The Deteriorating Register on Papalele Women Profession

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10.2991/assehr.k.211226.039How to use a DOI?

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papalele women; deteriorating register; Ambonese Malay language

Abstract

Papalele is a tradition where adult women of Ambon’s mountainous areas would sell crops. Nowadays, the number of papalele women that go around selling crops is decreased. This affects the deteriorating register in Ambonese Malay language (AML) concerning their profession. Based on that background, a qualitative study was conducted on papalele women from mountainous areas, i.e. the villages Ema, Kilang, Hutumuri, and Hatalai. The data was collected using the open interview method, then analyzed descriptively and introspectively. The study results show that the deteriorated register occurs in the form of specific words and phrases; with politerm-monoterm pattern; (ii) symmetrical substitution pattern. The cause of the decreasing number of papalele women in the intensity of papalele activity is the effort to increase the family’s social status, thus the inheritance efforts of this tradition to the younger generation are close to never. The papalele women themselves have, indirectly, contributed to the deteriorating register of their profession.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Romilda Arivina da Costa
AU  - Falantino Eryk Latupapua
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/27
TI  - The Deteriorating Register on Papalele Women Profession
BT  - Proceedings of the International Congress of Indonesian Linguistics Society (KIMLI 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 188
EP  - 193
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211226.039
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211226.039
ID  - daCosta2021
ER  -