Morphosyntactic behavior of verbs in the Muna Language within Kantola lyrics
The oral literary work of the Muna people of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Keywords:
Kantola, morphosyntax, Muna language, oral literature, pronominal affixAbstract
This study examines the morphosyntactic behavior of verbs in the Muna language as manifested in kantola lyrics, an indigenous oral literary tradition of the Muna people of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Kantola is a multifunctional social institution serving as a medium for aesthetic expression, social criticism, character building, and entertainment. The distinctive morphosyntactic typology of the Muna language renders comprehension of kantola lyrics particularly challenging, as the predicate constituent subsumes the grammatical subject and object within a single verbal constituent. The study employs a qualitative descriptive design; data were gathered from field research and drawn from the anthology of Nyanyian Rakyat Muna by Aderlaepe (2024). Data collection employs the non-participant observation technique, elicitation, and introspection. Data analysis employs Immediate Constituent Analysis (ICA), substitution, permutation, and expansion techniques, grounded in the theoretical frameworks of Bresnan (2001), Chomsky (1957), Tesnière (1959), Comrie (1976), and Halliday (1985).
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