V-V Constructions in Sasaknese

Authors

  • Sartika Hijriati Universitas Technologi Mataram

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31764/leltj.v9i1.4913

Keywords:

Sasaknese, V-V Constructions, X-bar theory

Abstract

The claim that serial verb constructions encode a single event is made with great regularity in the literature on serial verbs but is a claim that I find difficult to test in critical cases (Comrie, 1995). Sasaknese has a lot of serial verbs. This unique feature cannot be easily found in every language. This paper focused on analyzing the notion of ‘single-event’ in Sasaknese V-V constructions. In this study, the X-bar theory is applied to discuss the constituent structure of serial verb constructions. This study used the data of Sasaknese meno-meneÌ native speakers’ utterances by using observation method. The result of the study shows that Sasak serial verb constructions have V-V structure that describe one single event as a single predicate 

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Published

2021-10-13

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021)

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