Analisis Ada Sebagai Kata Kerja Dwikomplemen: Suatu Pendekatan Minimalis (An Analysis Of ada As A Dicomplement Verb: A Minimalist Approach)

The transitivity of ada has been discussed by past scholars as a monotransitive verb. However, the variation of sentence structure used by native speakers shows that ada is not always transitive in the various structures. This is because this lexis shows different transitivity especially in existential sentences. Therefore, this study aims to present a new analysis of transitivity of ada that functions as existential verb from a theoretical perspective. This study uses the DBP Corpus as a data source, applying digital text analysis. The selected data is limited to existential sentences structured Ada-DP-FPrep and analyzed using a Minimalist approach. Through descriptive analysis, the Argument Dropping Test proves that DP and FPrep in the Ada-DP-FPrep structure function as complements to produce grammatical existence sentences. From a theoretical perspective, vP shell analysis proves that ada is a ditransitive in the Ada-DP-FPrep construction. This study also denies Carnie specialIntscript who claims that all existential lexical does not distribute the 0-role universally like the expletive there in English language studies. On the other hand, the 0-marking in the vP shell finds that the head V in the Ada-DP-FPrep structure assigning the 0-role to its complement, i.e. DP marked THEME and FPrep marked LOCATIVE. This study has an impact on existing transitivity research from a Minimalist perspective, especially as V dicomplement that can be used by linguistic researchers and students of generative syntax.