The Function of Speech Acts in the Kette Katonga Weri Kawedo Tradition Ceremony in the Wewewa Dialect of Sumba

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10.2991/978-2-38476-014-5_37How to use a DOI?

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Kette Katonga Weri Kawedo; Wewewa Dialect in Sumba Language; speech acts; domination

Abstract

In this paper, the writer chooses the Kette Katonga Weri Kawedo tradition as the object of research which refers to elocutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary speech acts and their role in this tradition. Oral traditions realized through the use of BSDW will be a source of data that is analyzed to elaborate on the realization of speech acts in that language. The research aim is to know the function of speech acts contained in the Kette Katonga Weri Kawedo Tradition ceremony in The Wewewa Dialect of Sumba. This descriptive study describes speech acts in the Kette Katonga Weri Kawedo tradition in the Wewewa language in Southwest Sumba. This research was conducted using a qualitative approach. The result shows that In conclusion, the dominant speech act used in KKWK is an assertive speech act in which the truth of the proposition expressed binds the speakers. This speech manifests as declarative sentences, aiming to express and formulate ideas and thoughts. The dominant second speech act is the Directive speech act, which aims to produce an effect through an action performed by the speaker. This speech is realized in the form of ‘begging’ and ‘commanding’. Expressive speech acts also reveal or convey the speaker’s psychological attitude towards the situation experienced. These speech acts are manifested as declarative sentences in the form of ‘greetings’, ‘thank you’ and ‘giving praise’. Another speech act is commissive.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - I Gusti Made Sutjaja
AU  - I Nyoman Muliana
AU  - Natanias Gono Ate
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/03/01
TI  - The Function of Speech Acts in the Kette Katonga Weri Kawedo Tradition Ceremony in the Wewewa Dialect of Sumba
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Student Conference on Linguistics (ISCL 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 400
EP  - 409
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-014-5_37
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-014-5_37
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