The Study of Ecolexicons in the Identification of Marine Ornamental Fish in Pulau Banyak Waters, Aceh Singkil

This research aims (1) to investigate and describe the ecolexicons found in the identification of marine ornamental fish by fishermen on Pulau Banyak, (2) to elucidate the criteria for naming marine ornamental fish by fishermen on Pulau Banyak. (3) To explain the reasons why the name of the marine ornamental fish on Pulau Banyak realized in the way it is. This research used qualitative descriptive method as the data is in the form of verbal in nature. To achieve the research objectives, this study used ecolinguistics theory supported by semantic theory. The analysis technique used is an interpretive technique based on the theory that has been referred. The informants were local residents whose profession are marine ornamental fish fishermen. They were selected using purposive sampling technique and the snowball technique in which the determination of the informants was the result of pre-existing informant recommendations. The research results indicate that (1) there are 58 ecolexicons related to marine ornamental fish in the waters of Banyak Island, Aceh Singkil, (2) Based on the results of analysis, three criteria of naming were found, namely; mentioning the distinctive characteristics 25%, inventor and maker 5%, similarity 47%. New criteria of naming were also discovered, namely the naming system which is based on the combination of the 2 naming criteria 21%, and pidginization 2%. Other findings related to the naming criteria were also found; based on the life phase of the fish and the size of the fish. This finding has implications for the reconceptualization of Chaer's Inquisitive Semantics theory and the novelty of the research. (3) This naming system appears as a result of cultural philosophy firmly held by the speech community in Pulau Banyak waters, Aceh Singkil. This cultural philosophy presents in the three dimensions of social practice, which include ideological dimensions, namely conservatism, sociological dimensions in society, and biological dimensions. These dimensions are interrelated so that the naming and messages contained in the ecolexicons of marine ornamental fish in Pulau Banyak waters Aceh Singkil emerge.