Author:
Seno H. Putra
Affiliation:
English Department, Universitas Islam Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
Linguistic, Indragiri Hulu, Communication.
Abstract:
This is a study of aspects of dialect used by Talang Mamak tribe, a minority of Indragiri Hulu regency, Riau province. The problems of this study, namely, the processes of morphology that pertain to nominal and verbal constructions and interact with the syntax of TM. The design of this study was based on the methodology of qualitative linguistic research. The approach used in this study is to describe and analyze linguistic corpora, where in conducting this study, the researcher directly went to the field to collect the data through informal
communication and interaction with the TM speakers as well as through formal elicitation and recording
sessions. The contribution of this study was for linguistic field, and for the basis of the study of TM in
the aspects of morphology. Besides, from the analysis and findings of this study obtained the current forms of
morphology and a few examples of its sentences of syntax processes of TM. Moreover, the results of this study also indicated
both similarities and differences among other dialects in the border of Indragiri Hulu regency, particularly, and Riau province generally, including Borneo and other dialects of Sumatera. for examples, the similarities and differences among other dialects: Sakai, Bonai, Suku Laut, Rengat, Kampar, Taluk Kuantan,
in Riau province; while, Berau in Borneo, and Jambi malay language, Nias dialect in Sumatera, and Jakarta dialect, and what the future appears to hold for tm dialect, of course, needs to be followed up.
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