AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON THE TRANSLATION OF ENGLISH NOUN
PHRASES INTO INDONESIAN OF THE FIFTH SEMESTER STUDENTS
INTRODUCTION
A.
Background of the Study
Language and people have a close
relationship because the development and growth of
language walk together with the development
of people’s lives. They use language to
express their thoughts, ideas, feelings,
attitudes, and experiences. It means that language
is used to communicate to each other.
As a means of communication, language allows people to say things and
express their communicative needs. Catford (1964: 1)
defines language as a type of patterned
human behavior. It is a way, perhaps
the most important way, in which human beings
interact in his social situations.
Language as a means of communication is very important, so
people have to master it. As human and technology grow, it is impossible to
fulfill all human needs without interacting with other people that
have different social conditions, cultures, and of course, language. People
must learn not only their mother tongue, a language which only functions in the
family or area where they live, but also an international language used in international
world, that is, English.
Related to its function as an international language, English
plays a great role in the world. English has been stated to be used
as an international language and popular to the
countries all over the world. It is
used even as a national language of several
countries in the world. English is a
foreign language in Indonesia and it is very
important in the globalization era. In our
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