IMBUHAN DALAM BAHASA BIDAYUH SADONG: KAMPUNG BUNAN GEGA

• Main Author: DORENSIA DYONIE, DOMINIC
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2018
• Subjects: PN Literature (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34722/3/Dorensia%20Dyonie%20Anak%20Dominic%20ft.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34722/

Bidayuh Sadong language indeed a very well known language for a researchers or the linguist expert in Malaysia especially at Sarawak. Therefore, the aim of this study are to examine the functions and the used of affixes in Bidayuh Sadong language at Kampung Bunan Gega. The objectives of this research are to identify the prefixes and infixes in Bidayuh Sadong language and to explain the function of the affixes in that language. This study is a qualitative descriptive study. The method for this study is in-depth interview with six informant involved. During the interview, researcher guided by 200 in Swadesh List. The researcher used Structural Theory with the Morphological Analytical Principles and managed to obtained 9 prefixes and 2 infixes in Bidayuh Sadong language at Kampung Bunan Gega. For data analyzing, the researcher used the symbols that were introduced by Nida as a guided to analyze the derivatives obtained from informants. Thus, the researcher found out that 9 prefixes and 2 suffixes carry out 14 different functions depending on the contexts. In fact, the researcher managed to achieve both of objectives and researcher believe that, these study managed to fills some gaps in previous studies of Bidayuh language. This study is important for Bidayuh Sadong communities as it show the uniqueness in their language and also attract language researcher to explore more about the Bidayuh Sadong language.