Proses Morfologis dan Makna Semantik Kosakata Pembelajar, Pebelajar, dan Pemelajar

Abstract

This paper aims to explain the morphological process and semantic meaning of the following three words, namely; pembelajar, pebelajar, and pemelajar. The method used in this study is descriptive analysis. The results show that morphological process of the words pembelajar and pebelajar are formed by giving prefix peN- on the basic form of belajar (verb). These two words are categorized as an agentive one-two in pairs. The first agentive acts as an ordinate, while the second agentive acts as an sub-ordinates. On the other hand, the word pemelajar is formed by the process of prefixing peN- on the basic form of pelajar (noun). Besides, semantically, the word pembelajar means as a person who gives learning to students, and the word pebelajar is a person who receive learning. While the word pemelajar, semantically, it does not has a clear concept of meaning. Based on the findings above, it is recommended to the teachers of Bahasa Indonesia Bagi Penutur Asing (BIPA) and to those who concern about BIPA to be aware to the Indonesian linguistic when they use the three vocabularies to someone who is learning of BIPA.