HELLEN AMELIA NAPU AMALO Pengarang NOVRIANI RABEKA MANAFE Dosen Pembimbing 2 Johnson W. Haan Dosen Pembimbing 1 Novriani Rabeka Manafe Penguji 2 Yunita Reny Bani Bili Ketua Penguji Johnson W. Haan Penguji 1

This thesis is entitled A Study of Connectors in Kupang Malay Found in the story book “Yusuf Pung Carita Dalam Bahasa Kupang”. The aims of this research were to find out the types of connectors found in the story book of Joseph, to find out how are connectors of each type formed, and to find out the functions of connectors found in the story book of Joseph entitled “Yusuf pung Carita dalam Bahasa Kupang”. This research used a qualitative method, to describe the kinds, functions and fomation of connectors in the story book of Joseph. The object of this research is a story book entitled “Yusuf pung Carita dalam Bahasa Kupang”. This research was conducted in three weeks in Oepoi, Kupang 4th until 24th July 2021. In collecting the data, the writer used the documentary study technique. From the data collection, the writer found that there are seven types of connectors based on function in the 14 chapters of the story book about Joseph entitled “Yusuf Pung Carita dalam bahasa Kupang” taken from the book of Genesis of the bible, verses 39-50. The seven types of Kupang Malay connectors are cause and effect, condition, contrast or opposite ideas, examples, explanation or equivalence, summary or conclusion and time and time sequence. The seven connectors types are formed from base word into single word connectors, from two or more words into phrasal connectors and into compound word connectors. The functions of seven types of Kupang Malay connectors are connectors functioning to: introduce or connect effects and causes, connectors functioning to introduce or connect conditions and events, to introduce or connect two contrastive events or opposite events, connectors functioning to introduce examples of statements, introduce explanation or equivalence of events, to introduce summary or conclusion, and connectors functioning to introduce time and time sequence. Keywords: Compound, Connectors, Kupang Malay, Qualitative method