ANALYSIS OF THE MEANING OF THE VERB OSU AS A POLYSEMY IN JAPANESE SENTENCES: A COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC STUDY
Keywords:
meaning, osu, polysemyAbstract
In every language, especially Japanese, there is often a meaning relationship between a word and another word. One of these meaning relationships is polysemy. Polysemy is a word that has more than one meaning. This study provides a comprehensive explanation of the meaning of the verb osu and contributes to Japanese language learning. Although the verb osu is discussed in basic-level textbooks, the current dictionary descriptions do not always provide enough information for sentence construction. Therefore, a polysemy analysis was conducted. The purpose of this study is to find out what the basic meaning of the verb osu is, what meanings are contained in the verb osu, and to find out the relationship between the meanings of the verb osu. The method used in this research is the descriptive analysis method. Data from various sources were collected, arranged, classified, and then analyzed. The results of the analysis show that the various meanings of the verb osu are derived from the basic meaning. The relationship between the meanings of the verb osu can be seen from three language styles, namely metaphor, metonymy, and synecdoche.