as predicate and noun as subject,

so this sentence has form P+S.

4. Sentence pattern: P+ O + S

a. Manré i sokko tau éro.

P O S
(Those people are eating sokko)

In this structure of the sentence, verb phrase as a predicate followed by

noun phrase as object and noun phrase as subject. So this sentence has form

P + O + S.

b. Maqbaluq i béppa indoq.

P O S
(My mother is selling cake)

In this structure of the sentence, verb as predicate and noun as object

followed by noun phrase as subject. So this sentence has form P+O+S.

Basic sentences in the Buginese language consist of a predicate, a

subject, and also an object.

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 CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHOD

A. Research Design

The method that was used in this research was descriptive-

qualitative. It aimed at describing the basic sentence pattern in English and

Buginese sentences (Syntactical approach).

B. Data and Source of Data

Data of this research were the sentence of Buginese and English

language. In order to complete this thesis, the writer tried to find as many as

possible data that relate to the topic of this thesis. Furthermore, the writer

took several books in the library as data sources; such as books, thesis, etc.

The books that used of this study are English and Buginese books.

C. Technique of Data Collection

In this study the writer used two techniques, as follows:

1. Noting Technique

The noting technique is a strategy which uses books, notes

and other instruments to collect the data. In this study, the writer

collected data by reading books and related materials.

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 2. Separating technique

The separating technique is a strategy to separate the

similarities and differences between English and Buginese basic

sentence patterns.

The writer used the noting and separating techniques because these

techniques are very useful and effective to collect the data for this thesis.

D. Technique of Data Analysis

Technique of data analysis is based on the data collection from

library research. The writer used two techniques in analyzing the data are

contrastive analysis and descriptive analysis.The writer compared the

English and Buginese Basic Sentence Patterns to find the differences and

similarities, then the writer analyzed the descriptively in English and

Buginese Basic Sentence Patterns.

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 CHAPTER IV

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS

In this chapter, the writer would like to describe the result and the

interpretation of the data analysis. The similarities and the differences

between English and Buginese basic sentence patterns will be discussed in

this chapter.

By analyzing the data from many sources, the writer found that

English and Buginese have the similarities in the basic sentence patterns.

On the contrary both English and Buginese have the differences in the basic

sentence patterns. Some similarities and differences of English and

Buginese Basic Sentence Patterns are explained below:

A. English and Buginese Language in Terms of Sequence of

Grammatical Function

1. English Language in Terms of Sequence of Grammatical

Function

Latif (2005:19) states that the English sentence consists of syntactic

constituents, let us say, the phrases. For example, in a sentence (an

independent clause) many people (NP), will build (VP), a school building

(NP) (Greenbaum in Febriana 2009:37). The syntactic structure of this

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sentence is SPO (Subject, Predicate, and Object). The first functions of

Noun Phrase as a subject and the second function as object. Thus, a VP

always fills in a predicate a sentence or clause.

The five possible functions that phrases may fill in English clause

structure, i.e. subject, verb, object, complement, and adjunct (S,V,O,C,A).

For a particular aim, however, the symbol P is used for substituting the V in

this study. Thus, the same aim is written as S, P, O, C, A (subject, predicate,

object, complement and adjunct). The categories or types fill in these five

functions. They are noun phrases (NP), verb phrases (VP), adjective phrases

(Adj. P), adverb phrases (Adv. P), and prepositional phrase (Prep P).

The basic structure of clauses is simply composed of S+P as

constant elements depend on the kinds of clause types. The types are called

subordinate or dependent clauses; they are very complex. Therefore, the

dependent clauses are required to be mastered immediately as the basic

constituents in constructing any clause.

The linguist sees a language as form, namely sounds or letters and

their combinations into large units, such as words, sentences, and so forth.

This is the problem of syntax is the one dealing with the way in which

words are put together to express thoughts or ideas sensibility.

In this connection, we say that the syntax is one of fundamental

subject in English department. By understanding the English syntactic

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structure, the students can make the English clauses accurately. They can

identify and correct the grammatical error in English. The students consider

that syntax is not easy, but it is enjoyable to learn. It is very essential to

master for the sake of communicating thoughts and feelings to the other

people in accurate way.

The writer will now summarize what has been described so far in

this chapter. The following elements (major sentence constituents) function

in the basic sentence structures:

Subject S

Verb V

Object O – direct object dO

O – Indirect object iO

Complement C – subject complement sC

C – Object complements oC

A – Adverbial complement aC

Each component is explained as follows:

a. The sentence uses at least one subject because it as the main role of

discussion. Subject is the thing, person do an action.

b. Verb is the thing or person does and what becoming of something.

c. Object is a thing or person that directly becomes a target of a subject.

