The Indonesian verbal suffix -nya; Nominalization or subordination?

The suffix nya is one of the most frequent and polysemic suffixes in Indonesian. It can provide definite determination and topicalization. The "Verb nya", which often appears in a topicalized subject Noun Phrase (NP), is generally labelled as a deverbal noun. Nevertheless, many syntactic c...

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Main Author: Philippe Grangé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Indonesia, Faculty of Humanities 2015-04-01
Series:Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
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Online Access:https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol16/iss1/7