MODALITAS EPISTEMIK ~TO OMOU, ~KAMOSHIRENAI, ~DAROU DALAM KALIMAT BAHASA JEPANG 日本語～と思う、～かもしれない、～だろうにおける モダリティ

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ABSTRACT Santosa, Nadya Rachmania. 2020. "Epistemic Modality ~ To Omou, ~ Kamoshirenai, ~ Darou in Japanese Sentences". Thesis, Japanese Language and Culture Study Program, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Diponegoro University. The Advisor: Elizabeth Ika Hesti ANR, S.S., M.Hum. This study aims to describe the structure and meaning of the epistemic modalities ~ to omou, ~ kamoshirenai, ~ darou and to explain the similarities and differences of the epistemic modalities ~ to omou, ~ kamoshirenai, ~ darou. The data in this study were taken from the official Japanese website. The data collection method in this thesis uses the library method. Then to analyze the structure and meaning of the epistemic modality ~ to omou, ~ kamoshirenai, ~ darou using a qualitative descriptive method. Meanwhile, to analyze the similarities and differences of the epistemic modalities ~ to omou, ~ kamoshirenai, ~ darou using the agih method. Based on the data analysis that the author has done, it is concluded that the epistemic modalities ~ to omou, ~ kamoshirenai, ~ darou can be attached to verbs, i-adjectives, na-adjectives, and nouns. The epistemic modality ~ to omou states the meaning of possibility that shows personal ideas or opinions that are subjective in the mind of the speaker. The epistemic modality ~ kamoshirenai expresses the meaning of the possibility of situations and general opinion. The epistemic modality ~ darou states the meaning of possibility which indicates the meaning of the conjecture and confirmation. Keyword: epistemic modality, to omou, kamoshirenai, darou.