Sifat Alami Gramatika Indonesia: Sistem Partikel Linguistik, Fungsi Penataan Konseptual, dan Representasi Kognitif

Abstract

Our article aims to characterize the conceptual architecture of Indonesian grammar theoretically through a cognitive semantic approach. In its implementation, we applied introspective reflection on language data in the form of sentences that have been collected into a corpus. Applying the Conceptual Structuring System (Talmy, 2000b), we introspected the semantic function of grammar elements and their coherence with lexical elements that constitute sentences. We propose that conceptualization in the Indonesian language relies on the system of pairing and connecting morphemes, or what will be regarded here as linguistic particles. In other words, a sentence is a composition of complex particles that externalizes the organization of ideas, thoughts, or concepts as a predication construed into cognitive representations in the form of event schemas. Furthermore, the conceptual organization expressed as predication configures conceptual meaning with respect to spatiotemporal domains. This article sheds light on the cognitive architecture that conceptualizes Indonesian grammar, contributing to a deeper understanding of its structural characteristics and the experience of language meaning-making