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Peirce's Semiotic Analysis of the Ngalogat Symbols: The Process of Semiosis and Knowledge Construction among Islamic Boarding School Students

Izdihar : Journal of Arabic Language Teaching, Linguistics, and Literature · Vol. 9 No. 2 (2026) · pp. 279–296

DOI
10.22219/jiz.v9i2.43627
ISSN
2622-7371, 2622-738X
Published
2026-08-31
Publisher
Arabic Education Department, Islamic Studies Faculty, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang
Language
eng
License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Abstract

This study identified sources of semiosis in ngalogat symbols at Miftahul Huda Boarding School in Tasikmalaya, including how they shaped students’ knowledge of Arabic grammar as they read classical Islamic texts. Using Charles Sanders Peirce's semiotics, this qualitative descriptive study analyzed six main symbols: ari, éta, éta tetep, saha, naon, and ka/kana. Data were collected through interviews with teachers and alumni, classroom observations, and questionnaires given to 30 Ma'had 'Aly students. Results showed three sources of semiosis: local conventions, form modification, and Pegon script simplification. The semiosis process took place hierarchically through grammatical identification (52%), individual interpretation (31%), logat system (14%), and structural function (3%). In addition, students demonstrated stable syntactic mapping, consistently associating representamen with grammatical functions, while displaying contextual differentiation. These findings indicated that ngalogat symbols functioned as a word-by-word translation tool and a cognitive framework that shaped students’ grammatical understanding of Arabic.

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