Kelasa : Kelebat masalah bahasa dan sastra
Vol 17, No 1 (2022): Kelasa

English Equivalents for Indonesian Relative Pronoun ‘yang’: A Comparative Study

Afrianto Afrianto (Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2022

Abstract

This research discusses Indonesian relative clauses compared to its translation of English in the short story Clara atawa Wanita yang Diperkosa. The aim of this research is to configure and describe the differences and similarities of relative clauses in Indonesian and English. In this research, the researchers applied the qualitative method since the researchers gave detailed descriptions and explanations of the lingual phenomena from existing documents exploratively. This research found that the patterns of relative clauses in Indonesian and English perform similarities and differences. A similar pattern found is RP-V-O/Adjunct, while the difference is caused by structural shiftings happening in translating process. Furthermore, there are three equivalents for the relative pronoun ‘yang’, they are who, which, and that. Moreover, ‘yang’ is not always translated when the translation is constructed in a deep structure construction. Furthermore, this research presents the alternative ways to choose the appropriate English relative pronoun to translate the Indonesian relative pronoun.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

kelasa

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

KELASA is a journal aiming to publish literary studies researches, either Indonesian, local, or foreign literatures. The scope of KELASA includes linguistic, applied linguistic, interdisciplinary linguistic studies, theoretical literary studies, interdisciplinary literary studies, literature and ...