A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN ENGLISH AND INDONESIAN PREPOSITIONS
Abstract
This research studies about English and Indonesian prepositions. The aims of the research are to find
the similarities and differences between English and Indonesian prepositions.
The data are analyzed using contrastive analysis. In analyzing the data contrastive analysis is
employed to find the similarities between English and Indonesian prepositions and to find the differences
between English and Indonesian prepositions. The result of the study shows that there are four similarities
between English and Indonesian prepositions: (1) Based on the meaning, to indicate the name of city,
country, province and place the English prepositional meaning place on, in, and at are similar with
Indonesian prepositional meaning place di. (2) Based on the meaning, the English prepositional meaning
place above and over are similar with Indonesian prepositional meaning place di atas to indicate the place
that higher than a point. (3) Based on The Meaning, the English prepositional meaning place under,
underneath, beneath and below are similar with Indonesian prepositional meaning place di bawah to
indicate the place that lower than a point. (4) Based on the meaning, the English prepositional meaning
place between and among are similar with Indonesian prepositional meaning place di antara to indicate
the place on side of a person or thing that has two sides.
There are four differences between English and Indonesian prepositional meaning place. (1) Based on
the meaning, to indicate the place, Indonesian prepositional meaning place use di while English
prepositional meaning place use in, on, and at. (2) Based on the meaning, the use of English prepositional
meaning place above and over are different from Indonesian prepositional meaning place di atas to indicate
the place that higher than a point. (3) Based on the meaning, the use of English prepositional meaning
place under,underneath, beneath and below are different from the Indonesian prepositional meaning place
di bawah to indicate the place that lower than a point. (4) Based on the meaning, the use of English
prepositional meaning place between and among are different from Indonesian prepositional meaning place
di antara to indicate the place on side of a person or thing that has two sides.
