Abstract
This research is to describe (1) linguistic typology, (2) phrase structures, (3) clause and sentence structures of Merap language. The analyses on the problems apply Principles & Parameters approach to come to the findings. Historical generative method was applied to verify the linguistic typology of Merap and Parameters and Principles of Haegeman’s Government and Binding Theories were applied to describe phrase structures, clause, and sentence structures of Merap. Based on the analyses, the research formulated some findings. First, Merap language is a sub-Kayanic language. Second, the structures of phrases of Merap are constructed based on head-modifiers relations with a category as a head and the other elements as modifiers. Third, clause structures of Merap are constructed based on head-modifier relations with a verb as a head and with NP, AdvP, PP, and AP as modifiers, and sentence structures of Merap are constructed based on head-modifier relations with a complementizer as a head and an IP as its modifier. Key words: syntax; Merap; head-modifier relations; complementizer
Highlights
Indonesia is the biggest archipelago that has more than 13,000 islands (Soedarso, 2013) with more than 700 languages (Radjaban, (2013), Kompas, (2013), & Suestiningtyas, (2015))
This book is a linguistic documentation of Agabag, a sub-language of Murut written in Bahasa Indonesia (Radjaban, 2013)
The trace of tonal language makes Merap language relies on changing stresses on syllables to develop its lexemes rather than on affixations
Summary
Indonesia is the biggest archipelago that has more than 13,000 islands (Soedarso, 2013) with more than 700 languages (Radjaban, (2013), Kompas, (2013), & Suestiningtyas, (2015)). It is explained further that syntactic study covers both descriptions of phrase-sentence structures and their patterns of interpretations This is what a non-native speaker needs to make him able to learn the language without the assistance and attendance of the native speakers. This book is a linguistic documentation of Agabag, a sub-language of Murut written in Bahasa Indonesia (Radjaban, 2013). It means that lexical items must be saturated in the syntax as stated in the theta criterion stating that each argument is assigned one and only one theta role, and that each theta role is assigned to one and only one argument Based on these principles, data in the forms of lexical head of Merap are used to generate the argument structures as the bases to describe the phrase and sentence structures of the language. (1) a. enggaie (VP): bring b. enggaie: NP Agent; NP Patient. c
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