A Diachronic Linguistics Study of Imperative Forms: From Seventeenth-Century Malay to Modern-day Indonesian

Yudha Thianto

Abstract


This article studies provides an example of how a research in diachronic linguistics can be carried out. By looking at imperative sentences written in Sourat ABC, a seventeenth-century Malay text this study reveals that there are elements in the Malay language that continues to be used in the Indonesian language today, and there are also elements that are no longer in use. One of the reasons why certain forms are dropped is for the sake of simplification. Cumbersome and clunky affixations morphed into more simplified construction as the language underwent changes and adaptation.


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.32497/jolali.v3i1.5774

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