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Extract 17. Intonation and Pitch Observation : 8
th
Topic : Buying an Ice Cream
C : [ menaiki tembok – climbing the wall ]
M : Ndak boleh gitu lo nok, kaki e lo nok. kakinya tidak boleh begitu ya sayang.
– your feet are not allowed to do that dear.
C : Uduk. duduk
– sit down.
M : Duduk sini, duduk sini.
Sit down here please
Fourth examples
Extract 18. Intonation and Pitch Observation : 2
nd
Topic : Playing Notebook M : Awas lho, ni jatuh lho, dimarahi mas lho.
Be cafefull please, it can fall down, your brother will be angry C : [ menatap laptop dari kejauhan
– staring at the laptop in a distance ]
Extract 19. Intonation and Pitch Observation : 9
th
Topic : Lebaran Holiday
C : [ melanjutkan mencabuti rumput ] M : Udah to Nis, Nis.
C : [ tetap mencabuti ] M : Jeni nak tibo lo Jen? Jeni. Jeni. Jenis. Nis.
Jeni, nanti jatuh lho Jen – Jeni, you can fall down.
C : [ tetap mencabuti ]
4.1.4 Diminutives
The emerging of diminutives in their daily conversation is also quite often. The observation results show that the mother said the common words
which are usually used. It makes the child can catch what the mother‘s meant because those words are familiar for them. For instance are the word
‘meyong’ instead of cat and
‘embek’ instead of goat. The words ‘meyong’ and ‘embek’ are derived from the sound which those animals produce.
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Extract 20. Diminutives Observation : 3
rd
Topic : Night Chit Chat
M : suara kucing-cat sound Ih, meyonge, meyonge. Ih, kucingnya, kucingnya.
– oh, that is a cat, a cat C : Iyong opo?
Kucing apa? – What kind is cat?
M : [menyanyi – singing ] Meyongku, telah membuat ....
Extract 21. Diminutives Observation : 7
th
Topic : Noon Activity
C : Uduk. dudu.
– sit down. M : Duduk?
sit down? C : Duk tene. [melihat kambing di samping rumah
– see a goat at the left side of their house ]
Embek‘e Mba Min. Duduk sini... Kambingnya Mbah Min
– Sit down here. ... Mbah Min’s goat M : Endi, embek e Mbah Min mana?
Mana, kambingnya Mbah Min mana? – Where is Mbah Min’s goat?
C : [ menunjuk kambing – pointing the goat ]
M : Sana, main ke rumah Mbah Min sana. You can go to Mbah Min’s house dear
Other than that, the other case of diminutives is occurred when the mother addressed a motorcycle as Honda even though that motorcycle was not
produced by Honda factory. The word ‘honda’ here as one of motorcycle
brand is generally used by people in everywhere to address a motorcycle although there are also many other motorcycle brands besides Honda that can
be used to address it.
Extract 22. Diminutives Observation : 6
th
Topic : Noon Activity
M : Mio. Motorcycle’s brand
C : Honda Tespa. Honda Vespa
M : Mio. C : Tespa iti ah.
Ini Vespa. – This is Vespa
M : Mio. Bapak suruh beli. Hondane yang dipake Bapak punya e sopo to? Mio. Bapak diminta beli. Motor yang dipakai Bapak itu milik siapa?
– Ask father to buy. Whose motorcycle is father used
C : [ asyik mengelap – wiping the motorcycle]
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Extract 23. Diminutives Observation : 7
th
Topic : Noon Activity
C : Tek, umpak onda tek. Sebentar, naik motor dulu.
– wait, ride a motorcycle first M : O numpak Honda sek? La helm e mana?
O naik motor dulu? La helmnya mana? – Oh, ride a motorcycle first? Where
is the helmet? C : Landu heyem.
Tidak punya helm. – I don’t have a helmet
Extract 24. Diminutives Observation : 9
th
Topic : Lebaran Holiday
C : Iti ndek topo? [ menunjuk motor – pointing a motorcycle ]
Ini punya sapa? – Who is having this motorcycle
M : Endi? Kuwi ndek Om Ateng. Ninis no ndak punya Honda. Pinjem Mbah Bin. Gek, gek nabung yo? Gek beli ya?
Endi? Itu milik Om Ateng. Ninis tidak mempunyai motor, meminjam motor Mbah Bin, sedang menabung, lalu bisa membeli
– Which one? That is Om Ateng’s. Ninis does not have a motorcycle. Ninis is borrowing Mbah Bin’s
motorcycle, is saving money for buying a motorcycle
Furthermore, the emergence of diminutives is occured when the subject addresses someone that some people surrounding them also know it.
She says Pak Kemis as the name of ice seller and generalizes all of the ice sellers as Pak Kemis. Pak Kemis here is as familiar word not only for them,
but also for others because he sells ice there. If those words are spoken by others, they will refer to the same person like who the mother‘s meant.
Extract 25. Diminutives Observation : 7
th
Topic : Buying an Ice Cream
M : Pak kemis, Ninis mau beli es. Kok belum lewat to? Pak Kemis... Pak Kemis, Ninis wants to buy an ice cream. Pak Kemis does not pass yet.
C : Endi Pak Kemis? Mana Pak Kemis?
– Where is Pak Kemis? M : Pak Kemis e belum lewat. Yo belajar nulis lagi yo..
Pak Kemisnya belum lewat. Ayo belajar menulis lagi. – Mr. Kemis does not
yet come. Let us continue or writing study.
According to Kayani 2001, diminutives is used to make the child understand the things or someone easier by delimit adult words from the child words. It
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children is so hard. Therefore, the writer assumes that the mother delimits and generalizes a motorcycle into Honda one of the motorcycle brands and an
ice cream seller into Pak Kemis because those words are familiar with them.
4.1.5 Short Grammatically Structure
