Konstruksi Interogatif dalam Bahasa Aceh: Teori X-Bar

Abstract

This study aims to describe the question word functional category and to frame the principle of interrogative construction structure in Acehnese by applying the X-Bar theory. The data is the utterances in Acehnese taken from the natives and the descriptive method is chosen in this research. This method is applied to find out what categories can be combined with question words in interrogative construction. This research results in the question word functional category which are the complement and complement. The function of the complement as the interrogative construction is occupied by the closed interrogative construction and open interrogative construction. Moreover, the function of the interrogative construction as complement is occupied by the echo interrogative sentences can be seen as follows: KT → (Pm) + Spes + I + Komp + Pm + (Spes + I + Komp).