Phatic in Malay Riau Kampar

Abstract

Language is a tool of communication to interact and only owned by human. Forms of
communication consist of spoken and written. One example of communication is siacuong.
Siacuong is one of characteristic which exist at Kampar in Riau Malay but now less attractive to
young people. It was certainly a concern for all parties. Whereas in the siacuong reflect on
cultural identity at Kampar in Riau Malay. In addition, another unique siacuong is phatic.
Phatic is a form of speech to establish contact in communication function to maintain, start or
end the conversation. This research discusses (1) form and (2) phatic meaning change the
distributions in the text siacuong Kampar in Riau Malay? This research used qualitative
approach. As for technique in this research is note technique of formal document the to using
content analysis. This research purpose to describe the form and effect meaning due phatic
distribution in text siacuong Kampar in Riau Malay. The result of the research show in terms of
form consist of particles, words, and phrases. Phatic can be located at the beginning, in the
middle, and end the of sentences in which each can charge the meaning.