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The Comparative Analysis of Cultural Aspect in the Idioms of Zodiac Animals in Indonesian and Chinese Language

Authors
Dian Sari Unga Waru1, *, Ria Riski Marsuki2, Firman Saleh3
1,2,3Faculty of Cultural Science, Hasanuddin University
*Corresponding author. Email: diansariungawaru@unhas.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Dian Sari Unga Waru
Available Online 27 April 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220408.037How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Comparative; Culture; Idiom; Zodiac Animals
Abstract

Language is a part of culture. In the modern world, people who have the ability to speak other languages beside mother language are no longer taboo. Learning the second language, probably will find some dynamics, including interesting things in the foreign language. Researcher’s mother language is Bahasa, and Chinese language is another language that has been studied as the second language, found the interest in idioms. China as a country that has a variety of cultures and traditions and also socio-cultural conditions, has a distinctive culture of trust in the 12chinese zodiac animals. The existence of the 12 chinese zodiac animals in the proverbs in Mandarin and Indonesian, raises the idea to explore how the comparison of both in terms of socio-cultural elements contained in the meaning of 12 chinese zodiac animals proverbs. The purpose of this article is to compare the cultural viewpoints that form the idioms of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals. The result is the use of the twelve elements of this Chinese zodiac animals in the proverb represents the character represented in the element, the existence of the similarity of nature and circumstances possessed. However, not all the idioms of the twelve zodiac animals are related to the social and cultural background of their lives.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 9th Asbam International Conference (Archeology, History, & Culture In The Nature of Malay) (ASBAM 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
27 April 2022
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.220408.037
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220408.037How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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