CHOICE OF VERB LANGUAGE STYLE BASED ON THE SOCIAL STATUS OF THE BANYUMULEK VILLAGE COMMUNITY : SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDIES

Abstract

Language is a means of communication in everyday life and plays an important role in human life as social control. A community or group uses several processes of verb and non-verb word variation between different community groups, for example between children and parents, teachers and students, sellers and buyers. This study aims to reveal the phenomenon of the use of pure Sasak language which focuses on verb speech sentences that vary based on the level of speech, the level of social speech in the Banyumulek village community. The method used is Descriptive Qualitative with the data collection technique used is the observation method with recording / tapping techniques, cooperation techniques with informants, and listening and recording techniques. In this study there are 10 verbs taken from the daily communication activities of the banyumulek community with 3 verbs (mangan, lalo and ngengat) which are described through a conversation and the use of good and correct language speech. The results of this research show that the verb collection process based on the use of speech levels in the Sasak language in Banyumulek Village found 3 uses of speech levels Nista, Madya, Alus which are commonly used in the daily life of the banyumulek community as well as with the use of complete pronomina ranging from 01 single male or female and 01 plural, 02 single male or female and 03 single and plurral.