Abstract
This study is aimed to know the grammatical errors found in the articles’ abstracts of scholarly journals published by one of Indonesian Islamic State Colleges in 2008-2010. The theory used to analyze the data in this case study is Burt and Kiparsky’s theory, namely Surface Strategy Taxonomy. This theory devides errors into errors of omission,errors of addition, errors of misformation and errors of misordering. This results of the study show that there are 172 items of grammatical errors. The most frequent type of grammatical error is omission with the total number is 72 items or 41.9%. The second is errors of misformation which consist of 57 items or 33.1%. The next is errors of addition (27 items or 15.7%) and finally is errors of misordering as the least number of errors with 16 items or 9.3%.
Highlights
Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication
This study examines the grammatical error of English translation of some research abstracts in three scientific journals published by one Islamic
The writer wants to focus on the grammatical errors found in abstract of the journals
Summary
Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication. It is a systematic means of ideas or feeling by the use of conventionalized sign, sound, gestures or marks having understood meaning (Fromkin, et al, 1999:3). Every social institution is maintained by language. Religion, government, education, the family all are carried on with language (Chaika, 1982:2). Language holds on the important aspect in our society. There will be misunderstanding on our life.
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