THE PREPOSITION NGANTI IN JAVANESE LANGUAGE

Abstract

This essay is under auspice of structural linguistics, which is mean to describe the preposition
nganti in Javanese language, understanding, how to use, what kind of categorial coconstituent which
is determined the presence, what is function, and what semantic role of prepositional phrases.
Therefore, this essay uses descriptive qualitative method and a contact approach. This essay shows the
result the presence of the preposition nganti in the sentence is not determined by the filler predicates
category, but is determined by the coconstituent category which can be seen from the use. Categorical
types of constituents that determine the presence of the preposition nganti are five categories, namely
nouns (concrete, abstract), adjectives, numerals, adverbs (temporal, qualitative, size), and verbs
(active, adversative). The preposition nganti function is as a boundary ending marker (time, place,
number, size), a purpose marker, and an effect marker.