Morphosyntax Analysis of Acehnese Clitic

Denni Iskandar,Iskandar Abdul Samad,- Mulyadi Mulyadi

doi:10.7575/aiac.alls.v.9n.4p.212

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Abstract

Clitic has challenged many grammatical theories because it is a combination between syntax and morphology. At most theory, clitization is considered as a phenomenon of phrase because the clan of its form is similar to affixes attached to whole phrase. Some experts claim that clitic is one form that is difficult to identify and classify. This qualitative research investigates the clitic of Acehnese in the perspective of morphosyntax. This research found that Acehnese consists of proclitic and enclitic. The function is to emphasize the topic being talked by the subject. In general, Acehnese clitic is a relatively complex personal pronoun because Acehnese’s pronominal system is identical with the content of morality (politeness and friendship). Each personal pronoun has its own proclitic and enclitic including the adjustment of clitic for variant personal pronouns which refers to the level of politeness. In addition to personal pronoun, the clitic in Acehnese is also used to refer to noun or nounphrase either to animals, plants, or other types of nouns.

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The discussion of clitic in the Acehnese, to date, has not been conducted deeply by many researchers
Each personal pronoun has its own proclitic and enclitic including the adjustment of clitic for variant personal pronouns which refers to the level of politeness
From the results of data analysis, it is found that clitic in Acehnese consists of proclitic and encliticas mentioned in the following Table

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The discussion of clitic in the Acehnese, to date, has not been conducted deeply by many researchers. The points which are close to this topic is found in the sub-section of dissertations (e.g.Asyik, 1987; Djunaidi, 1996) and thesis Djunaidi, 1992; Iqbal, 2011). Even in the book of the Acehnese Language Rule written by Wildan (2010), there is no discussion about the clitic because he considers that clitic is similar to affix. This fact encourages us to conduct a research on the Acehnese clitic because this language is used by more than three million people in Aceh Province, Indonesia. The two forms can be arranged to a basic word, and to a word that has been given an affix

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