SALAH KAPRAH PEMAKNAAN KATA DALAM BAHASA INDONESIA DAN UPAYA PERBAIKANNYA

Misguided in Meaning of Words of Indonesian Language and its Improvement Efforts(Case Study on Indonesian User Community). This study aims to (1) describe theperceptions of Indonesian users in interpreting the words that are often misunderstoodand (2) to describe the effort to improve them. This research is a qualitative descriptivestudy. The instruments used are researchers and questionnaires. The method used topresenting data is a observation method with uninvolved conversation observationtechnique and writing technique. The result of data analysis shows that (1) Indonesianlanguage user perception on 12 word meanings which is often misused is between 12words, only 2 words are interpreted according to KBBI by most respondents and 10 otherwords are interpreted wrongly. Words that are interpreted in accordance with KBBI areabsen and kosong, while the interpreted erroneously are acuh, bergeming, absensi,nuansa, gahar, seronok, empek-empek, carut-marut, notulen, and rempong. As for someof the causes of meaning are often heard from others (the public), looking at the media,into daily habits, and see the meaning in dictionary. (2) Efforts to improve that byrevitalize the Indonesian language.