The Denotational Power of Speech in Ma’marakka Ritual

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10.2991/assehr.k.200325.070How to use a DOI?

Keywords

anthropolinguistic, denotational power, Ma’marakka ritual, Tana Toraja

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the denotational power of the utterance in the ritual and secondly and to observe the features of the ritual. Using a qualitative method, the research took place in Sangalla’ District, Tana Toraja. The data were collected using participant observation in the place where the ritual was held. Library and field research were conducted by recording and interviewing pa’marakka and passuling together with some people who know about the topic. Data were analysed using a descriptive qualitative method such as ethnography analysis and textual analysis. The result of this research showed that the features of ma’marakka ritual involved contextualization, parallelism, metaphor, and comparison. Denotational text means what is being said. It concerns the meaning of the structure of the text and person deictic and spatial deictic. Ma’marakka ritual in Tana Toraja has the power to influence the nature, the society and the life of the dead person’s family.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sisilia Mangopo
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/31
TI  - The Denotational Power of Speech in Ma’marakka Ritual
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 141
EP  - 144
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200325.070
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200325.070
ID  - Mangopo2020
ER  -