The Speech Acts in Kette Katonga Weri Kawedo Tradition in the Sumba Language Wewewa Dialect

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10.2991/978-2-38476-014-5_44How to use a DOI?

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

Abstract

It was believed that the Ata Panewe (spokesperson) controlled the Sumbanese people's customary march during the Kette Katonga Weri Kawedo ceremony. In general, these spokespeople are traditional leaders found in every tribe or territory of Sumba. Ata Panewe accompanied the male family to the female family's home in order to announce their intention to propose to a woman. The objective of this study is to understand the speech acts contained in the Kette Katonga Weri Kawedo tradition in the Wewewa dialect of the Sumbawa language. This study employs qualitative data, namely data offered in all kinds of oral speech directly spoken by Ata Panewa during the Kette Katonga Weri Kawedo Weri Kawedo event. According to the research findings, the KKWK utterances contain locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary speech acts. In general, locutionary speech acts include news locutionary speech acts, command locations, and question locations. News locutions are uttered in the form of declarative sentences that attempt to provide information where the meaning of the word is conveyed by the spoken utterance. In this instance, news locutions are employed to say something to others in order to elicit a response from the interlocutor in the shape of attention. Speakers use locutionary directives to demand an action-based response from the interlocutor. This type is characterized by phrases that command the interlocutor to perform an action. In addition, speakers use the locutionary query to pose a question to the interlocutor. Lastly, inquiry locutionary utterances typically take the form of interrogative sentences.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Natanias Gono Ate
AU  - I Gusti Made Sutjaja
AU  - I Nyoman Muliana
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/03/01
TI  - The Speech Acts in Kette Katonga Weri Kawedo Tradition in the Sumba Language Wewewa Dialect
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Student Conference on Linguistics (ISCL 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 476
EP  - 488
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-014-5_44
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-014-5_44
ID  - Ate2023
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