MORFOFONOLOGY OF SERAWAI LANGUAGE VERB VERBS IN MANNA DISTRICT, BENGKULU SELATAN DISTRICT, INDONESIA: GENERATIVE PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

This research discusses the problem of morphophonology of verbs derived from Serawai Language in Manna District (BSKM) in the Bengkulu Selatan Regency based on the generative phonological analysis. The derived verbs analyzed are those using prefix / mәŋ /. This research uses a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. This study uses one core informant and three additional informants with a research technique of reading, recording, and recording in which the author himself is a key instrument. This study described the Basic Representation (RD), Representative Derivatives (RT), the rules of descent, and morphological events of the CBMS using the prefix / mәŋ- /. Based on research, it was found that the RD prefix meN- is/was found /. The prefix RT / mәŋ- / found is in the form / m- /, / n- /, / ñ- /, / ŋ- /, / ŋә- /, / mә- /, and / Ø- /. In this research, there are five rules of decline. The process of decreasing RD to RT found several morphological events, namely assimilation, neutralization, consonant fusion, vowel fusion, consonant evaporation, vowel evaporation, consonant insertion, and vowel insertion.