PRAGMA-ONOMASTICS OF PROPER NAME REPLACEMENT FOR VERBAL AND ADJECTIVAL DAILY INDONESIAN EXPRESSIONS BY TEENAGERS

Abstract

Language phenomenon can be seen from Indonesian Teenagers when they make certain utterance especially for showing admiration, recognition, praising or complimenting by saying incorrect word or the wrong word is chosen. Generally, the verb and adjective of utterance are replaced by the name of person which almost written or sound alike. They say ini sangat diluar nurul ‘it is outside of logic’ in admiring something extraordinary or out the box. The other examples are when they say hal ini sangat meng-herman-kan ‘this is very astonishing, perilaku pemuda itu sangat Sofyan ‘the boy’s attitude is very polite’. Admiration is a part of Pragmatics which belongs to expressive Leech’s speech acts. The replacement of the word nurul which is originally nalar is a part of onomastics. Proper names which are commonly used to replace the original word such as Nurul, Herman, Fikri, Akmal, Kambuaya, Fahmi, Sofyan, Nayla, Haikal, Fatimah, Asrori, etc. The topic of this study is about Onomastics-Pragmatics of utterance. This aims to explore the using of Indonesian proper name to replace verb and adjective in showing various expressions. It focuses on the choosing of Indonesian (local) proper name which replaces certain word. The study belongs to descriptive qualitative research. The data taken from Teenagers’ daily expressions that are written in social media and in daily conversation. The researcher finds many expressions in social media such as Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp group’s commentaries. In addition, the expression which is orally uttered by teenager around him will be also taken as the data. This study gives many findings about the using of proper name in expressing admiration, complimenting, surprising, and recognition. In conclusion, language is a dynamic matter in society based on the usage. There is unusual way to express something by using proper name to change the diction. It shows that language is very dynamic and flexible.