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Word Order in Turiturian of Batak Toba Language

Nurhayati Sitorus, . Mulyadi

Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · pp. 11–17 · Published 25 Jun 2022

10.9734/arjass/2022/v17i330307

Abstract

Aims: This research is aimed to investigate the word order in Turiturian of Batak Toba language Study Design: Qualitative research was applied in this research. Place and Duration of Study: It is library research. So, it was completed in Universitas HKBP Nommensen and the research was conducted from February to June 2022. Methodology: In this research data was taken from the folklore entitled ‘Sigalegale’. The data in this research was clause or sentences found in the folklore. The data was analyzed by using Miles and Huberman analyses. Tree stages that used in analyzing the research, namely data reduction, data display, and data conclusion drawing/verification. Results: The result of the research shows that the basic word order found in Turiturian of Batak Toba language consists of two types, namely VSO and SVO. The other pattern also found, namely SV and SVC. Conclusion: Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that the structure of the clause patterns of Turiturian in Batak Toba language includes SV, SVC, SVO and VSO. The structure of SV and SVC patterns occurs in transitive clauses, namely sentences that do not require objects in the sentence but already had meaning. At the same time, the structure of SVO pattern occurs in the active sentence. In this case, a morphological process occurs which is marked by the prefix -'mam' in the 'verb'. Furthermore, the structure of VSO pattern occurs in passive sentence which is indicated by the addition of the prefix -'di' on the ‘verb'. In addition, the VSO structure is also marked with a nominal modifier. From these findings, it can be said that the basic word order of Batak Toba language is SVO and VOS. The structure SV and SVC patterns exists if there is no object in the clause/sentence. This research is only limited to the word order in the clause/sentence. Therefore, it is necessary to do further research on the word order in phrases.

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