Compound Sentences in the Go’ét Speeches at the Réjéng Community’s Penti Ceremony, Manggarai Regency

Abstract

This study aims to describe and analyze the form of compound sentences and the function of the go'ét speeches at the penti ceremony of the Réjéng community, Manggarai Regency. This type of qualitative research with data in the form of go'ét speech at the penti ceremony was obtained from several informants. The method used is the listening method and the interview method. The go'ét utterance is studied based on syntactic theory, especially compound sentences. Compound sentences are sentences that consist of two or more clauses. Between one clause with the other clauses are interconnected. Compound sentences consist of equivalent compound sentences, multilevel compound sentences, and mixed compound sentences. The go'ét utterance at the penti ceremony contains a compound sentence. The results showed that the utterance of go'ét-go'ét at the penti ceremony of the Réjéng community has a certain form and function. The form is a compound sentence equivalent to the density of 21 data, namely 1,4, 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 38. There are 16 data of equivalent compound sentences, namely, data 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 37, and 39. The functions to convey economy, health, unity and brotherhood, the environment, hope, and gratitude. There are 6 datas on economic problems, 11 datas on health problems, 3 datas related to environmental issues, 10 datas related to the issue of hope, and 7 datas about gratitude.