THE EXTREME WORDS IN THE ADJECTIVE PHRASE TERENGGANU DIALECT

The terengganu dialect (dt) is one of the dialects found in the peninsula. this dialect is spoken by the people living in terengganu as well as the people of terengganu who have migrated to other places when communicating with each other. adjective phrase is a phrase from one of four classes of phrases found in the standard malay language. in this adjective phrase there are extremely kind, extremely bad and extremely good. the phrase is also found in the terengganu dialect. however, in the terengganu dialect, a pair of words that form phrases adjectives level of extreme is quite unique and different from standard malay language (bms) like [busuɂ kɔhoŋ], [mɛɣɔh ɲaler] and [udoh səpaŋ]. phrases like that are not in standard malay language. however, in terms of the meaning of the word partner also supports “extreme” significance as the amplifier in standard malay language. therefore, this study will explore the adjective phrase “extreme” in dt. the study was limited to the kuala terengganu dialect in kampung bharu serada. the study was conducted using data collection methods through interviews and methods to the library. the results showed that the word “extreme” present in dt only appeared behind the adjective. in addition, the word “extreme” in dt is also unproductive as it is present in only one adjective or certain adjectives. overall, the study found that the word “extreme” form phrases adjective extreme dt is very unique and different from standard malay language.