A Study of Javanese dialect variation 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. The data was analyzed using the theories proposed by Chambers and Trudgil theory (2004).
This study was conducted by using a descriptive qualitative approach. The writer used sixteen 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 Brondong, Glagah, Sukorame, and Mantup 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 16 data that can be classified as lexical variation. Of these, 5 data belong to nouns and the words are live choals, terrace, livingroom, and so on, 5 data belong to verb and the words are to eat, to make up, to hang out, and so on, 5 data belong to adjective and the words are angry, tired, and so on and 1 data belong to adverb, and the word it is how. Also, the writer explains that villages in Brondong district use similar words and almost there are no differences in words. Meanwhile, different with villages in the other district in Lamongan regency in Glagah, Sukorame, and Mantup, where their villages are almost use different words. So, it conclude that Brondong district has lexical similarities that stands out among four district and have different word with the other district in Lamongan regency.