A GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS OF PRONOUNS IN WAIJEWA LANGUAGE
ABSTRACT This research entitled A Grammatical Analysis of Pronouns in Waijewa Language. The research problems of this study are: 1). what are the forms and types of pronouns in Waijewa language? 2) How are those pronouns used in clause? The aims are 1) to identify and describe the forms and types of pronouns in Waijwa language, 2) to describe the used of those pronouns in clauses. This research concerned on grammatical analysis of pronouns in Waijewa language, the used of pronouns in clauses. The data was collected from video recording that take place in Waimangura sub-district. The method used is descriptive qualitative. There were four informants that the writer record as the subject of this study. The techniques of data analysis used in this study are transcribing the recording, identifying and classifying the types of pronouns forms and describing the use of the pronouns in clause. The result of this study shows that there are 7 types of pronouns found in Waijewa language. First, there are 7 personal pronouns such as yauwa, yo’u, nya, yamme, hitto, hidda, yemmi. Second, there are 6 possessive pronouns such as nggu, mu, nya, ma, ndi. Third, there are 6 reflexive pronouns such as dounggu, doumu, nyadou, dounda, doundi. Fourth, there are 4 demonstrative pronouns such as newe, neke, nawa, naka. Fifth, 2 reciprocal pronouns such as ia waddeka. Sixth, there are 5 interrogative pronouns such as nggara, nggei, appa. Seventh, there are 3 relative pronouns such as nakka, nggarra nggei. The pronouns have been described by using the 8 types of pronouns. The entire pronouns are used as a subject or as an object either as independent clause or dependent clause.