Variation Kinship Term By Natal People in Medan: A Sociolinguisyic Analysis

ABSTRACT
The thesis entitled ‘Variation Kinship Termsby Natal People in Medan: A
Sociolinguistic Analysis’ is a linguistics study. This study appears because of the
importancevariation of kinship termNatal family in Medan. This thesis was done to
answer the curiosity of the writer about variation of kinship term by Natal people in
Medan. The objective of this study is to find out the how are the variations of kinship
termand why dovariations of kinship term occur by Natal people in Medan. This
Natal people chosen because they have unique language use to family member
included age, gender, social status, and relationship with the speaker. There is native
people still use native variationof kinship term although they live in city. In order to
identify and classify the variations of kinship termby Natal people in Medan, Holmes
theory about variations of language variation is used. The method of the analysis is
descriptive qualitative method. As the result of this research variation of kinship
terms and why do variations of kinship term occur, there are 5 clusters and there are
46 kinship terms: 4 kinship terms related to father; 3 kinship term related to mother;
7 kinship terms related to uncles; 6 kinship terms related to aunt; 4 kinship terms
related to sisters; 3 kinship terms related to brother; 3 related kinship terms related to
father in law; 3 kinship terms related to mother in law; 2 kinship terms related to
grandfather; 2 kinship terms related to grandmother; 4 kinship terms related to male
cousin; 5 kinship terms related to female cousin.
Based on the analysis why the language use occurs in natal family, that’s because

there is different order of birth with the others in family members, gender between
the speaker and the opponent talk, and close relationship with people outside the
family member.
Keywords: language variation, kinship term, Natal people

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ABSTRAK
Tesisberjudul ‘variasiistilah - istilahkekerabatanorang Natal di Medan:
analisissosiolinguistik’adalahsebuahkajianlinguistik.
Studiinimunculkarenapentingnyavariasikekerabatanistilahdalamkeluarga Natal di
Medan.Tesisinidilakukanuntukmenjawabkeingintahuanpenulistentangvariasiistilahke
kerabatanoleh
orang
Natal
di
Medan.Tujuandaripenelitianiniadalahuntukmengetahuibagaimanavariasiistilahkekera
batandanmengapavariasiistilahkekerabatanterjadioleh orang-orang Natal di Medan.
Orang

Natal
inidipilihkarenamerekamemilikipenggunaanbahasa
yang
unikuntukpanggilankepadaanggotakeluargatermasukusia, jeniskelamin, status sosial,
danhubungandenganpembicarabahasa.
Ada
orang-orang
Natalasli
yangmasihmenggunakanvariasiasliistilahkekerabatanmeskipunmerekatinggal di kota.
Untukmengidentifikasidanmengklasifikasikanvariasiistilahkekerabatanoleh
orangorang
Natal
di
Medan,
penulismenggunakanteori
Holmestentangvariasivariasibahasa.Metodeanalisisadalahmetodekualitatifdeskriptif.S
ebagaihasildaripenelitianvariasiistilahkekerabatandanmengapaterjadivariasiistilahkek
erabatan, ada 5 klusterdanada 46 istilahkekerabatan: 4istilahkekerabatan yang
berkaitandengan
ayah;

3istilahkekerabatanterkaitdenganibu;
7istilahkekerabatanterkaitdenganpaman; 6istilahkekerabatanterkaitdenganbibi; 4
istilahkekerabatan yang terkaitdengansaudaraperempuan; 3 istilahkekerabatan yang
terkaitdengansaudaralaki-laki, 3 istilahkekerabatan yang terkaitdengan ayah mertua;
3 istilahkekerabatan yang terkaitdenganibumertua; 2istilahkekerabatan yang
terkaitdengankakek;
2
istilahkekerabatan
yang
terkaitdengannenek;
4
istilahkekerabatan yang terkaitdengansepupulaki-laki; 5istilahkekerabatan yang
terkaitdengansepupuperempuan.
Berdasarkananalisismengapapenggunaanbahasa
yang
terjadidalamkeluarga
natal,karenaadanyaperbedaanurutankelahirandengananggotakeluarga yang lain,
jeniskelaminantarapembicaradanlawanbicara, danhubungandekatdengan orang-orang
di luaranggotakeluarga.


katakunci: language variation, kinship term, Natal people

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