Linguistic Deviation in the Novel of Sayat-Sayat Sunyi By S. Gegge Mappangewa

Abstract

This paper aims to describe the linguistic deviation in the novel of Sayat-Sayat Sunyi by S. Gegge Mappangewa. The method used in this paper is descriptive qualitative. This research is a library research, so that in its implementation it is carried out by using inventory, reading-listening, and notes. The results of the discussion show that in the novel of Sayat-Sayat Sunyi found several linguistic deviations, namely phonological, lexical, morphological, semantic, graphological, and dialectal deviations. The phonological deviation is characterized by the use of a series of phonemes such as the sound of dang ding dong; the lexical deviation is characterized by the use of foreign vocabulary such as ray-ban, morphological deviation is indicated by the use of the suffix -kan in 'melukakan', the use of the prefix -ber in 'berlelaki'; the semantic deviation is characterized by the use of several figures of speech such as synecdoche, hyperbole, antithesis, repetition, and metonymy; the graphological deviation is characterized by punctuation deviations and deviation words from the standard form; and the dialect deviation is marked by the use of Buginese dialect expressions such as makkunrai pasebbo' pabbaresseng 'women who leak rice' or 'women who do not know to save money', naming Buginese dialects such as anak patula tula and so on.