“THE MEANING OF INVITATION FORMS AS MODALITY MARKERS IN JAPANESE AND INDONESIAN”

Abstract

The forms of invitations in Indonesian and Japanese have different forms and meanings according to their purpose. These different forms of invitation are modality markers in both Japanese and Indonesian. This study aims to describe the meaning of the form of invitation as a modality marker in Japanese and Indonesian. This research is qualitative research using the see method. Collecting data in this study used the listening method which is related to the use of written language, because the data in the form of solicitation is taken from written data sources in the form of novels. The written data obtained by the listening method is captured using the note-taking technique by recording it on the data card and then classifying it based on the form of the invitation. The results showed that the meaning of invitation’s form shiyou had the meaning of collective and forced invitation, shiyouka had the meaning of collective invitation but did not have the meaning of forced invitation, while shinaika had the meaning of collective and forced invitation. On the other hand, in Indonesian the forms of invitation come and let's both have the meaning of a collective and coercive invitation.