Word Order in the Nias Language Syntactic Typological Studies
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Linguistic typology is a branch of linguistics that studies the patterns and types of all languages in the world. Languages with the same or similar patterns are grouped together based on the characteristics of their word and sentence structure. This research focuses on syntactic typology, which determines language types based on three syntactic arguments: Subject (S), Agent (A), and Patient (P). This research also examines language groupings based on their structural characteristics and explores the differences between these languages. By utilizing typological methodology, this research attempts to explain word order in the Toba Batak language from the perspective of syntactic typology developed by Greenberg, especially in terms of basic word order (SVO, SOV, VSO). In addition, this research highlights the importance of preserving regional languages as national cultural assets in accordance with the mandate of the 1945 Constitution. Through analysis of translation errors from Indonesian to regional languages, this research highlights the need to understand the typology of regional languages naturally. The focus of this research is on the syntactic typology of the Nias language, with the aim of determining word order and grammatical alliances.
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