LEXICAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHARACTER NAMES IN "ANTHOLOGY OF MUSSIDI'S SHORT STORIES" BY BRUNEI DARUSSALAM WRITER, MUSSIDI

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the use of lexical construction of character names in Mussidi's short story collection. This research also reviews the use of character names related to Malay culture set in Brunei Darussalam. This research uses a qualitative descriptive approach and corpus linguistics. Data collection was carried out using corpus data documentation techniques. The results of this research reveal several lexical variations in character names in general, namely animals, gender terms, proper names, names of prophets, common nouns, creator/creator, formal profession/position title, non-formal profession/position title, pronominal, and transcendental figure. Lexical variations in character names related to Malay culture. This research also found several kinship terms related to Malay culture.