THE EXPRESSIONS OF IGNORANCE IN SASAK COMMUNITY: A STUDY ON FORMS AND MEANINGS IN MENÓ-MENÉ DIALECT PUYUNG VILLAGE
| Main Author: | RO’AINA, MISLAH |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2015
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.unram.ac.id/220/1/MISLAH%20RO%E2%80%99AINA.pdf http://eprints.unram.ac.id/220/ |
Daftar Isi:
- This thesis is entitled ‘The Expressions of Ignorance in Sasak Community: A Study on Form and Meaning in Menó-mené Dialect, Puyung Village’. It identified the language expressions, focused on the expressions of ignorance used by the non-noble ethnic group in Puyung village, Central Lombok. The data were obtained through observation (participant and non-participant), audio recording and transcription, and note taking. The data were collected by using simple random sampling in which the samples were not taken depend on specific characteristic. Then the data obtained were analyzed descriptively. After conducting the research and analyzing the data, the writer found that the expressions of ignorance are formed freely (it proofs that language is arbitrary) without any specific form. The meaning of those expressions depends on the context of the conversation when they are used and the types of the sentences uttered by the addressee influence the expressions which are used to ignore.