The argument structure and its semantic role of reporting verbs in balinese language
Keywords:
Reporting verb, Argument , Semantic role, Core, PeripheralAbstract
Verbs can determine the type and number of arguments that must be present in a clause. The more complex the structure of a verb, the more linguistic problems that arise and need to be studied. Reporting verbs in Balinese which have a complex clause structure because the argument can be filled by either a noun phrase unit or a clause. This research aims to determine the argument structure and the semantic role of the reporting verbs in Balinese. The written data was obtained from stories in Balinese and the Spoken data were obtained from Balinese language teachers. The results showed that the argument structure of reporting verbs that is filled by noun phrase unit, namely: 1) noun phrase-verb phrase-noun phrase, 2) noun phrase-verb phrase-noun phrase-preposition phrase, and 3) noun phrase-verb phrase-preposition phrase-noun phrase. Second, the arguments’ structure that is filled by clause unit: 1) noun phrase-verb phrase-clause, 2) noun phrase-verb phrase-clause-noun phrase, and 3) noun phrase-verb phrase-preposition phrase-clause. The semantic role associated with the reporting verb in Balinese are speaker, message, addressee, and medium.
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