Meanings and functions of discourse particle suda in Papuan Malay
Discourse particle suda in Papuan Malay (PM) – a hybrid language spoken in Tanah Papua, Indonesia – plays an important role in natural conversations and written exchanges among the speakers. It becomes evident in utterances or sentences from various stories written by named and unnamed authors...
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| description | Discourse particle suda in Papuan Malay (PM) – a hybrid language spoken in Tanah Papua,
Indonesia – plays an important role in natural conversations and written exchanges among the
speakers. It becomes evident in utterances or sentences from various stories written by named and
unnamed authors in blogs and websites and mobilized by the internet for readers. However, there
has not been a study on this particle and therefore this study is to investigate its meanings and
functions in utterances or sentences in PM. The content analysis, semantic, and pragmatic methods
are used to explore the meanings and functions of this particle in twenty-five utterances or
sentences in which it occurs. The results show that the particle suda is not inflected grammatically.
It is not a clitic particle so its form does not change regardless of where it appears in an utterance
or a sentence. It is both a final-ending type and an initial type. Semantically, it carries more than
one meaning. It can have one meaning in one context but entirely different meaning in another
context. Pragmatically, it conveys more than one function, but, it cannot serve as one-word answer
to a question. The findings can be used by future researchers as a guideline, specifically its
methodology, for exploring other discourse particles of PM awaiting to investigate. They can also
contribute to the scholarship of discourse particles. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:259532025-10-07T06:50:40Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25953/ Meanings and functions of discourse particle suda in Papuan Malay Izak Morin, Wigati Yektiningtyas, Discourse particle suda in Papuan Malay (PM) – a hybrid language spoken in Tanah Papua, Indonesia – plays an important role in natural conversations and written exchanges among the speakers. It becomes evident in utterances or sentences from various stories written by named and unnamed authors in blogs and websites and mobilized by the internet for readers. However, there has not been a study on this particle and therefore this study is to investigate its meanings and functions in utterances or sentences in PM. The content analysis, semantic, and pragmatic methods are used to explore the meanings and functions of this particle in twenty-five utterances or sentences in which it occurs. The results show that the particle suda is not inflected grammatically. It is not a clitic particle so its form does not change regardless of where it appears in an utterance or a sentence. It is both a final-ending type and an initial type. Semantically, it carries more than one meaning. It can have one meaning in one context but entirely different meaning in another context. Pragmatically, it conveys more than one function, but, it cannot serve as one-word answer to a question. The findings can be used by future researchers as a guideline, specifically its methodology, for exploring other discourse particles of PM awaiting to investigate. They can also contribute to the scholarship of discourse particles. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2025 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25953/1/Gema_25_1_2.pdf Izak Morin, and Wigati Yektiningtyas, (2025) Meanings and functions of discourse particle suda in Papuan Malay. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 25 (1). pp. 19-32. ISSN 1675-8021 https://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/1803 |
| spellingShingle | Izak Morin, Wigati Yektiningtyas, Meanings and functions of discourse particle suda in Papuan Malay |
| title | Meanings and functions of discourse particle suda in Papuan Malay |
| title_full | Meanings and functions of discourse particle suda in Papuan Malay |
| title_fullStr | Meanings and functions of discourse particle suda in Papuan Malay |
| title_full_unstemmed | Meanings and functions of discourse particle suda in Papuan Malay |
| title_short | Meanings and functions of discourse particle suda in Papuan Malay |
| title_sort | meanings and functions of discourse particle suda in papuan malay |
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