AFFIXATION IN MELAYA PANTAI DIALECT: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESS

Abstract

Penelitian ini mendiskusikan tentang proses morfologi pada imbuhan yang ditemukan pada dialek Melaya Pantai yang berperan membentuk kata dan artinya ketika imbuhan tersebut ditambahkan pada kata dasar tertentu. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah: (1) untuk menemukan jenis-jenis imbuhan pada dialek Melaya Pantai, (2) mengetahui proses imbuhan membentuk kata, dan (3) menemukan arti kata setelah mendapatkan imbuhan. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif kualitatif. Data diperoleh melalui observasi dan wawancara, dan menggunakan beberapa instrumen seperti: peneliti itu sendiri, alat perekam, daftar kata, daftar kalimat, dan panduan wawancara. Subjek pemberi informasi dalam penelitian ini adalah pembicara asli dialek Melaya Pantai. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa dialek Melaya Pantai memiliki tiga jenis imbuhan. Imbuhan-imbuhan yang ditemukan yaitu: awalan {N-; me-; di-; ber-; ter-; se-}, akhiran {-i; -an; -ken; -nye}, dan imbuhan gabung {N-i; N-ken; ke-an; pe-an; me-i}. Disamping itu ada beberapa proses imbuhan yang ditemukan pada dialek Melaya Pantai yaitu; proses ellipsis, proses derivasional, dan proses infleksional. Dari proses imbuhan pada dialek Melaya Pantai ditemukan bahwa proses-proses tersebut dapat mengubah arti kata setelah mendapatkan imbuhan.
Kata Kunci : Proses morpologi, Imbuhan, Dialek Melaya Pantai

This research discussed about morphological process of affixation found in Melaya Pantai dialect which has roles in constructing words and their meaning when they were added to certain bases. The purposes of this research were: (1) to find the kinds of affixes in Melaya Pantai dialect, (2) to know the process of affixation constructing the word, and (3) to find the meaning of the word after getting the process of affixation. This research was designed as a descriptive qualitative research. The data were collected through observation and interview process, and it used some instruments such as: the researcher itself, recording tools, word list, sentence list and interview guide. The subjects in this research were the native speakers of Melaya Pantai dialect. The result in this study showed that Melaya Pantai Dialect had three kinds of affixes. Those affixes that were found are: prefix {N-; me-; di-; ber-; ter-; se-}, suffix {-i; -an; -ken; -nye}, and circumstance {N-i; N-ken; ke-an; pe-an; me-i}. Besides that there were some process of affixation found in Melaya Pantai Dialect; they were deletion process, derivational process, and inflectional process. From the process of affixation in Melaya Pantai Dialect it was found that those processes can change the meaning of the words after getting the affixation process.
keyword : Morphological process, Affixation, Melaya Pantai dialect