Merisik is a traditional ceremony that is in the Malay tribe. This event brought together two families, man and woman side. The purpose of this event is to know each other between the bride and groom. This event led by Bentara Sabda who had been appointed by each family. Thus, there are only two people who will interact in this event to represent each family. In this study,1) turn taking pattern,2) the relationship of utterances of the closest pair,3) the signs of the closest pair of utterances, and 4) how to obtain a turn of speech in Merisik, will be discussed. The method in this study is a descriptive qualitative. The results obtained are 1) having a perfect pattern that is in accordance with the ABAB formula, 2) there are two speech relationships and the closest pair of utterances, namely delivery and questions, 3) this event only obeys the two signs of the closest speech pair, namely utterances from different speakers and consists of two parts of speech, 4) there are two ways to get a turn of speech, namely by obtaining and seizing.

As a global phenomenon, language contact that causes code-mixing (CM) and code-switching (CS) happens in many situations, including wedding parties. This study analyzed the CM and CS and investigated the purpose of CM and CS in marriage advice uttered by Ustadz Abdul Somad. This study used a qualitative approach in which narrative analysis technique was applied to analyze the data. The data source was the utterances of Ustadz Abdul Somad (UAS) taken from the recorded video, which was downloaded from YouTube. The data were words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. The data were transcribed by using sonix.ai and reviewed by three language experts (Indonesian, English, and Arabic). As results, this study indicates that Indonesian-Arabic and English-Indonesian CM were found at the word and phrase levels. Then, Arabic-Indonesian CS was found at the inter-sentential and intra-sentential levels. CM and CS employment purposes were various, such as emphasizing the meaning, praising, hoping or praying, translating, and exemplifying.

This paper discusses the contact language between Malay and Arabic language. Objectives of the study are to look into the similarities etymology of the two countries national language. This paper will implement qualitative analysis which is based on discussions and comparison. The results of this study show that cultural contact especially the reach of Islam in Southeast Asia results in linguistic contact. Linguistic borrowing in most cases exhibits as a response to language borrowing. A number of motivations stand behind the phenomenon of borrowing. As a result of cultural and linguistic contact between Malay language as a lingua franca of the region in the early days and Arabic languages so many Arabic words absorbs into Malay languages.

Penelitian ini mengkaji tentang sikap bahasa masyarakat Melayu di Kabupaten Batu Bara, tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui sikap bahasa masyarakat Melayu di Kabupaten Batu Bara terhada bahasa Melayu,  Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode survei yaitu suatu penelitian yang mengambil sampel penelitian dari populasi.  Adapun pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini dilakukan dengan memanfaatkan kuesioner yang disebar oleh peneliti kepada masyarakat Melayu  Kabupaten Batu Bara.  Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif sehingga menghasilkan deskrifsi berupa angka-angka untuk mengukur prosentase sikap bahasa pada kalangan remaja, dewasa dan orang tua, untuk kemudian dapat dibandingkan dari ketiga kalangan masyarakat tersebut kalangan yang mana yang bersikap paling positif terhadap bahasa Melayu. Temuan penelitian ini adalah bahwa masyarakat Melayu di Kabupaten Batu Bara memiliki sikap positif terhadap bahasa daerahnya yaitu bahasa Melayu, namun jenis kelamin, tingkat usia, jenjang pendidikan, status perkawinan, dan mobilitas mempengarusi sikap bahasa sehingga menghasilkan yang beragam.   This research aims to analyze the language attitudes of Malay people in Batubara among the youth, adults and parents. The method used in this research is survey method, which is a study that takes samples from the population. The data collection in this study was conducted using a questionnaire distributed by researchers to the Malay society of  Batubara. This research is a quantitative study so that the results are in the form of descriptions of words and numbers to measure the percentage of language attitudes among the youth, adults and parents, to be compared from the three groups who are most positive act towards Malay language. The approach used to analyze the problem is a sociolinguistic approach. The results are that the Malay society in Batubara has a positive attitude towards the local language, Malay, but the gender, age level, level of education, marital status, and mobility affect the attitude of the language. Hence, it deliver the variety of language attitudes. The implication of this research is that the Malay society must be able to preserve their native language so the positive attitude towards language keep maintained.

Salah satu kajian dari bidang ilmu semantik adalah mengenai jenis makna dan salah satunya adalah jenis makna asosiatif atau makna asosiasi. Penelitian ini akan mendeskripsikan bagaimana masyarakat Melayu di Kabupaten Batu Bara memilih kata-kata serta mengasosiasikan secara tersirat kata-kata tersebut dengan benda dii luar bahasa kemudian dirangkai sedemikian rupa sehingga membentuk bait-bait pantun dan kemudian digunakan untuk menyampaikan maksud dan tujuan dalam acara merisik pada upacara adat perkawinan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif dan bentuk penelittiannya adalah penelitian kualitatif. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pantun dalam acara merisik. Sumber data yang digunakan adalah buku dan datanya adalah data tertulis. Pemerolehan data dilakukan dengan cara mengumpulkan buku yang berkaitan dengan pantun merisik. Selanjutnya data yang diperoleh, kemudian dianalisis dengan teknik transkripsi, klasifikasi data dan analisis data dan terakhir dilakukan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil analisis data yang diperoleh menemukan tiga aspek makna asosiasi yang dipakai yaitu asosiasi tinggi, asosiasi berat, asosiasi besar, asosiasi keterbukaan dan ketegasan.