scholarly journals Revitalizing Local Wisdom in Balinese Simile: An Effort to Enhance Balinese Youth Character

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-144
Author(s):  
I Nyoman Kardana ◽  
I Gusti Ngurah Adi Rajistha ◽  
Made Sri Satyawati
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Metaphorical Language ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
Form Function ◽  
Language Needs ◽  
Local Languages

The moral message in local languages is often referred to as local wisdom. Local wisdom plays a very important role in people's lives since it is used as a means and basis for solving their encountered various problems. As one of the big local languages in Indonesia, the Balinese language contains many figurative languages that are rich in local wisdom values. The values have proven to be a shield to protect the Balinese people and their culture from the globalization attack. For this reason, local wisdom found in Balinese figurative language needs to be revitalized to be understood and implemented by the younger generation of Bali. One of the figurative languages studied in this study is the simile. Similes of the Balinese language are studied by combining three approaches, namely ecolinguistic, pragmatic, and cultural approaches, to reach detailed analysis results. Simile as part of a metaphor is an expression or discourse conveyed by the speaker indirectly to the interlocutor with certain aims and objectives. The ecolinguistic approach examines the form, function, and meaning or ideology contained in metaphorical language. Meanwhile, a pragmatic approach and a cultural approach are used to assist the ecolinguistic approach in uncovering the functions of figurative language in society and explaining the meaning or ideology existing in Balinese society. The values were reviewed for relevance to the current people's lives contaminated by information technology and tourism development.

The Philological Endeavours of the Early Arabic Linguists: Theological Implications of the tawqīf-iṡṫilāh Antithesis and the majāz Controversy (Part II)

2000 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustafa Shah
Keyword(s):  
Figurative Language ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Metaphorical Language ◽  
Islamic Tradition ◽  
Religious Significance ◽  
Origin Of Language ◽  
Ibn Taymiyya ◽  
The Aesthetic

The concluding part of the article pursues the theoretical arguments which relate to the tawqīf-işṭilāḥ debate on the origin of language and the intricate link with the concept of majāz. The article attempts to show how the question of the origin of language was imported into the controversy relating to the resort to metaphor and figurative language in the exegesis of the Qur'an and Prophetic dicta. Moreover, there was concern in some quarters that religious doctrines were being articulated through a veneer of metaphorical language. Some theologians had, in presenting a hypothesis for the existence of tropical expressions in the idiom of Arabic, referred to the concept of işṭilāḥ to justify their arguments, whilst tawqīf al-lugha was adduced to counter such reasoning. The religious significance of the issue is highlighted by Ibn Taymiyya who advances the thesis that the evolved concept of majāz was expressly formulated at a posterior juncture in the development of the Islamic tradition. He vociferously argues that a developed concept of majāz was insidiously exploited by those with preconceived theological motives. The article shows why Ibn Taymiyya had to discard the perceived sacrosanct doctrine of tawqīfal-lugha in order to refute theoretically the concept of majāz. This also meant that for scholars of the same view as Ibn Taymiyya, the aesthetic features associated with the device of majāz were summarily disregarded. Nevertheless, a concept of majāz was explicitly endorsed as an indisputable feature of the Arabic language by a majority of scholars.

Metaphor and Analogy in Theology: A Choice between Lions and Witches, and Wardrobes?

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 696-717
Author(s):  
Ligita Ryliškytė
Keyword(s):  
Figurative Language ◽  
Metaphorical Language ◽  
Mystical Tradition ◽  
Theological Discourse

Through a reconsideration of metaphorical language in its relation to analogy, this essay brings into conversation the divergent currents of spirituality and theology. The author advocates a theological approach which values and appropriately employs both analogical and figurative language as the means for integrating the speculative and spiritual dimensions of theological discourse. In particular, by referring to the Christian mystical tradition, metaphor can be deployed as a creative modification of the standard triplex via of analogical predication.

scholarly journals Analisis Deiksis dalam Film “Yowis Ben 2” Karya Bayu Skak dan Fajar Nugros: Sebuah Kajian Pragmatik (An Analysis of Deixis in “Yowis Ben 2” Film Bayu Skak and Fajar Nugros: a Pragmatics Study)

