VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT THROUGH ANALOGY (A MORPHOSEMANTIC STUDY OF INDONESIAN VOCABULARY)

Abstract

The study aims to describe the potential of analogy to enrich the vocabulary of a language. Indonesian becomes the object of the study, given it is the native language of the present writers, and the writers also have competence and experience in researching Indonesian. The study utilized a descriptive-analysis method; selected data were classified based on analogy form and its meaning. The data then were analyzed through analogy to bring up the new vocabulary material with a form under the theory used. The data source was taken from mass online and printed media. The result of the study showed that new Indonesian vocabularies could be enriched through the analogy by utilizing existing vocabulary, such as name Hayati (buah bibir ‘topic’, buah hati ‘child or apple of one’s eye’, buah tangan ‘souvenir’, buah dada ‘bosoms’; daun muda ‘young woman’, daun telinga ‘ear’, daun jendela ‘window’, daun pintu ‘door’); the name of senses (mata kaki ‘ankle’, mata hati ‘conscience’, mata air ‘spring’, mata sapi ‘sunny side up’). The analogy has excellent potential and keeps developing in the enriching vocabulary of a nation’s language. How vocabulary enrichment through the analogy occurs in English, French, Arabic, Japanese, and other foreign languages is undoubtedly interesting to investigate