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The Ergative Verbs of Tetun Dili

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Antonio Constantino Soares1, *
1English Department, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Instituto São João de Brito, Ulmera, Timor-Leste
*Corresponding author. Email: antonio.soares.281170@gmail.com
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Antonio Constantino Soares
Available Online 1 March 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-014-5_34How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Ergative verb; Tetun dili; typology linguistic
Abstract

Tetun Dili which is called (TD) is one of the Austronesian languages typologically with SVO word order with alternation OSV. (TD) is spoken as a Lingua Franca and also has been stipulated as an official language by the government of Timor-Leste since the restoration time besides Portuguese. The aims of this research was intended to find out kinds of transitive verbs in (TD) that can behave as ergative verbs. The data sources were gained by using documentation method which supported by elicitation technique. After all the data were collected then, they were analyzed by using descriptive qualitative method. It means that all the data were analyzed descriptively by using words, phrases and clauses which become the main characteristics of qualitative method. The final results of this research showed that morphologically, the transitive verbs of (TD) has 2 prefixes namely prefix ha- and prefixes nak- which can precede the root/stem to form the transitive verbs like ‘mate’,’ha-mate’,’moris’ ‘ha-moris’. The other one is prefixes nak-.Prefix nak- is attached to the root of TD to form ergative verbs like ‘lees’ ‘nak-less’ ‘pera’, ‘nak-pera’, ‘doko; ‘nak-doko’ and etc. If both prefixes ha- and nak- are omitted on the roots of the transitive verbs of (TD), those verbs will be intransitive verbs or an ergative verbs.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Student Conference on Linguistics (ISCL 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
1 March 2023
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10.2991/978-2-38476-014-5_34
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-014-5_34How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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