Jargon that used by transgender community in social networking ‘facebook’ is really interesting to understand because the jargon has a form and meaning itself in its disclosure. The research discusses of using of transgender community in social networking ‘facebook’ by using semantic parameter. The research aims to describe the jargon forms that used by transgender community in social networking ‘facebook’ and discusses the type of semantics and changes of meaning generated from the jargons. The method used of this research is qualitative descriptive by using noting and scrutinizing technique. The result shows that there are fifty-three of jargons used by transgender community in social networking ‘facebook’. Those jargons are ate, eke/eike, yey, ses, astajim, mengondek, menyabong, res/ress, le/lek/leee, mawar, ono, seljes/seljong, bo, kulo, lekes, mehong, cuccok, ce, nekk, sindang, ceu, libra, chinese, centes, peges-peges, mekong, tinta, bae, kentilas, heywanat, cacamarica, ojo, polo/polonia, mursid/mursida, bosnia, megang, kereles, kempinsky, endes, sahaja, bue, perez, dese, merongin, malides, mojang, priwi, kinyis-kinyis, cuss, eim/em, say, andbye. The jargons are formed based on the type of semantic, namely lexical meaning, grammatical meaning, denotative meaning, connotative meaning, contextual meaning, situational meaning, and thematic meaning. Furthermore, the jargons have also a relation of meaning and aspect of meaning. The relation of meaning is synonym and antonym, while, the aspect of meaning is feeling, tone, and intention. Then, there are some of jargons that undergo change the meaning, that is total meaning, broad meaning, and using diachronic parameter, such, bosnia, mursid, polo astajim, mawar, and bye. ABSTRAK Jargon yang digunakan oleh komunitas waria di jejaring sosial “‘facebook’” sangat menarik untuk dipahami karena jargon tersebut memiliki bentuk dan makna tersendiri dalam pengungkapannya. Bagi orang awam jargon tersebut susah untuk dipahami, hanya komunitas merekalah yang mampu memahami maksud dari jargon yang digunakannya tersebut. Tulisan ini membincangkan tentang penggunaan jargon bahasa waria di jejaring sosial ‘facebook’ dan perubahan makna yang ditimbulkan dari jargon tersebut. Tujuan tulisan ini adalah mendeskripsikan bentuk-bentuk jargon yang digunakan oleh komunitas waria di jejaring sosial ‘facebook’ dan menjelaskan kata-kata apa saja yang mengalami perubahan makna. Metode yang digunakan dalam tulisan ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan menggunakan teknik catat dan simak. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat lima puluh dua bentuk jargon yang digunakan oleh komunitas waria di jejaring sosial ‘facebook’, yakni ate, eke/eike, yey, ses, astajim, mengondek, menyabong, res/ress, le/lek/leee, mawar, ono, seljes/seljong, bo, kulo, lekes, mehong, cuccok, ce, nekk, sindang, ceu, libra, chinese, centes, peges-peges, mekong, tinta, bae, kentilas, heywanat, cacamarica, ojo, polo/polonia, mursid/mursida, bosnia, megang, kereles, kempinsky, endes, sahaja, bue, perez, dese, merongin, malides, mojang, priwi, kinyis-kinyis, cuss, eim/em, say, dan bye. Jargon-jargon tersebut dibentuk berdasarkan makna leksikal dan gramatikal. Selanjutnya, jargon yang mengalami perubahan makna adalah astajim, mawar, dan bye.

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There are many ways to find modality in languages. Modality of language can be expressed through grammatical or lexical feature. However, modality in Tae' language specifically can be described through both these features. This research aims to express the modality in Tae' language based on grammatical-lexical point of view. This is a descriptive qualitative research using library research methods. Library research aims to get of completed and detail data. Further, this research analyzes eighteen discourses of Tae' language consisting of folklore, fable, messages, and Tae' specific food. The result shows that there are some features marking modality in Tae' language that expressed through grammatical and lexical feature. Grammatical modality of Tae' established through affixation process, i.e. prefix la-, and suffixesri, -ra functioning as verbs and particles. Further, modality in Tae' is also established by lexical feature using the words melo, parallu, musti, bela, wa'ding, bang, omi, sia, kade, le', dau, tae, tannia, saba, iake, and kumua functioning as auxiliary verbs, particles, negations, and conjunctions. Semantically, these forms mark epistemic and deontic modality in Tae' language. Epistemic and deontic modality in Tae' describe as declarative, subjunctive, dubitative, imperative, desiderative and volition, interrogative, and possibility form.

This study aims to determine the kinship relationship between Lorang, Barakai, and Double languages in the Aru Islands Regency, Maluku Province through lexicostatistical studies. In addition to this language being in the same geographical area, it also has some of the same vocabularies so that it is very possible to have linguistic kinship both phonemically and lexically. To prove this assumption, linguistic research needs to be done by documenting the three languages. This study uses a quantitative approach with the method lexicostatistics. The purpose of this research is the kinship relationship between Lorang language, Barakai language, and Double language. Data collection was carried out using direct observation, listening, and recording methods. The results showed that the three languages are still related as language families. The percentage of kinship/kinship between Lorang language and Barakai language is 52%, Lorang language is Double language is 46%, and Barakai language is Double language is 68%. Meanwhile, the separation time between the Lorang language and the Barakai language was about six thousand years ago, between the Lorang language and the Double language about 18 thousand years ago, and between the Barakai language and the Double language it is estimated to have separated about two thousand years ago.