Ethnolinguistic Studies: The Implicature Of Proverbs In The Dialogue Of The Film Entitled Ngeri-Ngeri Sedap Through Pragmatic Analysis (original) (raw)

In this film (Ngeri-Ngeri Sedap), Pak Domu (Domu's Father) tries to present the image of a good and harmonious family in society through Batak Toba's cultural values. However, Pak Domu tended to impose his will on his children and wife, causing many conflicts in this family. In addition, the cultural context depicted in the story of the film Ngeri-Ngeri Sedap is identified through the proverbs conveyed in the dialogue and studied linguistically using an ethnolinguistic approach that focuses on quality and relevance to traditional language issues. Specifically, library study techniques are used in collecting data or information by Zaim (2014), and pragmatic analysisprovided by Van Dijk (1997)-will be taken to understand the text and the relationship between the context of the sentence by the speakers. To sum up, several functions of proverbs can be identified, such as satire, indicating the opposite, conveyed by Gabe and the purpose of advice revealed by Opung Domu to Pak Domu, and sarcasm conveyed by her towards Pak Domu and the purpose of complaint intended for his behavior towards her. This issue can not separated from his role as par-halanghulu and because of the role of women in Toba Batak, namely boru ni rajami and inang soripada.