Research Paper
Year: 2018 | Month: September | Volume: 5 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 183-191
Deverbal Nominals in Toba Batak Language: A Generative Transformational Study
Esron Ambarita, Robert Sibarani, Dwi Widayati, Eddy Setia
Doctoral Program of Linguistics, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Esron Ambarita
ABSTRACT
This paper aims at exploring deverbal nominals in Toba Batak language from the view point of generative transformational study.The theory of generative morphology has predictive power to generate new words. Considering the particular rules of morphological processes in Toba Batak language, Halle’s theory is modified to be adjusted to Toba Batak morphological system.Two integrated components, orthographic and phonological rules are added between Halle’s Filter and Dictionary.Therefore, there are six components of sets of generative transformational rules as modified theory in this study, i.e. List of Morphemes, Word Formation Rules, Filter, Orthographic Rules, Phonological Rules, and Dictionary. Data analyses were done using modified theory but they refer to Halle’s model as the main theory. This research applied descriptive qualitative method. The data were obtained by using observation methods and their techniques and interlocution method and its techniques. The collected data are voice-recordings and writings. The research findings comprise that deverbal nominals in Toba Batak language are done by attaching (1) prefix [par-], (2) prefix [paN-], (3) confix [ha-an], (4) confix [paN-an], (5) confix [paN -on], (6) confix [par-an], (7) affix combination [paηin-], and (8) affix combination [paηun-].The processes of attaching those affixes generate complex words which have different grammatical and lexical meanings.Morphological processes found in the word formation are phoneme deletion, phoneme assimilation, and phoneme addition. The processes of attaching those affixes bring about semantic and phonological idiosyncrasies, therefore, such words must be processed in filter to generate acceptable words in Toba Batak language.
Key words: deverbal nominals, generative transformational study, affixations, derivational
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