Verb Marking in Lamaholot Language, Lamalera Dialect: Morphological and Semantic Study

Abstract

Marking in LLLD is a morphological, syntactic and semantic marking that occurs in various forms and categories of words. Marking in LLLD occurs in word forms and categories, both precategorical and free, both verbs and other word categories, both marked proclitically and enclitically, both ending in vowel or consonant variations. Proclitic marking only occurs in precategorical forms of verbs, and enclitic marking can occur in precategorical and free forms of both verbs. Semantically, proclitic marking of precategorical forms of both verbs states the form of cross-reference of personal pronouns, the agreement of the subject with the predicate of the verb, the form and number of pronouns, and states the perfective, intensity and inchoative aspects. Enclitic markers of precategorical and intransitive free verbs indicate cross-reference of clause subjects, number and form of pronouns, intensity and perfective aspects, and enclitic markers of precategorical and transitive base verbs indicate the function of contracted objects. There has been no specific research on the meaning of marking in the Lamaholot language in any dialect, so the results of this study are a new finding that also needs further research.