Dual Language of Tourism Place Names in Yogyakarta Toponymy

Abstract

This research was conducted to explain the syntactic adaptation processes and the meaning of dual languages of tourism place naming in Special Province of Yogyakarta. There are three steps used in this study, namely the data collection which is done by observation. The data analysis used the distributional method and the referential identity method. The presentation of data analysis results used formal and informal methods. The data used in this study were taken from tourism destinations spread across five regencies in the Special Province of Yogyakarta. The results of the analysis in this study indicate that as a result of language contact, tourism places are found using dual languages with generic + specific and specific + generic patterns. In terms of the classification of meaning based on the referents, the names of dual language tourism places are divided into three referents, namely the natural environment, the built environment, and the inhabitants.