Speech Acts At Kafi-A Ceremony In Kaledupa Community In Tukang Besi Islands, Waktobi Regency: Pragmatic Approach
- October 7, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRISS, Linguistics, Religion and Cultural Studies
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue IX, September 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
Nadir La Djamudi1, Nadjamuddin H. Abd. Safa2, Akin Duli3, Ikhwan M. Said4
1Students of Postgraduate Program in Linguistics, Hasanuddin University
2,3,4Cultural Sciences Faculty, Hasanuddin University
Abstract: This research aims to describe and to analyze the speech acts at kafi’a ceremony in Kaledupa community, Tukang Besi Islands. This study uses two methods, namely descriptive method and the qualitative method, by applying pragmatic approaches. This research was conducted in Kaledupa community in Kaledupa Islands. Primary data were in the form of oral data or speech uttered by informants at each stage of kafi-a ceremony in Kaledupa community. Meanwhile, secondary data consisted of data from informants before and after the kafi-a ceremony. Primary data were obtained from informants or speakers who were met directly in the field during the ceremony. Meanwhile, secondary data were obtained from informants or speakers met before and after the Kafi-a ceremony. Research data collection techniques were observation, note-taking, recording, elicitation, participatory observation, an open-ended interview. Data analysis included open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. Based on the discussion of the research results, it can be concluded that the form of speech acts in kafi-a ceremony of Kaledupa community consists of five types, namely assertive, directive, expressive, commissive, and declarative. Not all types of expressions are found at every stage of kafi-a ceremony because the activity of each stage is different.
Keywords: Speech Acts, Kafi-a Ceremony of Kaledupa Community, Pragmatic Approach
I. INTRODUCTION
Various ethnic groups in Indonesia contribute to the diversity of unique culture in each region. This diversity can be seen not only by the type of regional culture and ethnicity but also by the diversity of variations in the type of culture of each region (Hasyim, et al., 2019; Intan, 2018). Thus, our pride in the diversity of Indonesian culture is not only in its type but also in the diversity of each type of culture owned by each ethnic group in this country.
The explanation above can be exemplified by kafi-a (marriage, hereinafter kafi-a) ceremony. The kafi-a ceremony is one kind of culture found in all ethnic groups in Indonesia. However, kafi-a culture is not the same for every ethnic group in Indonesia. Kafi-a ceremony of the people of Tukang Besi Islands, Wakatobi Regency, is not the same as kafi-a ceremony in other communities in Indonesia. Moreover, among the tribes that inhabit an area in a regency,
