REKONSTRUKSI KATA DALAM BAHASA MELAYU INDUK

• Main Author: Asmah Haji Omar 1940- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: Malay
• Published: Kuala Lumpur Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka 1995
• Series: Siri monograf sejarah bahasa Melayu
• Subjects: Malay language > Terms and phrases; Malay language > Usage
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 Reconstruction is the process of finding the original, i.e. the parent form that lowers the existing form. Accordingly, the Reconstruction of Words in the Native Malay Language is an attempt to reconstruct or reshape words in the native Malay language that bring down the modern Malay language by giving emphasis to number words, number pronouns, personal pronouns, adverbs and particles by using various Malay dialects as data. The parent Malay words are reconstructed through the identification of various morphological processes and sound changes. However, the reconstructed form of the word is only a hypothetical form. This is so because there is no real evidence such as recording tapes, manuscripts and so on that describe the native Malay language. The author has deconstructed the word, that is, breaking down a form or word into its elements before reconstructing the word in the parent Malay language; for example, the word nine is deconstructed to sa + ambil + an. This process will make it easier for researchers to research the etymology or history of the construction of a word.