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An Investigating the use of Dixon's 'sit' subtype of rest in English and Selayar Language
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities · Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023) · pp. 19–23
- ISSN
- 2621-0835, 2621-0843
- Published
- 2023-03-27
- Publisher
- Hasanuddin University
- Language
- en
Abstract
The study was about Investigating ‘sit’ subtype of Rest in English and Selayar language. The objectives of the research were to investigate the Rest verbs in English and Selayar language according to sit subtype based on Dixon’s theory and to identify the differences and the similarities between English and Selayar Language based on the semantic and the grammatical construction. The data about sit subtype in English was collected by using Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), and the data from Selayar language was collected by interviewing the people who use Selayar language and observation. The qualitative descriptive analysis was used to investigate the data. The study reveals that some rest verbs belong to the sit subtype. They exist; Kneel, crouch, squat, lean, hang down, float, and assemble are all forms of sitting. Furthermore, in the Selayar language shows some words that refers to sit subtype of rest. They are; toolong, akkedeng, doko’-doko’, toolong kabetaang, tingro-tingro, deporo’, tolong jaha, akkalantu’, A’lanto, A’bingkojeng, Ammenteng, a’se’re, a’rupa, and assendere’. The differences between English and Selayar language that is in Selayar language some verbs using prefix a_. it can be seen in this research. There are some words that start with prefix a_. while in the sentence structure, they use the same grammatical construction between English and Selayar Language.
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| Hamzah A Machmoed | Affiliation unknown | 2 |
| Abdul Hakim Yassi | Affiliation unknown | 2 |
| Maulana Dalyan Tahir | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Nur Hikmah | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Nurjannah Syarifuddin | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Nurul Fadhillah | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Noer Jihad Saleh | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Nurfitriana Zainal | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Wahyu Pratama Putra | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Harlina Sahib | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Mirdad Mirdad | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Asdar | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Hustiana | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Sukmawaty Sukmawaty | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Muhammad Iqbal Maliang | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Hamzah Machmoed | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Iffah Al Hikmah | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Muliyani Muliyani | Universitas Muhammadiyah Kendari | 1 |
| Rahmawati Azi | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Bahmansyur Bahmansyur | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
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