NOUN FORMATION IN PAKPAK LANGUAGE

Abstract

This study deals with Noun Formation in Pakpak Language. The objectives of this
study are to find and describe the noun formation in Pakpak language. The
method of this research is library research by reading some books related to this
study, this research was conducted by descriptive qualitative research method.
The data of this research are taken from two sources, namely: from Folklore
written in Pakpak language and from short story written in Pakpak language. The
technique of analyzing data is documentary technique, the researcher used
Hockett and Robin theory which is developed by Kridalaksana to analyze the data
and found that there are four types of affixation used in folklore and short story
written in Pakpak language. The four types of affixation are: (1). prefix (19, 19%),
(2). infix (10, 10%), (3). suffix (36, 36%), (4). confix (34, 34%). Noun formation
in Pakpak language not only caused by attached an affix but also by reduplication
process, the researcher found that there are five types of reduplication used in
folklore and short story in Pakpak language, they are: reduplication of a whole
basic form, reduplication which is basically just repeating the root, reduplication
which is change the phoneme (phoneme variation), reduplication through the
process of adding affixes and compound reduplication. The researcher also found
the rules of morphophonemic used in Pakpak language, phonological assimilation
and phonological addition. As the result, there are four types of affixation in
forming noun in Pakpak language.