JALABAHASA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Anisa Dimas ◽  
Yazid Rivai
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Local Language ◽  
Community Environment ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Regional Languages ◽  
Dimensions Of Space ◽  
Local Languages ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Film “Yowis Ben 2” merupakan salah satu film komedi Indonesia yang memasukkan unsur bahasa daerah di dalam percakapannya. Hal tersebut menjadi nilai lebih untuk meninggikan bahasa daerah di lingkungan masyarakat. Penelitian ini berbentuk penelitian deskriptif kualitatif dengan pendekatan pragmatik, yaitu analisis deiksis. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan bentuk-bentuk deiksis dalam film “Yowis Ben 2” karya Bayu Skak dan Fajar Nugros. Sumber data penelitian ini adalah percakapan yang terdapat di dalam film tersebut. Berdasarkan penelitian, film “Yowis Ben 2” memuat bahasa daerah yang merujuk pada suatu kegiatan yang sedang dibicarakan serta memiliki hubungan dengan dimensi ruang dan waktu pada saat dituturkan oleh pembicara atau yang diajak bicara. Deiksis berfungsi untuk memperjelas isi ujaran dalam film “Yowis Ben 2” karya Bayu Skak dan Fajar Nugros. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya ujaran deiksis persona, waktu, tempat, sosial, dan wacana. “Yowis Ben 2” is an Indonesian comedy movie that includes elements of local language in the conversation. This elements of local language becomes more value to elevate regional languages in the community environment. This research is in the form of a descriptive qualitative research with a pragmatic approach, namely deixis analysis. The purpose of this study is to describe deixis in the movie “Yowis Ben 2” by Fajar Nugros and Bayu Skak. The data source of this research is the conversations contained in the movie. Based on research, the “Yowis Ben 2” movie contains local languages that refer to an activity being discussed and has a relationship with the dimensions of space and time when spoken by the speaker or the person being spoken to. Deixis functions to clarify the contents in utterances that contain persona, time, place, discourse, and social.

scholarly journals The Poetic Bliss of the Re-described Reality: Wallace Stevens: Poetry, Philosophy, and the Figurative Language

Text Matters ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 423-432
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Hołda
Keyword(s):  
Figurative Language ◽  
Wallace Stevens ◽  
The Other ◽  
Clear Distinction ◽  
Literary Discourse ◽  
Metaphorical Language ◽  
Philosophy And Literature ◽  
The One

The article addresses the issue of the intimate but troublesome liaison between philosophy and literature—referred to in scholarship as “the ancient quarrel between poets and philosophers.” Its aim is double-fold. First, it traces the interweaving paths of philosophical and literary discourse on the example of Wallace Stevens’s oeuvre. It demonstrates that this great American modernist advocates a clear distinction between poetry and philosophy on the one hand, but draws on and dramatizes philosophical ideas in his poems on the other. The vexing character of his poetic works exemplifies the convoluted and inescapable connections between philosophy and poetry. Second, it discusses various approaches to metaphor, highlighting Stevens’s inimitable take on it. The diverse ways of tackling metaphorical language cognize metaphor’s re-descriptive and reconfiguring character. They embrace e.g., Stevens’s concept of metaphor as metamorphosis, or as “resemblance rather than imitation.” The to date interpretations of Stevens’s poetry in the light of a whole host of philosophies yield important insights into the meaningful interconnections between poetry and philosophy. However, rather than offering another interpretation of his poems from a given philosophical angle, the versatile voices presented here interrogate what poetry consists in.

scholarly journals Metaphorical language processing and amygdala activation in L1 and L2

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Citron ◽  
Nora Michaelis ◽  
Adele Eva Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Language Processing ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Small Volume ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Metaphorical Language ◽  
Amygdala Activation ◽  
Psycholinguistic Variables ◽  
L2 Learners ◽  
L1 And L2 ◽  
Increased Activity

The present study aims to investigate the neural correlates of processing conventional figurative language in non-native speakers in a comparison with native speakers. Italian proficient L2 learners of German and German native speakers read conventional metaphorical statements as well as literal paraphrases that were comparable on a range of psycholinguistic variables. Results confirm previous findings that native speakers show increased activity for metaphorical processing, and left amygdala activation increases with increasing Metaphoricity. At the whole-brain level, L2 learners showed the expected overall differences in activation when compared to native speakers (in the fronto-temporal network). But L2 speakers did not show any distinctive activation outside the caudate nucleus as Metaphoricity increased, suggesting that the L2 speakers were less affected by increasing Metaphoricity than native speakers were. With small volume correction, only a single peak in the amygdala reached threshold for L2 speakers as Metaphoricity increased. The findings are consistent with the view that metaphorical language is more engaging for native speakers but not necessarily for L2 speakers.

scholarly journals METAFORA SEKSUAL DALAM SERAT CENTHINI SEBAGAI WUJUD REPRESENTASI AJARAN KESEMPURNAAN HIDUP MASYARAKAT JAWA

