The other kinds of recoverable predicates are shown in line 9; e di san, line 15; dua ribu opat, line 17; E, line 19; S1, line 21; Fisip, and line 24; dang dope. The
phrase, E di san is considered a complete clause as derived from; e di san huddul ibana ‘He sat there’. The phrase, dua ribu opat, is derived from; Angkatan dua ribu opat do
au ‘I am in the year of two thousand and four’. The word, e, comes from; e angkatan dua ribu opat do au. The word, S1, comes from; Program S1 do au’I take bachelor
program’. The word Fisip, is assumed to be; Program S1 Fisip do au ’I take a bachelor program In Social Politics’. And the phrase, dang dope is derived from; dang karejo
dope au ‘I have not got a job’. The grammatcal completion pints are marked at the end of each of the phrase or word. Those phrases and words which are considered as well-
formed clauses through recoverable predicates are not all indicators of speaker changes. Only three speaker changes occur, they are, at the end of the words; dua ribu opat line
15, at the end of the word; E line 17and Fisip line 20. The other four would be discussed under different topics.
4.1.2.1.2 Intonational Completion Point
Furo 2001: 14 stated that intonational features are transcribed in four different ways : commas used for non-final continuing intonation contour, periods for final
falling intonation contours, question marks for final rising intonation contours, and a combination of comma and question marks for continuing but rising intonation
contours which are weaker than those indicated by regular question marks. The following are examples of the four types of intonational contours in TBL.
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1 Comma for continuing intonation contour
Si.. Si Morjo mungkin do songonon, 2
Period for falling intonation contour Isan dora si Morjo.
3 Question mark for rising intonation contour
Alai nga jarang au mulakkan? 4
Combination of question mark and comma for continuing but rising intonation contour
Among these four types, type 2 and 3 are identified as intonational completion points inTBL as they are indicators of possible TRP. Type 1, i.e. comma for continuing
intonation contour, cannot project the completion point. Type 4 too, combination of question mark and comma for continuing but rising intonation contour, cannot project
the possible completion point in which TRP possibly occurs. An example of type 1 can be seen in line 1 of excerpt 42 ; Si.. Simorjo mungkin do songonon, ibana songonna
langsing dope berengon. Comma is used as a continuer that does not give the possible end for which TRP possibly occur. After the comma, the speaker here continues his
utterance. Type 4 in line 18; Oh, alai tor tammat ate,? = D3?, the combination of question mark and comma gives the continuation to the prior utterance, that is by
launching another question. There is no possible completion point after the question mark and comma, as there is a latch between the first question and the second question
which is symbolized by equal sign. Type 2, period for falling intonation contour can be marked as giving intonational completion point. All sentences in excerpt 42 which end
in period is marked as the end of TCUs and can indicate places for speaker transition. The intonation here is falling.
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It should be noted here that type 3, question mark for rising intonation, can be expanded to question mark identifying intonation weaker than that of type 3. For
clarification it is necessary to refer to questions in TBL proposed by Sibarani 1997:139, 150. There are two types of question, they are yes-no question and question
by using question words. Yes-no question is identified by a raising intonation whether it is realised in a short or complete form. Question by using question words are
constructed by eleven basic question words such as, aha ‘what’, ise ‘who’, andigan ‘when’ future, nandigan ‘when’ past, piga ‘how many’, sadia ‘how much’, boha
‘how’, dia ‘which’, boasa ‘why’, mahua ‘what happened’, and marhua ‘do what’. From these, eleven other question words are generated to form interrogative sentences
to which prepositons inserted before the words such as; sian aha ‘made of what’, songon aha ‘what it likes’, tu aha ‘for what’, di dia ‘where’, sian dia ‘from where’,
songon dia ‘like what’, tu dia ‘where to’, di ise ‘for whom’, sian ise ‘from whom’, songon ise ‘like whom’, and tu ise ‘to whom’. Questions constructed by these words
have weaker intonation than those of yes-no questions, and this identifies possible TRP. In excerpt 42, there are two yes-no questions shown in line 4 and 18 ; alai nga
jarang attong au mulakkan?, Oh, alai tor tammat ate?. The former, at the end of the sentence identified by raising intonation, at its TRP speaker change occurs. Where as
the latter, at its end, there is no a speaker change. The condition of the absence of speaker change emerges when there is another TCU comes, built in a short question,
D3?, and makes possible TRP. In this case the short question with raising intonation at its end signals the transition of speaker. Here, of course, it is not only that TCU can
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project TRP, but in the case above, TCU has to be related to how transition of speaker or turn-taking is allocated. There are two other short questions in the excerpt with
raising intonation; aido?, nga karejo?. The first is followed by other TCUs, so there is no a speaker change after it. The second is responded by the next speaker as the sign of
speaker change. The short question with a weaker intonation is found in line 20; S1 aha?, and at its end there is a speaker change.
Questions which are built by question words are shown in line 5, 12 ; ai kulia idia do ho?, Ai ise na makkatai i?. These are considered complete questions and have
weaker intonation. The intonation completion points are marked at the end of the sentence or intonation. At their completion points there are speaker changes, but the
one in line 12, the speaker change does not occur immediately as there is a lapse before transition of speaker. Question- tag in TBL can be used as TCUs as shown in line 16
and 22; dua ribu opat, dangi?, Sian USU, dangi? These two questions are ended in raising intonation. The first question results in speaker change, whereas there is no
speaker change in the second, instead before the other TCU comes, a pause of three seconds occur.
The intonational completion point in TBL can be realized among TCUs and these TCUs can project possible TRPs. It is found that at TRPs speaker changes are not
always present.
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4.1.2.1.3 Semantic Completion Point
