A Comparative Analysis of Open Subtype in Rest Verbs Based On Dixon’s Theory toward English and Buginese

ABSTRACT – This research is about open subtype of Rest Verbs based on Dixon‘s theory In English andBuginese. It is under the discussion of a comparative study. The aims of this research were (1) to identify theRest verbs in English and Wajo Buginese based on Open subtype divided by Dixon. (2) to inspect and evaluatehow the Open subtype found in English and Buginese language represented in terms of semantic understandingand grammatical construction. (3) to investigate the similarities and differences of Rest verbs in Open subtype inEnglish and Buginese. The data of this research consist of English and Buginese Language. English data werecollected from Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), while Buginese data were obtained fromfield observation and in depth interview. Both of the data were analyzed with descriptive qualitative analysis.The result of this research shows that (1) There are four rest verbs of Open subtype in English, they are open,close, shut and lock, while in Buginese, there are twenty nine of Open Subtypes, they are:mallukka‘,mattimpa‘,makkafe‘,mallengkang, mattetta‘, mawekka‘, pamile‘, mappale‘, massampo, mabombo‘,masulu‘, mattokkong, makkaru’, mappuru’, mattongko‘, makkaleppu‘, makkeppa‘, mallape’, majjampe’,mappalang, massappo, makkaffeddeng, efu‘, pasirape’, mappaseppa‘, maccala’, maggoncing, marreppo-reppoand mappassikeppa‘. (2) The main differences of rest verbs in English and Buginese based on Open subtype canbe seen from two aspects, clause structure and variations of the verb based on the thing resting.

KEYWORDS: Rest verbs, semantic types of verb, open subtype, the thing resting