<![CDATA[                           ABSTRACT   This research is entitled “Taxonomy of Food and Beverage in English and Tondano Language (A Contrastive Analysis)â€. The objectives of this research are to identify, classify and describe the taxonomy of food and beverage, the way food and beverage are made and the basic ingredients of food and beverage in English and Tondano Language and to find out the similarities and differences in both languages. The data of food and beverage in English were collected from the text books, articles, and the website, while in Tondano Language were collected from informants and also by taking picture of foods and beverages in some wedding party, sorrow ceremony, restaurant, and traditional market. The data about foods in English and Tondano language that have been collected then identified, classified, and analyzed by using the theory of Frisch in Hickerson and the theory of Foley. Then, the data of both languages were contrasted by using Lado’s theory. The results of this research showed that in English and Tondano language, there are similarities in the food categories namely solid foods and beverages in English, and in Tondano language namely solid foods, and beverages. In English there are six kinds of solid food, such as meat, bread, fruits, vegetables, fish and sea food, but in Tondano language has five kinds of solid food, such as meat, fruits, vegetables, fish and rice. English and Tondano language has the same kinds of drinks, such as alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink. The way of food and beverage in English are made: namely baking, grilling, sauteing, boiling, steaming, blending and squeeze, while in Tondano language it is tapan/panggang “grillingâ€, tinumis/tumis “sauteingâ€, ginoreng/goreng “fryingâ€, pinera/woku “frying/grillingâ€, kinukus/kukus “steamingâ€, tinunu/bakar “bakingâ€, and rinubus/rebus “boilingâ€. Food and beverage based on the basic ingredients in English are meat, fish, wheat, flour, fruits, vegetables, milk, coffee, and herbal plants, while in Tondano language are daging “meatâ€, ikan “fishâ€, sayur-sayuran “vegetablesâ€, buah-buahan “fruitsâ€, susu “milkâ€, tepung “flourâ€, umbi-umbian “tubersâ€, beras “riceâ€, kopi “coffeeâ€, pohon “tree†dan daun “leafâ€.Keywords: Taxonomy of Food and Beverage, English and Tondano Language, Contrastive Analysis]]>
