Categorization of Adjective Nouns Collocations in the Batak Toba Language

Abstract

This research was conducted on the categorization of adjective nouns in the collocation of adjective nouns in the Batak Toba language. This research used a qualitative approach with content analysis techniques to explore the content of research data and provide meaning to the interpretation of the data. Data was obtained from various written and spoken data, then analyzed using various language analysis techniques, such as permutation, substitution, insertion, expansion, change of form, loss and return. Based on the research conducted, it was found that the categorization of adjective nouns in the Batak Toba language in collocations is divided into four, namely: a) category A collocations which are formed through collocations of nouns that have the semantic characteristics [-INSANI, -ANIMATE, +CONCRETE, +TEMPORAL, +ENTITY] with adjectives which has the semantic characteristics [+DIMENSION, +COLOR, +VALUE, +AGE, +SPEED], b) category B collocations which are formed through the collocation of nouns which have the semantic characteristics [-INSANI, +ANIMATE, +CONCRETE, +TEMPORAL, +ENTITY ] with adjectives which have the semantic characteristics [+DIMENSIONS, +COLOR, +VALUE, +AGE, +SPEED], c) category C collocations which are formed through collocations of nouns which have the semantic characteristics [+INSANI, +ANIMATE, +CONCRETE, +TEMPORAL, +ENTITY] with adjectives that have the semantic characteristics of all adjectives, and d) metaphorical category collocations. However, further research is needed that can categorize noun semantics with Batak Toba language adjective semantics to explain the relationship between noun categories and adjective types which collocate with each other so that they cannot replace each other.