A comparative study of prepositions at, on, and in indicating time and their equivalents

Pujiani, Pujiani (2006) A comparative study of prepositions at, on, and in indicating time and their equivalents. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Madiun.

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Abstract

This research discusses the prepositions of time at, on, and in in English and Indonesian. The writer wants to study deeper about prepositions of time at,on, and in in Englishand Indonesian by analyzing the structure of prepositions of time at, on, and in in English, and the similarities and differences of prepositions of time at, on and in in English and Indonesian. The writer uses the descriptive method in making this research,by collecting the data, classifying the data and making analysis. At last, the writer gives the conclusion. The source of data in making this research is thesentence or phrases taken from the Holland Horizon magazine. Based on the research, the writer finds that preposition of time in which consist of 29 data (48,3%) are classified into 2 forms; preposition in + proper noun (18,3%) and preposition in + noun phrase (30%). Preposition on which consist of 18 data (30%)are classified into 2 forms; preposition on + proper noun (25%) and preposition on + noun phrase (5%). And the last preposition at which consist of 13 data (21,7%) are classified into 2 forms; preposition at + proper noun (3,3%) and preposition at + noun phrase (18,3%). The similarities of English prepositions of time at, on2, and in and their equivalents in Indonesian could be seen both of them have the same structure in the sentence that is preposition + noun. Beside that, English prepositions of time at,on, and in and its equivalents in Indonesian have the same function to modify noun. The difference between English prepositions of time at, on, and in and their equivalents is on the usage. English prepositions of time at, on, and in have specific usage and more detailed in classification. Indonesian prepositions of time pada and di also has specific usage, but not as detailed as English prepositions of time at,on,and in.

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