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 d. Complement is a word that helps an intransitive verb to complete the

description of the subject and helps a transitive verb.

e. Adverbs range in the meaning from words and indicate such

meanings as time and place to those that are used merely for

emphasis.

These elements enter into the seven basic sentence structures:

1) SV: subject intransitive verb

Someone (S) is talking (V).

2) SVA: subject verb adverbial complement

My parents (S) are living (V) in Chicago (aC).

3) SVC: subject linking verb subject complement

I (S) feel (V) tired (sC).

4) SVO: subject transitive verb direct object

We (S) have finished (V) our work (dO).

5) SVOO: subject transitive verb indirect object direct object

She (S) has given (V) me (iO) the letter (dO).

6) SVOA: subject transitive verb direct object adverbial

complement

You (S) can put (V) your coat (dO) in my bedroom (aC).

7) SVOC: subject transitive verb direct object object

complement

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 You (S) have made (V) me (dO) very happy (oC).

2. Buginese Language in Terms of Sequence of Grammatical

Function

Every word or phrase in sentence has function that relate word or

phrase in the sentence, this function is syntaxes, it means with word and

phrase sequence in a sentence, the main function of syntaxes in a sentence

is predicate (P), subject (S) and object (O).

Under the passage is included some basic sentence form in Buginese

language and sequence or word structure or phrase which compose the

basic sentence.

a. Sentence Pattern: P + S

Macculé i anaq-anaq éro

P S
(The children are playing)

In this structure of the sentence, verb phrase as predicate and noun phrase

as subject, so this sentence has form P+S.

b. Sentence Pattern: P+O+S

Manré i asé anyanyarang éro

P O S
(The horse is eating rice).

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In this structure of the sentence, verb phrase as a predicate followed by

noun phrase as object and noun phrase as subject. So this sentence has form

P + O + S.

c. Sentence Pattern: P+S

Leccék bola i gurukku

P S
(My teacher has moved to new home)

In this structure of the sentence, verb phrase as predicate followed by noun

phrase as subject. So this sentence has form P + S.

d. Sentence Pattern: S+P+O

Indokku jokka massempajang ri masijik é

S P O

(My mother is going pray to the mosque)

In this structure of the sentence, noun phrase as subject followed by verb

phrase as predicate and noun phrase as object. So this sentence has form

S + P + O.

e. Sentence Pattern: S+P

Amboqna panré ulaweng

S P
(His father is a goldsmith)

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In this structure of the sentence, noun phrase as subject followed by noun

phrase as predicate. So this sentence has form S + P.

Basic sentences in the Buginese language consist of a predicate, one

subject, and can also be an object. The patterns are different kinds, namely

S+P or S+V, P+S or V+S, S+P+O or S+V+O and P+O+S or V+O+S.

Constituent elements consist of various types of words and different types

of phrases.

B. The Similarities and differences between English and Buginese in

term of sequence of grammatical function.

English and Buginese Basic Sentence Patterns have some similarities

and differences that can be found in the following:

1. The Similarities between English and Buginese in term of sequence

of grammatical function.

English and Buginese basic sentence patterns have some similarities.

The similarities can be found in the following:

a. Sentence Pattern S + V + (A)

Sentence pattern above consists of subject and intransitive verb.

Because the verb is intransitive, there is no object needed, we can put

adverbs after the verb. Intransitive verbs can be categorized as verbal

predicate. It is composed by action or proper. Predicate in English must

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contain verb. English has three main verbs namely, linking verb, transitive

verb and intransitive verb. Meanwhile Buginese predicate consists of kata

benda (KB) or noun, frase sifat, kata sifat (FS, KS) or adjective, frase

kerja, kata kerja (FK, KK) or verb and kata bilangan (KBI) or numeral.

The words that can follow intransitive verbs are adjunct elements

that can be called adverbs. Adverbs can be divided into adverbs of manner,

adverbs of place and adverbs of time. The characteristic of adverb here is

only to complete sentence. In this pattern we can put adverb.

Examples are as follows:

1) English:

a) You come
S V

b) My brothers are working

S V

c) I will run quickly

S V Adv. of manner

2) Buginese:

a) Iko padangkang.
S P (you are a seller)

b) Amboqna guru.
S P (His father is a teacher)

c) Anynyarang éro anynyarang palari.

