Lexicon Depreciation on Agriculture Field of Sasak Language Speech Community in Aikmel, Lombok and The Implications in Primary School Learning: An Ecolinguistic Overview

This study mainly discussed about the lexicon depreciationon agriculture in Sasak language speech community fromthe point of view of eco-linguistic which objectiveswere to expose and provide information about the depreciation that occurs in the lexicon of agriculture field in Sasak Community and the implementation toward learning process in environment themes of study in primary schools. Data Collection in this study was done by using noticing techniques, unstructured interviews, observation and questionnaire method. The results of this study were the percentage of the lexicon depreciation in speech community of agriculture field, the factors that influence the occurrence of the lexicon depreciation and its implementation in learning process in environment themes of study in primary schools. Lexicon depreciation in the group of young farmers was greater than the lexicon depreciation that occurs in the group of old farmer. Factors that influence the occurrence of lexicon depreciation included the development of science and technology in agriculture, a cultural shift in the field of agriculture and farmers ’level of education. The implementation in education was by inserted the lexicon with environmental themes of study in primary school.