Track: Case Studies

Abstract

Language is a characteristic and cultural identity of an area. The aim of this research is to examine the Deiksis persona Waetawa Language, Buru Maluku Regency. This study is a qualitative study because it tries to analyze broadly the use of the deetical person of the Waetawa dialect, and the process of describing it objectively and as it is. The research was sourced from a form of communication between fellow Waetawa villagers, which consisted of (adult children and parents) communicating using the Waetawa dialect deixis, meanwhile the type of data obtained in this study was oral speech. The data was collected using the method observation through record and note techniques. Data that has been classified are analyzed descriptively qualitatively. The results showed that Waetawa language deixis consisted of singular and plural first-person pronouns, singular and plural second-person pronouns, third and plural third-person pronouns.