Changes in basic meanings from Proto-Austronesian to Acehnese

Dohra Fitrisia,Dwi Widayati

doi:10.24815/siele.v5i1.9431

Dohra Fitrisia, Dwi Widayati

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https://doi.org/10.24815/siele.v5i1.9431

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Abstract

Changes in meaning or semantic changes are the area of diachronic linguistics. The Acehnese language is a derivative of the Proto-Austronesian (PAN) language that has had changes in the meaning of its lexicon that have become the object of this interesting study. It is aimed at explaining examples of changes in meaning in the Acehnese etynom based on four basic types of changes of meaning categorized according to Crowley and Bowern (2010). The data was taken from the English Finder list of Reconstruction in Austronesian Languages reconstructed (Wurm Wilson, 1975). The selected data from the results of this study was then confirmed by six native speakers’ expert in the actual use of the Acehnese language. The results showed that some original meanings from PAN have become broader, some narrower, some have bifurcated and some have shifted in meaning.

Highlights

Acehnese is one of the local languages in Indonesia which has the most number of speakers in Aceh Province (Asyik, 1987)
There are changes in the original meanings that the Acehnese language inherited from Proto Austronesian (PAN) that are studied by India chronic linguistics, which attempts to study a language at different times to observe the way in which that language has changed and examines probable causes of the changes in that language
The broadening of meanings occurred because additional meanings in Acehnese were added to the original meanings of the words concerned, for example: PAN *utak ‘human brain’

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Acehnese is one of the local languages in Indonesia which has the most number of speakers in Aceh Province (Asyik, 1987). There are changes in the original meanings that the Acehnese language inherited from Proto Austronesian (PAN) that are studied by India chronic linguistics, which attempts to study a language at different times to observe the way in which that language has changed and examines probable causes of the changes in that language. This is in contrast to synchronic linguistics, which seeks. According to Crowley and Bowern (2010), the changes that occur in a language are absolute and natural. This study is aimed at explaining changes in meaning in the Acehnese lexicon, especially in the nouns

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