THE PHATIC CATEGORY IN TORAJA DIALECT KENDEK ON BUYING AND SELLING TRANSACTIONS IN GE'TENGAN MARKET

This study aims to describe (1) the form of phatic categories of the Toraja language in the Mengkendek dialect, (2) to describe the functions of the phatic categories of the Mengkendek dialect in buying and selling transactions at the Ge'tengan market. This research uses a qualitative descriptive research type. The techniques used in data collection are note-taking and recording techniques. The data in this study are the utterances of the Toraja people. The data source in this study is the Toraja people who use the Mengkendek dialect in buying and selling transactions at the Ge'tengan market. The benefits of this research can be used as teaching material in local content subjects at the elementary school level and can be used as an alternative material in the use of Toraja language for the Toraja people. In this study using a hermeneutic approach. The hermeneutic approach is used to complete the data found in the field. The tool in this research is the researcher himself. Data analysis techniques were carried out by (1) transcribing the recorded and observed data, (2) identifying data in the form of phatic categories found in buying and selling transactions at the Ge'tengan market, (3) grouping recorded data based on phatic category forms, (4) violation of the form of phatic categories used by the Toraja people in carrying out buying and selling transactions at the Ge'tengan market, (5) conclusion. The results of the study include the form of phatic categories including (a) particles in the form of le, oh, (b) words in the form of iyo, mi, na, (c) phrases in the form of kurre sumanga, ta lendu' opa, maballo liu, lendu maballona, phatic function includes (a) starting communication between sellers and buyers (b) starting conversations between sellers and buyers, (c) stopping communication, and (d) arranging communication.