COLLOCATION IN AMANUBAN-AMANATUN DIALECT OF UAB METO
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Maria Tampani(1)
English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, Indonesia
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Soleman Dapa Taka(2)
English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, Indonesia
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Muhammad Arif(3)
English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author
Abstract
The aim of this study was to find out the collocation words and described the types of collocation used in Amanuban-Amanatun Dialect. The method of this research was descriptive method. For such a purpose, the writer chose five informants as the representatives of the native speakers of Amanuban-Amanatun who live in Kesetnana village. To obtain the data, the writer imployed translation task and elicitation technique. The result of this research is that Amanuba-Amanatun Dialect has some collocation words and their types can be divided into some categories. They are: Noun + verb, (in nu’ – au u’et) Verb + Noun, (tah mak ane-teuk pena) Noun + Noun, (bia keso – fafi mone) pronoun + Adjective (au uhin – in nahin). There are 33 collocation exppressions gained from Amanuban-Amanatun Dialect of Uab Meto
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