A DICTIONARY OF BILINGUAL MORPHOSYNTAX INDONESIAN-ARABIC: LEXICOGRAPHIC STUDIES

Abstract

This study is aimed to describe the lexicography of a bilingual Indonesian-Arabic dictionary, specifically in the field of morphosyntax. This research is a qualitative descriptive research. The establishment of this dictionary was carried out based on the needs of the University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Arabic Literature Study Program students who took Arabic morphosyntax courses. The students’ need for this dictionary is known through a questionnaire given to them. This research was conducted using the lexicographic stages. The results of the analysis showed that the students urgently need an Indonesian-Arabic morphosyntactic dictionary. The researcher then describes the lexicography of the dictionary, namely the stages of its preparation and the content of the dictionary in the form of macrostructure and microstructure of the dictionary. The macrostructure of the dictionary is alphabetically arranged and the microstructure consists of semantic information, defenitions, and examples. The results of the study indicate the students’ need for a special dictionary in a morphosyntactic field. It can be achieved and they can well use the dictionaries.