A Study of Lexical Categories in Arakanese Dialect

Abstract

            The objectives of the study included 1) to investigate the lexical items in Arakanese dialect; 2) to analyze the word formation of lexical items in Arakanese dialect. This research was qualitative study in nature. This study was conducted to collect data from school textbooks series used in government school including the online articles, journals. A content analysis and inductive conclusion were employed for data analyzing.

            Findings of the study were as follows: 1) Regarding an investigation of lexical Items in Arakanese dialect, it found the four-word classes as lexical items in Arakanese dialect. These word classes are interrelated in the formation of word and used with various particle to form their own word classes. 2) the analysis of the word formation of lexical items in Arakanese dialect, it found that the word formation of Arakanese dialect as a compound word can be formed by combination of word classes. It is also possible to construct the lexical items by adding affixation or particle.