Clitic in Wewewa language Fernandez Karolina Barbara Linguistic Faculty, University of Nusa Cendana, Kupang, Indonesia Online published on 7 October, 2019. Abstract The purpose of this study was to understand the forms, functions and meanings of clitic and lexical categories that can be attached by the clitic of Wewewalanguage. The approach used wasfunctional structureaiming at identifying direct elements that construct a sentence and assessing the verb as a central which determines the relationship of the verb to the noun in a structure. Data collection was carried out in the village of KalembuDaramane, East Wewewa sub-district, Sumba Barat Daya Regency. Data including clauses in Wewewa folklores were collected from available written text, and information shared by the participants during the interview process. Data analysis was conducted using theAGIH method. The results showed that clitic in Wewewa language can be attached to transitive verb clauses, intransitive verb clauses, prepositional clauses, noun clauses, adjective clauses and numerical clauses. Clitic inWewewalanguage is classified into two parts, which are (a) to declare the co-references with the subject of the sentence which is the result of reduction of pronoun forms (b) toexpress emphasis once the speaker intends to explain specifically the subject or actor in a sentence. This study indicates that clitic in Wewewa language is divided into two types, including proclitic and enclitic, and can be attached to transitive and intransitive verb, adjective, noun, prepositional and numerical clauses. Top Keywords Form of clitic, function of clitic, meaning of clitic. Top |