Negative word form in sibling rivalry

A psycholinguistic study

Abstract

Sibling rivalry is a spirit of jealousy, competition, or anger between brothers and sisters that starts from the birth of the younger sibling in the family. This research uses a qualitative approach. This research aims to find forms of negative words when sibling rivalry occurs. The theory used to analyze the problem in this research is psycholinguistic. The data source used in this research is sibling language data with an age range of 2-12 years. Meanwhile, the method used in this research is the observation method, using tapping techniques for data collection; the data analysis method uses the intralingua matching method, and the method for presenting the results of data analysis uses informal methods. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach. The research results found negative words, namely no, and not. Meanwhile, the involvement of negative emotions in sibling rivalry situations includes anger, crying, and screaming.