Nomina Bertindak Datif Bahasa Jepang

Abstract

This research is focused on nouns that form the dative structure of Japanese, both syntactically and semantically. The purpose of this study is to categorize verbs that give rise to dative and dative-forming elements and to transcribe the meaning of Japanese dative-forming elements. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method. This study uses the syntactic theory of Givon regarding verbs, from Dixon about three argument structures, and from Nitta about dative markers. The results of this study indicate that there are (1) Verbs that can give rise to a dative argument can be (a) a continuous verb (keizoku doshi), there are azukeru verb ‘entrust’, moratta ‘have received’, kaite sashiageta ‘has written’, susumete kureta ‘has suggested’, okutte itadaita ‘has received the shipment’, karita ‘have borrowed’, todoketa ‘has reported’, arukaseta ‘has caused it to walk’, wataraseta ‘has caused it to cross’, yomaseta ‘has led to reading’, dan (b) punctual verbs (shunkan doushi), yaitu verba katteshimatta ‘intentionally bought’, shokai shita ‘has introduced’, kinshi shita ‘has forbidden’, dan kubaru ‘will share ’. (2) two types of nouns, namely concrete nouns and abstract nouns. Only concrete noun types can act on dative arguments in BJ sentence structures.

Keywords

• dative; abstract noun; concrete noun; continuous verb; punctual verb