The Design of Unique Lexicon Formation of Javanese Speech in Semarang Lower Class Society

Abstract

The research was aimed to design the formation of Javanese speech unique lexicon in Semarang lower class society. The design involved the phoneme sequence pattern and phoneme mapping in the lexicon structure. The location of the research was in the dissemination area of Semarang language in Semarang. The selection of informant used purposive sampling system. The design of the research was survey and case study. The data collection was done by structured interview, in-depth interview, and focus group discussion (FGD). The data was analyzed using agih method by changing technique of phoneme sequence, re-order of phoneme form, and harmonization of phoneme devices.The finding of this research is a design which take a form as a method that can be used to design the new forming of lexicon that categorized as the unique lexicon, all at once as the model of lexicon enrichment.

Keywords

• Javanese
• lexicon
• lower class
• speech
• unique