Subtipe Break Affect-h dalam Bahasa Inggris dan Bahasa Bugis: Meninjau Kembali Teori Dixon

The research aims:to identify the application of Dixon’s theory of Break subtype in English Language nowadays, to identify identical verbs of English Break verb in Buginese Language, and to explain the similarities and differences of English verb Break and its identical verbs in Buginese Language in terms of semantical and grammatical construction in Dixon’s theoretical framework.
The research used the qualitative method. To collect the data in English the researcher use Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) and to collect data in Buginese language, the researcher recorded some native speakers of Buginese while using the Break verbs in Buginese language. The secondary data are the data that were taken from journals, e-books, and articles. The data were collected and analyzed English verb Break and its related verbs in Buginese language. Both of languages were analyzed by using Dixon’s theoretical framework.
The result of this research shows that there are 14 words in Buginese that are identical with the Break verb. They are mappakkasolang, ma’jemmu’, mapperra’, maruttung, massope/makkape’, mappue’, mappacippe, mappareppa’, malleppoang, mappa’bettu, mappaleppo’, mappaddempung, and ma’bettu. Some of these words can be used in the same constructions in English sentence in Dixon’s theoretical backgrounds, and some of them cannot. The word break and mappakkasolang have the same meaning but used different constructions. English Break subtype of Affect-h has more variants of construction that Buginese Break subtype of Affect-h.