Elliptical Construction: Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat Bahasa Inggris

Pengertian Elliptical Construction

Elliptical construction adalah suatu konstruksi kalimat atau subordinate clause dimana satu atau lebih elemen penyusunnya dihilangkan karena dianggap sudah dimengerti (understood). Umumnya elemen yang dihilangkan berupa subject dan/atau verb (kata kerja) atau relative pronoun.

Kalimat atau subordinate clause yang dapat merupakan elliptical construction antara lain:

• adverbial clause
• comparative clause
• noun clause
• adjective clause
• imperative sentence

Contoh Kalimat Elliptical Construction

1. While he was driving to work, he saw the accident.
   (Ketika sedang mengemudi untuk bekerja, dia melihat kecelakaan tsb.) adverbial clause

   Subject dan verb sudah dimengerti.

2. When you are in love, keep your mind sharp.
   (Ketika jatuh cinta, jaga pikiranmu tetap tajam.) adverbial clause
3. She can speak English more fluently than you can.
   (Dia dapat berbicara Bahasa Inggris lebih fasih dari kamu.) comparative clause

   Verb sudah dimengerti.

4. I’m easier to forget a problem than she is.
   (Saya lebih mudah melupakan suatu masalah daripada dia.) comparative clause
5. I hope that you’re okay.
   (Saya harap kamu baik-baik saja.) noun clause

   Hanya noun clause dengan subordinator that yang berada di tengah kalimat yang dapat direduksi.

6. I think that he’s arriving tomorrow.
   (Saya pikir dia akan tiba besok.) noun clause
7. The woman whom I called this morning is my mother.
   (Wanita yang aku telpon pagi ini adalah ibuku.) adjective clause

   Ketika berfungsi sebagai object, relative pronoun seperti whom dan which di dalam defining relative clause dapat dihilangkan.

8. The book which I wanted to buy had sold out.
   (Buku yang saya ingin beli telah terjual habis.) adjective clause
9. You shut the window.
   (Tutup jendela!) imperative sentence

   Subject you sudah tersirat di dalam imperative.

10. You don’t step on the grass.
    (Kamu jalan menginjak rumput.) imperative sentence

Lihat juga:

• Subordinate Clause
• Expletive (There dan It)
• Cleft Sentence (It dan What)
• Subject – Verb Agreement
• Pronoun – Antecedent Agreement

References:

1. Elliptical Clauses. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm#elliptical_clauses. Accessed on February 3, 2013.
2. Sentence Modifiers. http://www.uwplatt.edu/~ciesield/modifiers.htm. Accessed on February 3, 2013.
3. Case with elliptical constructions. http://www.meredith.edu/grammar/pronouns.htm#elliptical. Accessed on February 3, 2013.
4. Choosing a Pronoun to Follow Than or As. http://owlet.letu.edu/grammarlinks/pronouns/pronoun3s4.html. Accessed on February 3, 2013.
5. What is an elliptical construction?http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAnEllipticalConstruction.htm. Accessed on February 3, 2013.
6. Imperative Sentences. http://grammar.about.com/od/il/g/impersent09.htm. Accessed on February 3, 2013.