Research Paper
Year: 2019 | Month: September | Volume: 6 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 294-303
Types of Morphemic Reduplication in Karo Language
Pribadi Bangun, Amhar Kudadiri
Faculty of Cultural Sciences, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Pribadi Bangun
ABSTRACT
In Karo language reduplication has its own rules and this paper aims to describe the types of morphemic reduplication which involves the structural morphology theory. Data were obtained from interviews with Karo’s native speakers and analyzed by referential techniques to determine the basis of this type of reduplication. From the results, having discussed the processes and meanings of the morphemic reduplication, for instance, onomatopoeia, plural meanings, imitation, repetition, emphatic (affirmation), uncertainty, other meanings, forms of partial reduplication, and forms of alliteration reduplication, it was concluded there were nine types of morphemic reduplication: (1) (D + R) type, (2) (D + R) + -en) type, (3) ((D + R) + ke- / -en) type, (4) (( D + R) + er-) type, (5) (D + (R + er-) type, (6) ((D + R) + m-) type, (7) ((D + R) + m- / -ken) type, (8) (D + (R + si- / -en)) type, and (9) ((D + R) + er- / -en) type.
Key words: Reduplication type, morphology, Karo language
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