THE SEMANTIC STRUCTURES OF DOING TYPES OF ACTION VERBS IN BALINESE LANGUAGE

Ekasriadi, Ida Ayu Agung (2018) THE SEMANTIC STRUCTURES OF DOING TYPES OF ACTION VERBS IN BALINESE LANGUAGE. In: Empowerment and Preservation of Local Languages, 23—24 February 2018, Udayana University Denpasar.

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Abstract

This study aims at describing the semantic structures of doing types of action verbs in Balinese language. The data sources are oral and written language. The data were taken by using scanning method and note taking. The theory used is natural semantic metalanguage. The results showed that the semantic structures of “doing” type of action verbs in Balinese language cover three combinations, namely (1) doing/moving, (2) doing/feeling, and (3) doing/happening. The semantic structures of doing/move type of verbs can be divided up into three sub-types, namely (a) moving towards someone, (b) moving from someone, and (c) moving towards and from someone. The doing/feeling type of verbs can be divided into three sub-types, namely (a) feeling something towards something, (b) feeling something towards someone, and (c) feeling something towards something/someone. The semantic structure of doing/happening type of verbs can be divided into three subtypes, namely (a) something happens on something, (b) something happens on someone, and (c) something happens on something/someone. The semantic structure of verbs formulated from a number of polysemes and the combination of semantic primitives showed similarities and differences in semantic structures of doing types of action verbs in Balinese language.

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