Semantic and Pragmatic Meaning in Indonesian Child Utterances

DOI

10.2991/icollite-18.2019.79How to use a DOI?

Keywords

child utterances; pragmatic meaning; psycholinguistics; semantic meaning

Abstract

This research aims to classify and analyze semantic and pragmatic meaning in Indonesian child utterances, as a phase of child language acquisition. The data in this study collected by recording a child’s utterances for 15 months, when the child is 12 - 27 months old. Collected data then classified into pragmatic and semantic meanings. The utterances collected including 4 utterances namely ’Mandi’ (take a bath), ‘Ayam’ (chicken), ’Kucing’ (cat), and ’Cantik’ (beautiful). The results show that pragmatic and semantic meanings found in utterances such as ‘Dudu’-’Mani’-’Mandi’, ‘Ayam’, ‘Hus-hus’-’Memeng’-’Kucing’, and ‘Nantik’-’Cantik’. Moreover, the semantic meaning only seen in child’s speech, while pragmatic meaning can be seen from speech and nonverbal.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Leny Saili Rahmah
AU  - Aceng Ruhendi Saifullah
PY  - 2019/03
DA  - 2019/03
TI  - Semantic and Pragmatic Meaning in Indonesian Child Utterances
BT  - Proceedings of the Second Conference on Language, Literature, Education, and Culture (ICOLLITE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 360
EP  - 363
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icollite-18.2019.79
DO  - 10.2991/icollite-18.2019.79
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