Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Penelitian deskriptif kualitatif ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui jenis dan makna kata onomatopoeik yang digunakan oleh penutur asli bahasa Bugis. Data dalam penelitian ini diperoleh dari ujaran tiga penutur asli bahasa Bugis yang mengandung kata onomatopoeik. Data penelitian ini dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan pedoman wawancara. Para peserta diwawancarai secara bersamaan melalui panggilan suara di grup WhatsApp. Wawancara direkam, kemudian jenis dan makna kata onomatopoeia ditranskrip dan dianalisis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penutur asli menggunakan empat jenis onomatopoeia, antara lain suara binatang, suara alam, suara manusia, dan suara lain-lain. Hasil lain menemukan bahwa makna kontekstual sering digunakan untuk menafsirkan makna kata-kata onomatopoeia. Selanjutnya, diperoleh hasil 51 kata onomatopoeia: 13 suara binatang, 6 suara alam, 22 suara buatan manusia, dan 10 suara lain-lain. Dapat ditemukan bahwa sebagian besar data ditemukan pada kategori suara yang dibuat oleh manusia dan suara hewan.

This descriptive qualitative research aims to discover the types and meanings of onomatopoeic words used by native speakers in the Bugis language. The data in this study were obtained from utterances from three native speakers of the Bugis language that contain onomatopoeic words. The data of this research was collected by using an interview guide. The participants were interviewed simultaneously via voice call in a WhatsApp group. The interview was recorded, and then the types and meanings of onomatopoeia words were transcribed and analyzed. The results showed that the native speakers used four types of onomatopoeia, including calls of animals, sounds of nature, sounds made by humans, and miscellaneous sounds. Another result found that contextual meaning is often used to interpret the meanings of onomatopoeia words. Furthermore, the results found 51 onomatopoeia words: 13 of calls of animals, 6 of sounds of nature, 22 of sounds made by humans, and 10 of miscellaneous sounds. It can be discovered that most data are found in the categories of sounds made by humans and calls of animals.