Gande, Vinsensius (2012). Verba ‘memotong’ dalam Bahasa Manggarai: Kajian Metabahasa Semantik Alami [The verb ‘cut’ in the language of the Manggarai: A Natural Semantic Metalanguage study]. Master’s thesis, Udayana University, Denpasar.
Written in Indonesian.
Verbs meaning “cut” in the language of the Manggarai (spoken in the western parts of the island of Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia) are described and subdivided according to whether they refer to cutting humans (human limbs), animals, trees, grass, fruit, leaves, ropes and cloth. The semantic template that is used consists of the following subsections: lexical-syntactic structure, prototypical motivation scenario, instruments, ways of using the instruments, desired outcomes.
