THE LANGUAGE OF THE BETUNGKAL CEREMONY: AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH
| Autor: | Mark Garner, Iwan Supardi |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Indonesian |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | Kajian Linguistik dan Sastra, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 38-47 (2008) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0852-9604 2541-2558 |
| DOI: | 10.23917/kls.v20i1.4954 |
| Popis: | The discourse of ritual may be one of the clearest and most fundamental mani- festations of language in its ecological setting. It simultaneously manifests and re- creates the three dynamic systems of sociality—communication, culture, and com- munity. In this paper we examine the language in betungkal, a traditional anoint- ing ceremony of West Kalimantan. The language is characterized by complex pat- terning, showing by both constant repetition and variation, and thus demonstrates the fundamental processes of predictability and creativity by which every form of linguistic communication operates. It is a paradigmatic example of how language is taught and reinforced, from discourse as embedded in the environment, to a community’s members of whatever age. At the same time it inevitably teaches and reinforces the community’s identity and its cultural values and practices. Key words: ecological approach, anointing, ritual art, and betungkal. |
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