A STUDY OF REDUPLICATION IN MADURESE WORDS FOUND IN POJOK MADURA NEWS

ABSTRACT

Juliati, 13.05.111.00142. A Study of Reduplication in Madurese Words Found in Pojok Madura News. Thesis. English Study Program of Social and Cultural Sciences, Universitas Trunojoyo Madura. Advisor: Iqbal Nurul Azhar, SS.,Mhum.

This study is intended to discuss the types and fuctions of reduplication in Pojok Madura News. The main theory used in this study is proposed by Davise (2010). This study aims to answer the following question (1) What are the types of reduplication of Madurese words found in News of Pojok Madura, edition of 13th January 2014 in JTV?(2) What are the functions of reduplication of Madurese words found in News of Pojok Madura, edition of 13th January 2014 in JTV?.
This study is conducted by using qualitative method. The source of data in this study is Pojok Madura News’s video, edition of 13th January 2014 in JTV. The data are the utterances of the presenters in Pojok Madura news that contain the reduplication.
The result shows that the writer found3 types of reduplication and 5 functions of reduplication in the data. The types of reduplication are final syllable reduplication (25 data), initial syllable reduplication (1 data), and reduplication with other affixes (9 data). The functions of reduplication are to denote multiple action (6 data), to pluralize nouns (11 data), to denote more particular part of time (1 data), and to denote the plurality of adjectives (3 data), and to denote adverb (14 data). As a result, reduplication is close relevant and exist in this news.

Keyword: reduplication, pojok madura news