IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature
Vol 6, No 1 (2018): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Litera

THE MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESSES OF BUGIS LANGUAGE (A MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF BUGIS LANGUAGE THROUGH LATOA SCRIPT)

Usman Nurhayati (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia)
Nurkholik Nurkholik (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Aug 2018

Abstract

This research aims to discuss the morphological process of Bugis language during the period of the seventh king of Bone kingdom. Data of this research is a work of literature from Bone kingdom titled Latoa. This research is descriptive qualitative involving the word-structure rules which attempt to analyze words presented in Latoa. The results show that there are some features marking morphological processes of Bugis language in the sixteenth century. The morphological processes consist of reduplication and affixation. processes of reduplication of Bugis' language are divided into two patterns, those are the reduplication of entire stem and affixing reduplication. Where affixation of Bugis language expresses derivational meanings and inflectional values; the forms of prefixes that are derived from derivational processes are to-, ri- whereas the form of suffixes derived from derivational processes are i, -e, -reng, and na and the form of suffixes expressing inflectional values is na.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ideas

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

IDEAS Journal is published twice a year in the months of June and December (P-ISSN 2338-4778 and E-ISSN 2548-4192); it presents articles on English language teaching and learning, linguistics, and literature. The contents include analyses, studies and application of theories, research report, ...