Heritage tourism is a journey where the purpose of the trip is to see or witness heritage ceremonies and enriches, strengthen faith. The research result on the effect of Tourist’s motivation on tourist decision to heritage tourism in Dairi, it was discovered that there is an increase in the effect of tourist's motivation on tourist decision to heritage tourism in Dairi. Based on this research regarding the effect of service quality on tourist decision to heritage tourism in Dairi, it was discovered that there is an effect of service quality on tourist decision on heritage tourism in Dairi. With the improvement of Service Quality, tourist decision to heritage tourism in Dairi can be increased. Based on the findings of this research, it was discovered that tourist satisfaction has no effect on tourist decision to heritage tourism in Dairi. The decreased Tourist Satisfaction leads to a decline in tourist’s decision. With regard to the effect of the tourist’s motivation, service quality, and Tourist satisfaction on tourist decision to heritage tourism in Dairi, it was revealed that these three variables (Tourist’s Motivation, Service Quality, and Tourist Satisfaction) have simultaneous effects on tourist decision to heritage tourism in Dairi.

This study aimed to describe the construction and how the formation pattern of serial verbs in Batak Toba language through X-bar theory.  A qualitative descriptive method with data collection techniques using note-taking and interview techniques was used. Data were collected from interviews with native speakers and the text of Toba Batak language almanac. In analyzing the data, a method of distribution was employed. The results showed that the formation pattern of serial verbs in the Batak Toba language consisted of 4 types namely which were [transitive V1+ transitive V2], [transitive V1+intransitive V2], [intransitive V1+ transitive V2], and [intransitive V1 + intransitive V2]. The first type, [transitive V1+ transitive V2] is formed from the predicate that followed by the object + the predicate and followed by the object. The next formation, [V1 transitive + V2 intransitive] is formed from predicates followed by object + predicates and not followed by the object. The later type, [V1 intransitive + V2 transitive] is formed from predicates that not followed by object + predicates and followed by an object. Further, the last type, [intransitive V1 + V2] is formed from a predicate not followed by an object + a predicate and not followed by an object.

will shape nationalism (Aziz, 2013;Dewantara et al., 2019). The figure below depicts student attitudes regarding the Indonesian language.

This cognitive semantics study analyzed animal proverbs in Batak Toba language. Descriptive qualitative methods were employed in this study. Preliminary research data were collected from the Umpama and Umapasa Collection of Batak Toba languages written by Richard Sinaga. All proverbs were listened to and grouped by recording and selecting the existing data. In the analysis process, theresearchers conducted interpretation method. In addition, the researcher conducted interviews with three Toba native speakers including the researcher himself, and a Batak-Toba linguist. The results showed that there was 33 lexicon used in Toba Batak proverbs. The animal lexicon consists of mammals (46%), birds (27%), insects (14%), fish (10%), and amphibians (1%). The conceptualization of the animals is both positive and negative. The use of animal in the Toba Batak proverbs not only aims to convey ideas or ideas but can also describe the perceptions, experiences and daily life depictions of the Toba Batak people.