ANALISIS MAKNA LEKSIS SINGKOWOTON MENGGUNAKAN PENDEKATAN SEMANTIK RANAH BERSUMBERKAN DATA KORPUS BAHASA MELAYU

Abstract

This research explores the preservation of lexis used in the tribal languages ofSabah in the corpus of the Malay language. The data collected originate fromthe Malay language corpus, which was developed by the researcher by usingAntconc 3.4.3w. The corpus was developed based on six Malay-languagenovels with narratives based on Sabah tribes. Of 145 lexis of the triballanguage identified alongside the Malay language in the corpus data, one ofthe lexis, singkowoton, was chosen for analysis. The analysis was conductedwith reference to the frame semantics coined by Charles Fillmore (1982). Theinitial results of the study show that the linguistics theoretical approach,specifically the semantic cognitive approach, observes the use of lexis semanticof the tribal languages within the corpus of the Malay language. In addition,the results inform the tribal understanding behind the usage of the lexis, aswell as the motivation, potential and reputation regarding usage of the lexis.Keywords: lexis, tribal language, singkowoton, frame semantic.