S P

(The horse is racing a horse)

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 b. Sentence Pattern S +V + O+ (A)

Sentence pattern above consists of subject, verb and object. Sentence

patterns above have transitive verb as one of the elements. This kind of verb

needs an object. Therefore we should put an object after the verb. Transitive

verb is the verbs that express actions which need object. Object is

functioning to complete transitive verb. The direct object is a noun or a

noun- equivalent which completes the predicate and receives the act

expressed in the verb. The other element of sentence which can appear in

this pattern is adverb. We can put adverb after object. Adverb does not

belong to the component of basic sentence pattern. It means that adverb is

an optional component. The function of adverb is to complete sentence.

The examples are as follows:

1) English:

a) They take my test

S V O

b) He can speak four languages

S V O

c) John can cook the nice food

S V O

d) Mother cooks the food quickly

S V O A

e) The children play badminton every noon

S V O A

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 f) The driver parked our car there
S V O A

2). Buginese:

a) Meong lellung balesu.

S P O

(The cat is chasing the mice)

b) Nenek matiwi’ panasa.

S P O
(Grandmother brings jackfruit)

c) Karettasak lebba napake manruki surek.

S P O

(The wide paper is used to write a letter)

There is not sentence pattern S+V+O+ (A) of Buginese basic

sentence structure.

c. Sentence Pattern: S + V + C

The sentence pattern above consists of subject, verb and

complement. The verb here is linking verb that links subject and

complement. This verb is used in nominal predicate. It needs no action. It

needs only status, character, place, etc. The examples are as follows:

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 1) English:

a) I am an Indonesian
SV C-
Noun

b) She is my friend
S V C-
Noun

c) The man is sick

S V C- adj

2) Buginese:

There is not sentence pattern S+V+C of Buginese basic sentence

structure.

d. Sentence Pattern S + V + O + O

This sentence pattern consists of subject, transitive verb and two

objects. The first object is called Indirect Object (iO), and the second is a

Direct Object (dO). The first object is usually person. It is the object which

gets the consequence of the action of the verbs.

The second object is usually not person. It is a thing. It is called

Direct Object (dO), the object which is directly connected with the action of

the verbs. The position of iO and dO are determined by a transitive verb in

the sentence. A number of transitive verbs require the position of dO at the

front of iO. Other transitive verbs demand the position of dO after iO.

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 The direct object usually follows a transitive verb. In this pattern the

verb which is used in the sentence is similar to the verb used in the pattern b

namely S + V + O, which is transitive verb. Both patterns need object after

the verb. Direct object usually follows a transitive verb.

1) English:

a) We gave him the coffee

S V iO dO

b) They have awarded Marry the prize

S V iO dO

c) I allowed them a dollar for his work

S V iO dO

In sentence (a), him is an iO, and it is a modifier of the verb allowed.

It names the receiver of the dO. In sentence (b) the iO instead of the dO is

made the subject of the verb in the passive voice. The dO remain is retained

as completing word for the predicate, and is still the direct receiver of the

action expressed in the verb.

2). Buginese:

There is not sentence pattern S+V+O+O of Buginese sentence

structure.

e. Sentence Pattern S + V + O + C

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 This sentence consists of subject, verb, object and complement. The

complement can be a noun, an adjective and an adverbial phrase. But there

is not a complement in Buginese basic sentence.

The examples as follows:

1). English:

a) The country elected Washington President

S V O C

b) The people declared them heroes

S V O C

c) She considered the food delicious.

S V O C

2). Buginese:

There is not sentence pattern S+V+O+C of Buginese sentence

structure.

After analyzing the data above the writer explain a lot of about basic

sentence structure from the two languages, from which the writer get

similarities on the element of the sentence formation, such as : subject (S),

predicate (P or V), and object (O) in a sentence. The sentence pattern S+ V

in English is similar to Buginese sentence pattern; English has three main

verbs namely linking verb, transitive verb and intransitive verb, Meanwhile

Buginese predicate consists of kata benda (KB) or noun, frase sifat, kata

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sifat (FS, KS) or adjective, frase kerja, kata kerja (FK, KK) or verb and

kata bilangan (KBI) or numeral.English and Buginese languages also there

are similarities in structure of type such as S+P+O or S+V+O.

2. The Differences between English and Buginese in term of sequence

of grammatical function.

The differences between English and Buginese basic sentence

patterns can be seen in the sentence pattern P+S and P+O+S.

a. Sentence pattern: P+S

1) English:

There is not sentence pattern P+S of English sentence structure.

2) Buginese:

a) Kasi asi puppu tau éro.

P S (Those people are very poor).

