A Study On Kinship Terms Of Tetun Spoken By People In Dafala Of Belu Regency

ATOK, Ambrosius (2019) A Study On Kinship Terms Of Tetun Spoken By People In Dafala Of Belu Regency. Undergraduate thesis, Universits Katolik Widya Mandira Kupang.

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Abstract

This study is entitled “A study on Kinship Terms of Tetun Spoken by People in Dafala of Belu Regency”. This descriptive qualitative research intends to investigate the encoding relationship of Tetun spoken by people in Dafala of Belu Regency. This study was conducted to answer the following questions: (1).What are kinds of kinship terms in Tetun spoken by people in Dafala of Belu regency? (2). What are the functions and meanings of kinship terms in Tetun spoken by people in Dafala of Belu Regency?. To analyze the data, the theory of sociolinguistics especially language in interaction was applied. The data were obtained through elicitations sentences. For the elicitations sentences are a number of sentences were prepared in written form to elicit the data from the informants. This study has been has been conducted to find out the forms, functions and meaning of addressing terms. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected from the three informants. The instruments that the writer used in this research were list of elicitations sentences, free interview, pen and notebook. The data were analyzed based on forms, functions and meaning. In this study, the use of the term ‘form’ refers to the forms of terms of address used in Tetun based on the family relationship/kinship terms, polite address, social status, age and non family terms. The result of this study showed that there are four kinds of addressing terms used in Tetun which are identified on the basis of family relationship/kinship terms, politeness, age, and non family relationship. In relation to family/kinship terms of address in Tetun are used for family relationship. In relation to politeness, it is used to set the community of Dafala people behave politely. Referring to their uses in Tetun, the addressing terms used in Tetun serve a number of functions covering the politeness markers, honorific markers and the intimacy markers, depending on the parameters of family relationship/ kinship terms, polite terms, age and non family relationship. The meanings of the terms of address used in Tetun are closely related to their function. Analysis of the function identifies three principles, namely: (1) politeness, (2) honorifics and (3) intimacy. Those three principles are the embodiment of social meaning in Tetun culture. Lastly, the writer suggested that the experts of linguistics should do continued study to confirm and elaborate the linguistic evidence in encoding relationship of Tetun spoken by people in Dafala of Belu Regency. The English learners from Tetun ethnic group are expected to make use of English as instrument for promoting Tetun culture especially terms of address in Tetun dialect which have been resulted from this research. The writer also suggested that the local government of Belu Regency and the Central Government of Republic of Indonesia prepare funds for the comprehensive study of Tetun. So that, the terms of address in Tetun can be maintained and developed.

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