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aspectual and modality. Complex predicates have seven characteristics. Typologically, Javanese complex predicates belong to independent serial verb constructions. The
analysis on the functional structure shows that complex predicates can have an X- COMP or X-ADJ structure. However, his research focuses on complex predicates in
Javanese while this research focuses on serial verb construction in Sasak. His study is different from this study in terms of the object of the study.
Moreover, Budiarta 2013 discussed basic clause structure, predication, valency, function, grammatical relation, and complex sentences. The aim of his reserach was to
explore the grammatical alliance system to define Kemak syntax typology. Data in the form of oral were taken from elicitation techniques while written data were taken from
his previous study. The data were analyzed using distributional method. His research focused on syntactic typology of Kemak language while this research focuses on serial
verb constructions in Sasak. Benu 2014 discussed the structure, morphological marking, and meaning and
functions of Dawanese serial verb constructions. The data in his study were serialized clauses taken from the field work, supported by documentation data taken from
Dawanese bible entitled Beno Alekot: Sulat Knino anbi Uab Meto Neno-neno Good News: Bible in everyday Dawan and intuitive data from the researcher as the native
speaker of Dawan language. The result concludes that the structure of Dawanese serial verb constructions, due to the type, consist of nuclear and core serial which is formed
by two or more verbs. Dawanese serial verb constructions are mono-clausal. It can be proved by argument sharing that is subject, object, and subject and object. It share
aspect -en as a suffix and always attached to second verb or third verb in the construction, it also share the same modals and negation with the pattern of ka-PRED-f.
This study is different to his study, in which this study focused on Sasak language and
his study focused on Dawanese. This study became the completion of the previous studies, since the previous studies mostly discuss the phenomena of Serial Verb
Constructions with V-V constructions. The last, Anam 2016 analyzed the syntactic representation of Arabic adjuncts.
He concluded that there are five phrasal categories representing Arab adjuncts, namely adverb phrase, preposition phrase, adjective phrase, noun phrase, and determiner
phrase. Arabic adjuncts have two different representation of c-structure, while on the representation of f-structure, Arabic adjucts have two variants based on the case
properties. The correspondence of c-structure and f-structure Arabic adjuncts proves the existence of LFG postulate that two of them is completing each other. His research
is as the literature review of the way LFG theory decribes and explains the linguistics phenomena in various languages in the world.