Analisis Tuturan Dalam Proses Peminangan Masyarakat Kedang Omesuri, Kabupaten Lembata (Sebuah Kajian Pragmatik)

Abstract

Kedang language is a distinctive languagein Lembata, East of Nusa Tenggara. The uniqueness of Kedang language revealed in the utteranceof proposes process. The utterance appeared in several phases, namely introduction (oluqlokaweq/padayungnute), propose (dahangrehing), and belisdetermining (uang bele). This study aims at describing the form of utterance and describing the meaning of utterancein the propose process in KedangOmesuri, Lembata Regency. The method used in this research wasdescriptive qualitative method. The data source was the elders or personagein Kedang Omesuri and the data were in the form of written datasuch as books and articles about the propose tradition, while the oral data were obtained from elders or personage in KedangOmesuri. The data were obtained through observation, interview, recording, and documentation. The data then analyzedthrough(a) transcriptdata, (b) translation data, (c) data classification, (d) analysis, and (e) summarizing. The study showed that 17 utterances found in the propose process that consisted of 10 explicit meaningful utterances and 7 implicitmeaningful utterances. KedangOmesuri’s community used implicit meaningful utterances in the propose process for it was descended from their ancestors and was also the art expressionin communication.