A Morphosyntactical Analysis of University Students’ Writing: Indonesian Case

MUKARROMAH, INAYATUL (2020) A Morphosyntactical Analysis of University Students’ Writing: Indonesian Case. e-Journal of Linguistics, 14 (1). pp. 31-43. ISSN Print: 2541-5514; Online : 2442-7586

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Abstract

Different grammar between languages often causes confusion
to those who learn it. Students often experience such
problems when their first language (L1) and the target
language (L2) share very limited linguistic aspects. This
study aims to focus on the morphosyntactic issues that lead to
the grammatical errors which take place in the English
writing of Indonesian university students taking writing class
and to analyze the potential sources of their mistakes. The
data from this study were collected from a writing
assignment in three Writing classes. This research followed
the steps initiated by James (1998), among others: collecting
data, identifying errors, classifying errors, explaining errors,
and finding sources of errors. The results revealed that of the
2.218 grammatical errors found, they could be classified into
two main error types: morphological errors (81.97%) and
syntactic errors (18.03%) which were divided into 32 specific
errors. The findings suggest that the Indonesian students are
not fully aware how to use the plural marker ‘s’ as well the
‘3rd singular’ in present tense. Moreover, they cannot build a
simple sentence due to the different word-order and sentence
structure between Indonesian and English in terms of
morphology and syntax.With regard to the potential sources
of error, both inter-language errors and intralingual errors and
developments have an influence on errors made in writing.
Errors between languages occur when students try to use
their knowledge of the L1 structure to obtain the target
language, but the differences between the two languages
cause errors. Intralingual and developmental errors are found
because of difficulties and problems in the target language
itself. The findings in this study are very useful for the
process of learning English especially in writing skills.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200401 Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) > 20040802 Morphology 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) > 20040803 Syntax and Grammar
Divisions:	Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan > Tadris Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	Ms Inayatul Mukarromah
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2022 00:58
Last Modified:	27 Jun 2022 00:58
URI:	http://digilib.uinkhas.ac.id/id/eprint/7846

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