- Desperation level of linguistic and their interrelatedness
Linguistic have four level desperation, they are :
1. Phonology or phonemics, is a level of linguistic that dealing with sound system or pronounciation of a segment and their features.
2. Morphology, is a level of linguistic that dealing with word structure, how to make a word and how to change their classes.
3. Syntactic, is a level of linguistic that dealing with sentence structure.
4. Semantic, is a level of linguistic that dealing with meaning of a sentence.
The level were assumed to be ordered in a hierarchy, with phonology or phonemic at the first level and semantic at the last level. The task of analyst producing a description of a language wan seen as one of working out in separate stages. First pronounciation second word structure, third the sentence structure and finally the meaning of utterances.
In order to learn linguistic completely, first should learn phonetics as the base how we can pronounce a word or a sound. Next after we can pronounce a sound and familiar with their features we learn about morphology which dealing with word structure. After that we will dealing with syntactic level. We must learn morphology before that because a sentence is form by combination of words. Finally after we learn how to combine words become sentence, we learn about semantic which deal with the meaning.
- Function of affixes and their interrelatedness with inflection and derivation.
Affixes have some function such as :
1. To make noun or as noun marker.
Some affixes that have function as noun marker are :
Suffixes :
-ant : claimant, defend-ant
-ion : protect-ion, assert-ion
-er : teach-er, work-er
-ing : the shoot-ing, the danc-ing.
-ment : treat-ment, amaze-ment.
-ity : stupid-ity, prior-ity.
Prefixes
Anti- : anti-abortion, anti-pollution.
Ex- : ex-president, ex-wife.
2. To make verb or as verb marker.
Some affixes that have function as verb marker are :
Suffixes
-ize : hospital-ize, crystal-ize.
-ate : active-ate, captive-ate.
-en : dead-en, black-en.
Prefixes
De- : de-activate, de-mystivy.
Dis- : dis-continue, dis-obey.
Mis- : mis-identify, mis-place.
Re- : re-think, re-state.
Un- : un-tie, un-lock
3. To make adjective or as adjective marker.
Some affixes that have function as adjective marker are :
Suffixes :
-able : fix-able, do-able
-ing : the sleeping giant.
-ive ; assert-ive, impress-ive.
-full : faith-full, hope-full
-(i)al : president-ial, nation-al
-ic : cub-ic, optimist-ic
-less : point-less, brain-less
-ous : poison-ous, lecher-ous.
Prefixes :
In- : in-competent, in-complete.
Un- : un-happy, un-fair.
4. to show plurality.
-es : boxes, fishes.
-s : books, pens.
Affixes also needed in order to form derivation and inflection, because these two needs to attach affixes in the base words. For example in derivation to change the word class of a word we must attach an affix in the base word.
Example :
v-a : fix- fixable, assert-assertive.
v-n : claim – claimant, treat – treatment.
n-a : president – presidential, optimist – optimistic
n-v : hospital – hospitalize,
a-v : modern – modernize, dead – deaden
a-n : stupid – stupidity, prior – priority.
So do in inflection to make different grammatical meaning we must attach affix in the base word :
Example :
singular – plural : box – boxes
Book – books.
- Blend in Indonesian and their rule.
Here are some blends that usually use in Indonesia and I will test it by using syllable test and word class test.
1. pus kes mas = pu sat ke se ha tan mas ya ra kat
ibu saya bekerja di puskesmas desa
this blend is good and have function as adverb, or noun.
2. pos yan du = pos pe la ya nan ter pa du
adik di bawa ke posyandu.
This is a good blend and have function as adverb and noun.
3. hanura = ha ti nu ra ni rak yat
dia nyoblos hanura.
This blend is good and have function as a noun
4. gerindra = ge ra kan in do ne si a ra ya
bapak memilih gerindra.
This is a good blend and have function as noun.
5. dikpora = pen di dik an pe mu da o lah ra ga
kakak pergi ke dikpora untuk tes.
This is not a good blend it should be dikpera, it have function as a noun and adverb.
6. persija = per sa tu an se pak bo la ja kart a
persija mengalahkan deltras sidoarjo.
This not a good blend it should be perseja, it have function as noun.
7. sembako = sem bi lan ba han po kok
ibu membeli sembako.
This is a good blend and have function as a noun.
8. waserda = wa rung ser ba a da
kakak membeli rokok di waserda.
This is a good blend and have function as a noun and adverb.
9. siskamling = sis tem ke a man an ling ku ngan
bapak ikut siskamling
this is not good blend it should be siskeling. It have function as noun.
10. mendiknas = men tri pen di dik an na si o nal
bapaknya adalah mendiknas.
This is a good blend and have function as a noun.
- Reduplication and the rule.
There are some kind of reduplication, they are :
1. full or whole reduplication
in full reduplication we have to reduplicate the whole word, in Indonesia we use in to express plurality. For example :
orang “a person” orang-orang “many people”
adik “ a young brother” adik-adik “young brothers”
nenek “grand mother’ nenek-nenek “grand mothers”
2. Partial reduplication
There are three kinds of partial reduplication, they are :
a. Initial reduplication.
In initial reduplication we just reduplicate the first syllable of the word. For example in agta ;
ɸuɾab 'afternoon' ɸuɸuɾab 'late afternoon'
ŋaŋaj 'a long time' ŋaŋaŋaj 'a long time (in years)'
b. Final reduplication
In final reduplication we just reduplicate the last syllable of the word, for example in Dakota :
hãska 'tall (singular)' hãskaska 'tall (plural)'
waʃte 'good (singular)' waʃteʃte 'good (plural)'
c. Internal reduplication.
In internal reduplication we just need to reduplicate the syllable in the middle of the word, for example in samoan :
Savali 'they walk' savavali 'he walks'
Alofa 'they love' alolofa 'he loves'