A Study of Lexical Variation of Javanese Language Spoken in Lamongan Regency

This study analyzes lexical variation used by people in Lamongan regency
and the lexical similarities that stands out among four districts and have different
words with the other districts in Lamongan regency. The data was analyzed of the
theories proposed by Wolfram and Schilling (2015) and Chambers and Trudgil
theory (2004).
This study was conducted by using a descriptive qualitative approach. The
writer used twelve people in Lamongan regency as the data source. The data are
words used by people in Lamongan regency who have variation, and the lexical
similarities that stand out among Solokuro, Laren, Karangbinangun, and Babat
district also the lexical have different words with the other district. The method of
collecting data is observation, interview, recoding, and noting.
In the finding, the writer found 42 data that can be classified as lexical
variation. Of these, 21 data belong to nouns as like words bottle, bag, stocking,
and so on. 14 data belong to verb as like the words to sit, to advise, to insult, and
so on, 5 data belong to adjective as like the words dirty, exited, cool and so on and
2 data belong to adverb as like the word often and yesterday. Also, the writer
explains that villages in Solokuro district use similar words and almost there are
no differences in words. Meanwhile, different with villages in the other district in
Lamongan regency such as in Laren, Karangbinangun, and Babat, where their
villages are almost use different words. So, it conclude that Solokuro district has
lexical similarities that stands out among four district and have different word
with the other district in Lamongan regency.

Key word: Dialect, lexical variation, people in Lamongan regency.