Social Status as a Nonverbal Language in Priyayi Society

An Etnopragmatics Symbolic Study

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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.020How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Ethnopragmatic, nonverbal language, priyayi, social status

Abstract

Social status in Priyayi society is considered important as a determinant of a person’s social degree. Social status is usually associated with rank, type of occupation, wealth, lineage, gender, community, and appearance. This article discusses social status as a static nonverbal language with the ethnopragmatics symbolic approach. A symbolic approach in the sense that almost all social status can only be interpreted if one knows the hidden symbolic meaning in the culture of society. Meanwhile, ethnopragmatics is an interdisciplinary approach between ethnography and pragmatics. Ethnography is the study of an object based on cultural background. Pragmatics is the study of the use of language on the basis of the context in which it is used. The data source for this research was priyayi people in the village of East Celeban, Umbulharja, Yogyakarta. The research data is in the form of descriptions of the social status of the priyayi in the data source. The data collection technique used observation. Data analysis was carried out through data identification, data classification, and interpretation of the results of data classification. This study aims to describe (a) a particular social status in Javanese society, and (b) the symbolic meaning of the social status of static nonverbal language. The study concluded that the East Celebans priyayi were little priyayi, based on their intellectual level. The little priyayi determines his social status through his social life and family life. Priyayi social life is influenced by static nonverbal language, including rank, language style, and wealth. Priyayi family life is influenced by static nonverbal language, including the wedlock and the lineage.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Candra Saputra
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/17
TI  - Social Status as a Nonverbal Language in Priyayi Society
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 131
EP  - 136
SN  - 2352-5398
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