The inflection of Sasak language in Kuripan village

A morphological study

https://doi.org/10.29332/ijssh.v1n3.69

Authors

  • Wahyu Kamil Syarifaturrahman English Graduate Department, Post Graduate Program, Mataram University
  • Nurachman Hanafi English Graduate Department, Post Graduate Program, Mataram University
  • - Nuriadi English Graduate Department, Post Graduate Program, Mataram University

Keywords:

Central lombok, Expressions grammatically, Inflection, Meno-mene dialect, Sasak language

Abstract

This writing is about inflection of Sasak language in Kuripan. The people of Kuripan use Meno-Mene dialect as their daily communication. Sasak language in Kuripan has the uniqueness based on its position (lay on a boundary area of West Lombok and Central Lombok) wherein Kuripan uses Meno-Mene dialect and the other part of Central Lombok which is close to Kuripan Use Meriaq-Meriku dialect so that it makes Meno-Mene dialect of Kuripan has its own character. Based on the phenomenon about varieties of the words and utterances which have different structure is used in Sasak language especially in Kuripan, so I interest in doing the research about inflection as a subfield of morphology which influences the sentences or utterances structurally.  Therefore, this study aims to analyze the types and the functions of inflection in the Meno-Mene dialect of Kuripan. This study used a descriptive and qualitative method where the data gathered through some methods: observation, and an interview. The data gathered are analyzed using some steps: Representing the data obtained, then classifying the class category of the base words (whether they are verb, noun, or adjective), then Identifying the types of inflection in  Meno-Mene Dialect of Kuripan, and the last Analyzing various functions of inflection in Meno-Mene dialect of Kuripan. This study found there is 34 (thirty-four) inflection morpheme that classified according to the lexical category, namely; noun, verb, and adjective. Furthermore, all of the inflectional affixes above have the difference function depend on their affixes and their base-form category. Hence, this study found that the use Meno-Mene dialect of Kuripan has the various affixes especially in term of inflection which influences the utterances or expressions grammatically.

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Published

2017-12-31

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Syarifaturrahman, W. K., Hanafi, N., & Nuriadi, .-. (2017). The inflection of Sasak language in Kuripan village: A morphological study. International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 1(3), 155–181. https://doi.org/10.29332/ijssh.v1n3.69

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