mengenaitopik

Mengenaitopik is a theoretical concept in linguistics and information science that describes how a text or discourse centers on a topic and organizes related subtopics around it. It captures the idea of topical unity, where sentences and phrases are chosen and arranged to reinforce a central topic and to develop its related facets. The term is formed from Indonesian words mengenai meaning about and topik meaning topic, and is used in discussions of discourse structure and information organization.

In practice, mengenaitopik identifies a central topic anchor and a set of subtopics connected through hierarchical or associative relationships. The structure can be linear, where subtopics follow a clear progression, or multidimensional, where several subtopics are explored in parallel. Analysts look for cues such as referential cohesion, topic labels, and discourse markers that signal topic shifts or maintenance.

Applications include improving summarization, where a mengenaitopik-based slice preserves the core topic and its subtopics; information retrieval and search, where topic-centered representations aid ranking; and language teaching, where learners practice maintaining topical coherence. It also informs topic-modeling approaches that aim to capture meaningful topic anchors rather than word-level cooccurrence alone.

Example: a text about cuaca (weather) may have mengenaitopik with central topic cuaca, subtopics suhu, kelembapan, and curah hujan. Sentences would repeatedly connect to these anchors to maintain coherence.

See also: discourse analysis, topic modeling, coherence, aboutness.