CONCEPT OF WORD “FALL” WHICH RELATED TO BODY’S POSITION AND PLACE IN SUNDANESE IN NSM

Abstract

This research aims to analyse the semantic structures of the verbs ‘fall’ in Sundanese starting with the position, condition and the place. This study applied the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) theory by Wierzbicka. The current study focuses more on describing the concept of the word fall which is related to the position of the fallen body part and its place in Sundanese through NSM. The current research uses data sources in the form of spoken speech and written data. Oral data in the study were obtained through the observation method on Youtube videos. While for written data, the data were taken from secondary data. The findings produce conclusion of verbs fall in Sundanese are described in details meaning from the positions, directions of movement, parts of the body that falls and the places where the end of the body part falls. The semantic primes of the verb fall are HAPPEN and DO. By using NSM theory, the phenomenon of the peculiarities of falling verbs in Sundanese can be solved easily. The semantic structure of the fall process verb can be explained based on the original meaning that constructs it.