OBJEK TIDAK LANGSUNG DALAM KATA KERJA DWITRANSITIF BAHASA MELAYU
INDIRECT OBJECTS IN MALAY DISTRANSITIVE CONSTRUCTIONS
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https://doi.org/10.55197/qjssh.v7i4.1331Keywords:
kata kerja dwitransitif, frasa preposisi, objek tidak langsung, Program Minimalis, ujian kebolehterimaanAbstract
Kajian penyelidikan ini meneliti status sintaksis frasa preposisi sebagai objek tidak langsung dalam kata kerja dwitransitif bahasa Melayu. Tatabahasa Dewan menetapkan bahawa kata kerja dwitransitif hanya boleh diikuti oleh dua frasa determiner, manakala frasa preposisi dianggap sebagai penerang semata-mata. Walau bagaimanapun, kajian ini menguji semula pandangan tersebut melalui dua kaedah empirikal, iaitu analisis data korpus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) dan ujian kebolehterimaan ayat yang melibatkan 132 orang penutur natif bahasa Melayu daripada tiga kumpulan umur. Dapatan menunjukkan bahawa pola frasa determiner + frasa preposisi secara konsisten mencatatkan tahap kebolehterimaan yang lebih tinggi berbanding pola frasa determiner + frasa determiner merentas semua kumpulan umur. Berdasarkan kerangka Program Minimalis, kajian ini berhujah bahawa frasa preposisi dalam struktur dwitransitif bahasa Melayu berfungsi sebagai argumen wajib yang merealisasikan peranan tematik penerima, bukan sekadar adjung. Dapatan ini mencabar rumus preskriptif Tatabahasa Dewan dan menyumbang kepada pemahaman yang lebih tepat tentang sistem dwitransitif bahasa Melayu.
This research study investigates the syntactic status of prepositional phrases as indirect objects in Malay ditransitive verbs. Tatabahasa Dewan maintains that ditransitive verbs may only be followed by two determiner phrases, while prepositional phrases are treated merely as modifiers. However, this study re-examines this claim through two empirical methods: an analysis of corpus data from the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) corpus and an acceptability judgement task involving 132 native speakers of Malay from three age groups. The findings indicate that the determiner phrase + prepositional phrase pattern consistently receives higher acceptability ratings than the determiner phrase + determiner phrase pattern across all age groups. Within the framework of the Minimalist Program, this study argues that prepositional phrases in Malay ditransitive constructions function as obligatory arguments that realise the Recipient thematic role rather than serving merely as adjuncts. These findings challenge the prescriptive account advanced in Tatabahasa Dewan and contribute to a more accurate understanding of the Malay ditransitive system.
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