The Sentence Structure Analysis of Raja Parhata

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10.2991/978-2-38476-394-8_25How to use a DOI?

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Sentence; Clause; Nominals; Modifiers

Abstract

Raja Parhata [rɑjʌ pʌrhɑtʌ] ‘the king of words’ or spokesman is needed in all ethnic ceremonial of Toba Batak people because he has an urgent duty and responsibility to explain, argue, and discuss important points. Some of the important points are expressed in the moment of ethnic discussion in the ceremonial. The existence of Raja Parhata is important for both communion and ceremonial well surroundings. Due to his duty, Raja Parhata commonly composed his language beautifully and politely but understandable and straight to the point. Thus, this study aims to explore how the messages Raja Parhata affected his sentence structure. The analysis of the sentence types found that Raja Parhata mainly composed his messages in compound-complex sentences for 7 sentences from 17 sentences or 41%. This finding is different from the previous literature of syntactic analysis on song lyrics and speech script which is mostly composed in simple sentences. To find the cause of those compound-complex sentences’ existence, the study focuses on analyzing the 7 compound-complex sentences. The further analysis defined three important things (1) the nominals and modifiers are in clauses, (2) the unit of modifiers which is the information of time and place is composed completely with the unit of action, definite listeners, and detailed information which automatically created clauses, due to the nominals there is an underlined messages which re-tell or re-summarize the main ideas the raja parhata mean to convey, and (3) due to the duty, function, and responsibility of a raja parhata, the findings marked the main objectives of a raja parhata which is to give clear information in supporting the understanding of all listeners and participants.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Magdalena Br Marpaung
AU  - Ni Luh Ketut Mas Indrawati
AU  - I Nyoman Suparwa
AU  - Ni Luh Nyoman Seri Malini
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/05/19
TI  - The Sentence Structure Analysis of Raja Parhata
BT  - Proceedings of The 5th International Conference on Linguistics and Cultural Studies 5 (ICLC-5 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 211
EP  - 220
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-394-8_25
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-394-8_25
ID  - Marpaung2025
ER  -