Kajian perbandingan darjah transitiviti awalan ber- dan per- dalam Bahasa Melayu

This study of computer-based corpus involves two important affixes in Malay Language, i.e ber- and per-. The writers have randomly chosen 20 sentences with affix ber- derivation and 20 sentences with affix per- derivation. The root words for the 20 pairs are the same. One of the main objectives of this study is to determine the degree of transitivity of such clauses in grammar and discourse. Specifically, this study analyses two groups of sentences, as mentioned above, one group with ber- derivation and another group with per- derivation. The 20 pairs of per- and ber- sentences are compared to identify their degree of transitivity. For this, the Transitivity Hypothesis Theory of Hopper & Thompson (1980) was applied. The degree of transitivity is measured based on the 10 components of the theory. Indirectly, the writers have answered the question as to which affix (per- or ber-) is higher in transitivity.