David Samuel Latuperissa
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HOW TO MAP THE MEANING OF “SEE” IN KUPANG MALAY David Samuel Latuperissa
Lingual: Journal of Language and Culture Vol 1 No 1 (2016)
Publisher : English Department, Faculty of Humanities, Udayana University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24843/LJLC.2016.v01.i01.p02

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Lexicon ‘See’ as an English verb that means ‘perceive with the eyes’has different form oflexicon and different semantics meaning in Kupang Malay Language (KML). The lexiconsthat refer to ‘see’ are ‘lia’,‘loti’,‘malerok’, ‘maloi’ and‘pe’emata’. Those five lexicons havetheir own meaning. In order to understand those words deeply, such matters were analysedby a study using Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) theory.By applying descriptivequalitative method and paraphrase/ explication technique, the slightly different semanticfeatures of ‘lia’,‘loti’,‘malerok’, ‘maloi’ and‘pe’emata’ can be comprehensively revealed.