Compound on the Name of Plant in Rote Language of the Dengka Dialect

摘要

The title of this research is 'Compound on the Name of Plant in Rote Language of the Dengka Dialect'. The research problems that are analyzed are how the process of compound takes place and the structure of compound word on the name of plant in Rote language of the Dengka dialect. The analysis of compound on the name of plant focuses on land plant. Dengka dialect is one of the eighteen sub dialects in the Rote language. The research method used is descriptive qualitative method in which the data are described in the form of written statements instead of statistical formations. The data are obtained by using observation methods and techniques, and also the interlocution method and its techniques. The data were collected in the form of voice recordings, which were obtained from informants by means of interview and recording. The theory used to analyse the data is the perspective of morphological theory by Muslich. The construction of compound word on the name of plant in Rote language of the Dengka dialect consists of two lexemes with its construction, namely lexeme base and lexeme base. The data are obtained by using observation and interlocution method. Meanwhile the data collected by using techniques are covert in observation and interlocution method. The data collected by using observation techniques namely: tap conversation technique, observe in conversation technique, free observe in conversation technique, writing and recording technique. The data collected by using interlocution techniques namely: stimulus technique, direct interview technique, indirect interview technique, writing and recording technique. All data were gotten from the informant. The result of data analysis shows that the compound word found in the name of plant in the Dengka dialect is dominated of endocentric compound. The construction of compound word on the name of plant in Rote language of the Dengka dialect consists of two lexemes that have the same syntactic category and lexemes which do not belong to the same category, namely: [N+N]→[N], and [N+ADJ]→[N]. The compound word in the Dengka dialect is categorized as strong and permanent compound. The compound words are dominated by compound noun type. The types of compound word that are found are tatpurusa and karmadharaya compounds.