A Study on the Verb Phrases of the Bajau Darat and Bajau Laut Languages in Sabah: A Minimalist Program Analysis
(Kajian Frasa Kerja Bahasa Bajau Darat di Pantai Barat dan Bajau Laut di Sabah : Analisis Kerangka Minimalis)
Abstract
This article discusses the unique verbs in the Bajau Darat and Bajau Laut languages by native speakers of the Bajau Darat language in Kampung Keguraan, Kota Belud and Bajau Laut in Kampung Tanjung Kapur, Kudat, Sabah. The Bajau language is the mother tongue of the Bajau people in Sabah. This study aims to identify, describe, and analyse the types of Bajau verbs using the Minimalist Program. The research methods used include field methods, namely interviews, recordings and observations, and the data were analysed using the Minimalist Program. The six respondents interviewed consisted of three native speakers of the Bajau Darat language and three native speakers of the Bajau Laut language. The researchers recorded each respondent's conversation, and each conversation was transcribed and analysed. This analysis focused on the position of verbs in the Bajau Darat and Bajau Laut languages. The results found that the verbs in the Bajau Darat and Bajau Laut languages have tenses. In addition, the Bajau Darat and Bajau Laut languages consist of transitive verbs, intransitive verbs and ditransitive verbs. This study also found that the sentence structure of both the Bajau Darat and Bajau Laut languages is VERB-OBJECT-SUBJECT (VOS). Based on the Minimalist Program approach used, this study has made three findings. First, there is a novel position known as an ObjectP to accommodate this language's VOS position. Second, the verb always moves to the adjunction position of the Tense head. Third, an empty operator (OP) exists to mark the subject in the Bajau language.
References
Asmah Haji Omar. (1993). Susur galur bahasa Melayu. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
Asmah Haji Omar. (2008). Ensiklopedia bahasa Melayu. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
Azam Shahsavari. (2016). Di-transitive constructions in Persian based on the minimalist program. International Journal of English Linguistics, 6, 8-20.
Chomsky, N. (1995). The minimalist program. MIT Press.
David Edger. (2003). Core syntax a minimalist approach. University Press.
Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan. (2010). Teori Chomsky dan cabaran bahasa Melayu. Jurnal Kesturi, 20(1), 28-47.
Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan. (2005). Analisis sintaksis ke atas enklitik '-nya' dalam bahasa Melayu (Tesis Dr. Falsafah tidak diterbitkan). Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan & Mohammed Taha. (2018). The Syntax of applicative constructions in spoken Sudanese Arabic. The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, 24(2), 143-153.
Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan & Khairul Faiz Alimi. (2016). Transitiviti bahasa Mendriq. Akademika, 86 (2), 87-98.
Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan & Khairul Faiz bin Alimi. (2014). Analisis deskriptif terhadap struktur frasa kerja bahasa Mendriq. Jurnal Bahasa, 14(2), 169-191.
Laman web rasmi kerajaan negeri sabah. (2020). Rakyat & Sejarah. https://sabah.gov.my/cms/?q=ms/content/rakyat-sejarah dicapai pada 12 September 2020.
Md Isa Hassan. (1993). Frasa kata kerja dalam bahasa Melayu: Masalah penggunaan serta kaedah pengajaran dan pembelajaran yang berkesan. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
Miller, Mark.T. (2007). A grammar of West Coast Bajau (Unpublished Ph.D Thesis). The University of Texas at Arlington.
Ong'ayo Francis Onyango. (2015). Morph syntactic analysis of verb inflections in Igikuria language: A minimalist programme. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development (4), 87-96.
Pembancian Penduduk dan Perumahan Malaysia. (2010). Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia: Pesuruhjaya Banci Malaysia. http://www.statistics.gov.my dicapai pada 27 September 2019.
Saidatul Nornis Hj. Mahali. (2010). Perbandingan dialek Bajau Kota Belud dan Bajau Semporna. Jurnal Melayu, 5, 333-374.
Sifaki, E. (2014). VOS in Greek. Journal of Greek Linguistics, 13(2), 240-278.
Sumatra binti Karman. (2015). Kata kerja bahasa Bajau: Analisis kerangka Minimalis (Tesis Sarjana Muda tidak diterbitkan). Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Upon acceptance of an article, Authors will be asked to transfer copyright. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. A notification will be sent to the corresponding Author confirming receipt of the manuscript. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the Author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article.
