Study of Kata Kolok (Signs and their meanings)

DOI

10.2991/icollite-18.2019.1How to use a DOI?

Keywords

language preservation/maintenance; sign language; text; kata kolok

Abstract

This research focuses on Bali sign language namely, kata kolok, a natural sign language in Bengkala village, Buleleng, Bali. Kata Kolok is conventionally created by the local deaf community, specifically on their idea and thought to describe their religious living, customs and culture. The aim of this research is to enrich references of a sign language system contributed by sign language owned by the Kolok community in Bengkala. The data obtained is primary, qualitative; those are lexicon, expression, sentences, text in the form of sign language. The data were collected by observation, video recording and direct interviewing. The data analysis is conducted by cognitive anthropology method or new ethnography. In the future, this research is expected to generate a Kata Kolok Dictionary, a comprehensive documentation and effective information dedicated to the signer or the sign language user, and also as the preservation of Kata Kolok as natural sign language. The main findings this research is a series of signs and their meaning which are categorized into three clusters of sign and meaning namely: meaning related to religion, meaning related to customs and meaning related to culture.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Dian Rahmani Putri
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