Argument structure in Bimanese  

Oleh:

Sri Satyawati, Made

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: KOLITA 16: Konferensi Linguistik Tahunan Atma Jaya Keenam Belas Tingkat Internasional, page 293-297.
Topik: Bimanese; Argument Structure; Marker
Fulltext: 293-297 Made Sri Satyawati, I Nyoman Kardana.pdf (336.53KB)

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Jonker (1896) has observed the simple syntactic structure of Bimanese. Bimanese is one of the Austronesian Malay Polynesian languages (Arafik, 2005). This language generally has two traits, it has affixes and compounding (Owens, 2000). With such characteristics, the language is alleged to have affixes that have many functions. The focus of this study is the argument structure in the syntactic construction of Bimanese. This study was conducted using the Lexical Functional Grammar theory proposed by Kroeger (2008). In the theory, Kroeger uses three aspects of syntax, namely functional structures, constituent structures, and argument structures. In collecting data, method of interview and observation was conducted. Interview method was done to collect oral data which was then rewritten in order to be analyzed, while observation method was applied to to collect written data. Both methods are assisted by recording and note taking techniques. The result of the data analysis shows that the argument structure of Bimanese has a peculiarity because there are markers used to mark arguments, such as labo, kai, wea, and ba. The main function of the markers is as a valency marker. Generally, the four markers are used for the mandatory arguments. However, some data shows different behavior from the argument. The different behaviors belong to the main functions of the markers. One of the functions is as a preposition

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