IZDIHAR
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2019): Izdihar : Journal of Arabic Language Teaching, Linguistics, and Literature

Interrogative Sentence: A Contrastive Study of Arabic and Indonesian

Khoirin Nikmah (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Jan 2020

Abstract

Involving first language (L1) in second language learning (L2) is considered as an effective method to be practiced. This research focuses on a contrastive study between Arabic and Indonesian. It aims to investigate similarities and differences of the two languages, especially about their interrogative sentence forms. It is descriptive qualitative research which applies two methods; observation and introspection method. Then, Contrastive Analysis (CA) is used to analyze the data. The result shows that similarity concept between Arabic and Indonesian is many shown on matā, ayna, limādzā, and hal. Meanwhile, differences between both of them are shown on mā, man, ayy, and kayfa. As a result, it may occur errors in the use of question, errors in translating interrogative sentence, and errors in understanding question.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

izdihar

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

IZDIHAR journal is a scientific research journal of Arabic teaching, linguistics, and literature. It is open for anyone who desires to develop knowledge based on qualified research in any field. Submitted papers are evaluated by anonymous referees by double-blind peer review for contribution, ...