In this structure of the sentence, adjective phrase as predicate and noun

phrase as subject, so this sentence has form P+S.

b) Padangkang amboqna.
P S (His father is a seller)

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In this structure of the sentence, verb phrase as predicate followed by noun

phrase as subject. So this sentence has form P+S.

c) Lima bolana
P S
(His houses are five)

In this structure of the sentence, numeral as predicate followed by noun

phrase as subject. So this sentence has form P+S.

b. Sentence Pattern: P+O+S

1) English:

There is not sentence pattern P+O+S of English sentence structure.

2). Buginese:

a) Manre i bale meong éro.

P O S

(The cat is eating fish)

In this structure of the sentence, verb phrase as predicate and noun phrase

as object, followed by noun phrase as subject. So this sentence has form

P+O+S.

b) Dangkang sapi amboqna.

P O S (His father is buffalo seller)

In this structure of the sentence, verb phrase as predicate followed by noun

as object noun phrase as subject. So this sentence has form P+O+S.

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 c) Macekké hawa é ri bulu é.
P O S

(The cold air on the mountain range)

In this structure of the sentence, adjective phrase as predicate followed by

adjective as object and noun phrase as subject. So this sentence has form

P+O+S.

After analyzing the data above the writer found that the difference

between the basic sentence in English and Buginese are the element

sentence formations. In Buginese language sentence pattern are S+P+O,

this patterns flexible.

Example: Manréi balé meong éro

P O S

Meong éro manré i balé

S P O
It can change into P+O+S and S+V, V+S without changing its meaning.

While in English sentence pattern is a permanent, it does not change

pattern.

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 CHAPTER V

CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

A. CONCLUSIONS

After reading all of the material of this thesis, the writer would

like to put forward conclusion based on this thesis:

1. Basic sentence in the English language consist of subject, verb,

object (direct object and indirect object)and complement (subject

complement, object complement and adverbial complement) the

pattern are different kind, namely S+V, S+V+A, S+V+C, S+V+O,

S+V+O+O, S+V+O+A and S+V+O+C. Furthermore, basic

sentences in the Buginese language consist of a predicate, one

subject, and can also be an object. The patterns are different kinds,

namely S+P or S+V, V+S or P+S, S+P+O or S+V+O and P+O+S

or V+O+S.Constituent elements consist of various types of words

and different types of phrases.

2. The similarities and differences between English and Buginese

sentence in term of sequence of grammatical function:

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 a. The similarities between English and Buginese basic sentence

patterns.

There are similarities between English and Buginese basic

sentence pattern; they are S+V and S+V+O. The sentence pattern

S+ V in English is similar to Buginese sentence pattern; English

has three main verbs namely linking verb, transitive verb and

intransitive verb, Meanwhile Buginese predicate consists of kata

benda (KB) or noun, frase sifat, kata sifat (FS, KS) or adjective,

frase kerja, kata kerja (FK, KK) or verb and kata bilangan (KBI)

or numeral. English and Buginese languages also there are

similarities in structure of type such as S+P+O or S+V+O.

b. The differences between English and Buginese basic sentence

patterns.

The difference between the basic sentence in English and

Buginese are the element sentence formations. In Buginese

language sentence pattern are S+V+O which can change into

V+O+S, and S+V which can change into V+S this patterns are

flexible and do not change its meaning. While in English

sentence pattern is a permanent, it does not change pattern.

B. SUGGESTIONS

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1. The writer is conscious that the presence of this thesis is

as the first step; therefore, the writer wants this problem to

be followed up.

2. The writer expects the language learners to keep carrying

out the language researcher on local language or

vernaculars to contribute the existence and the growing up

the local language.

3. The writer suggest the institutions involved both

government or private institution, academic institution,

directions to the student in order keep studying and

carrying out the language researchers on linguistics aspect

such as phonology, morphology, syntax and semantic.

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 CURRICULUM VITAE

The writer, Rahmaniah R, was born on

May 19th, 1988 in Segeri. She has two brothers

and two sisters. She is the fourth daughter of

H. Rusman and HJ. Rosmiah.

In 1994, she started her education in SDN 8 Timporongan

Kec.Segeri, Pangkep regency and graduated in 2000. She continued

her study in junior high school 1 Segeri Kec.Segeri, Pangkep regency

South Sulawesi and graduated in 2003. And then she continued her

study in senior High School 1 Segeri Kec.Segeri, Pangkep regency

South Sulawesi and graduated in 2006 and then she was accepted as a

student in English and Literature Department Faculty of Adab and

Humaniora , State Islamic University of Alauddin Makassar.

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