Structure of English Locative Inversion

• Main Authors: I Ketut Widi Adnyana, Yana Qomariana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Udayana 2020-11-01
• Series: Humanis
• Online Access: https://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/sastra/article/view/54917

A sentence structure involves the packaging of meaning. Words and their order decide the meaning of a sentence conveyed. This study discussed two points of problems. The first one is locative inversion structure in sentences taken from Corpus of Contemporary American English. The other problem is the constraints of locative inversion in the English grammar. The problems are discussed based on the theory of inversion by Hewings (2005). Method used to collect the data was documentation method. The analysis was conducted using descriptive qualitative method. The result of the analysis is shown using informal method. As results, this study shows that locative inversion structure is different from canonical structures. It has a distinct feature contrasting it with canonical structure. It also has several constraints regarding subject, predicate, and salient information affecting its formation.