ALAYASASTRA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Nurnaningsih Nurnaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
World View ◽  
Meaning Of Life ◽  
Roland Barthes ◽  
Linguistic Data ◽  
Metaphorical Language ◽  
The People ◽  
Data Source

ABSTRAKMetafora seks dalam Serat Centhini termasuk bahasa figuratif. Bahasa sebenarnya sebuah tanda yang mencerminkan pola pikir, pandangan hidup atau pandangan dunia masyarakatnya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menemukan ajaran kesempurnaan hidup di balik metafora seks dalam Serat Centhini. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif. Metode penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Teori yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah teori mitologi Roland Barthes tentang signifikasi makna. Sumber data dalam penelitian ini adalah Serat Centhini berupa tulisan Latin terdiri dari 12 jilid diterbitkan oleh Karkono Kamajaya melalui Yayasan Centhini tahun 1986 dan narasumber. Datanya berupa data kebahasaan yang berwujud larik yang ada berikut metaforiknya, terutama yang mengandung metafora seksual dan transliterasi hasil wawancara. Hasil penelitian ditemukan bahwa ajaran seks dalam SC yang diwujudkan dengan gaya bahasa metafora sebenarnya mencerminkan pandangan hidup masyarakat Jawa. Manusia hendaknya selalu sadar akan bibit kawite 'asal mulanya' dan harus berupaya memaknai makna hidup ini untuk menuju kesempurnaan hidup atau manunggaling kawula Gusti. Konsep ini dalam SC sering diungkapkan dengan bahasa yang arkais, indah, dan santun.Kata kunci: metafora seksual, Serat Centhini, ajaran hidup ABSTRACT Sex metaphor in Serat Centhini (SC) is included in  figurative language. Language is actually a sign that reflects the mindset, outlook on life or world view of the people. The purpose of this study is to find the teachings of the perfection of life behind the sex metaphor in SC. This type of research is qualitative research and the method used is descriptive qualitative. The theory used in this research is Roland Barthes's mythology about the significance of meaning. The data source in this research is SC in the Latin writing consists of 12 volumes published by Karkono Kamajaya through Centhini Foundation in 1986 and information from some  informants. The data is linguistic data in the form of an array and its metaphorics, especially that is containing the metaphors of sexual tools and the results of interviews. Sexual intercourse taught in SC with metaphorical language style reminds that humans should always be aware of bibit kawite ‘the origin of marriage'  and must try to interpret the meaning of life in order to achieve the perfection of life ‘manunggaling kawula Gusti.’ This concept in SC is often expressed in an archaic, beautiful, and polite language.Keywords: sexual metaphors, Serat Centhini, teachings of life

Pragmatics and Critical Discourse Analysis

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Wodak
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Jewish Community ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Context Analysis ◽  
Anti Semitism ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches

This paper discusses important and fruitful links between (Critical) Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics. In a detailed analysis of three utterances of an election speech by the Austrian rightwing politician Jörg Haider, it is illustrated in which ways a discourse-analytical and pragmatic approach grasps the intricacy of anti-Semitic meanings, directed towards the President of the Viennese Jewish Community. The necessity of in-depth context-analysis in multiple layers (from the socio-political context up to the co-text of each utterance) moreover emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary approaches when investigating such complex issues as racism and anti-Semitism as produced and reproduced in discourse. More specifically, the relevance of pragmatic devices such as insinuations, presuppositions and implicatures, is discussed when analyzing instances of ‘coded language’, i.e., utterances with indirect and latent racist and anti-Semitic meanings as common in official discourses in Western Europe.

scholarly journals Information Technology Students’ Language Needs for their ESP Course

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Parisa Balaei ◽  
Touran Ahour
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Technology Students ◽  
Professional Needs ◽  
Language Needs ◽  
Information Technology Students

The purpose of this study was to find the needs of Iranian undergraduate Information Technology (IT) engineering students for their ESP course. To this end, a needs analysis questionnaire was administered to 30 undergraduate IT students to elicit information about their needs in English language at Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch. The results of data analysis revealed that among four skills reading was the highly needed skill followed by writing. It was also found that a majority of participants were dissatisfied with the current ESP courses for undergraduate students. This, in fact, indicated that ESP curricula have not yet been successfully developed in satisfying the students’ professional needs in target situations. Findings point to the fact that ESP and its teaching in Iran has to undergo serious rethinking not only in the content of the course but also the whole process of teaching the language. The findings can help course designers to both put much more credit for ESP courses, and consider appropriate and suitable materials which can give useful information to the students. It can also help ESP teachers to meet the language needs of their students. 

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