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Sasak Strong Pronoun at Kekeri

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1.       Introduction Every language has special properties pointed to the independent word whose grammatical function and has ability to govern a verb in a sentence that is widely known as Strong Pronoun. This term refers to person, people and non living things. In the other word it can be appeared in the form of noun. Thus, this paper presents the strong pronoun of Sasak that belonged to Meno-Mene dialect and is especially spoken at Kekeri village. Generally, Sasak is a language spoken by Lombok islanders who live in the eastern Indonesia. This regional language is classified into five dialects. Each dialect has its own traits. So does with Sasak spoken at Kekeri. It possess the peculiarity of Strong Pronoun that almost lookalike with its pronominal clitics. Therefore, to prove whether it is strong pronoun or pronominal clitics, it requires to be testified by analyzing syntactical order in various grammatical environments. 2.       Pron