Categorial function and lexico-grammatical meaning as new theories in Indonesian linguistics

Abstract

This research, entitled “Categorial Function and Lexico-grammatical Meaning as New Theories in Indonesian Linguistics,” aims at introducing and applying new concepts/theories to Indonesian Linguistics. Using qualitative method, it collects data from Indonesian online newspaper published in 2013, Tata Bahasa Baku Bahasa Indonesia, Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, and personal compositions. The research finds that affixes attached to base morphemes are either inflective or derivative—changing word categories). In relation to that, derivative affixes are called categorical function affixes for they can be used to verbalize, nominalize, adjectivalize, numeralize, and adverbialize. Affixes attached to base morphemes of which categories are verbs and non-verbs will result in varying lexico-grammatical meanings due to their verb inherent aspectuality and sub-categorial lexical meaning of each non-verb category