E LINGUISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF JAVANESE NAMES A CASE STUDY IN SURAKARTA CENTRAL JAVA
Journal Title: Asian Journal Social Sciences & Humanities - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
The aim of this research is to discover the linguistic characteristics which appear through the distribution of vowels and consonants in Javanese names, based on a close look at the form, position, and distribution of vowels and consonants. This research was deemed important in order to help avoid making mistakes in pronouncing Javanese names, in particular by people from outside the ethnic Javanese community, since there is a wide variety of vowels and consonants in the Javanese language system. A qualitative descriptiveresearch method was used. The data was collected from a list of names from the Department of Demography in the city of Surakarta. From the analysis that was carried out into the linguistic construction, it was discovered which variations of vowels were more prominent. Based on the position of the vowels in Javanese names, eleven vocoid phones were identified at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of Javanese names. An analysis of the consonants showed that there was a tendency towards a systemized used of prothesis, epenthesis, and paragogue. All three apply to both modern and traditional (old) Javanese names. It is hoped that this study of the linguistic characteristics of Javanese names will help to set straight a number of views from the past which need to be re-examined in order to gain a clearer picture of the everchanging development of ideas and cultural taste inthe Javanese community.
Authors and Affiliations
Sahid Teguh Widodo
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP87534
- DOI -
- Views 186
- Downloads 0
INFLUENCE OF WEB ADVERTISING ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR IN MAIDUGURI METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
The study investigates the influence of web advertising on consumers in Maiduguri Metropolis. 150 questionnaires were distributed randomly to respondents scattered in the two Local Government Areas that made u...
UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP STANDARDS AND ETHICAL PRACTICES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Through a review of contemporary criminal justice literature the present study provides a concise analysis of standards expected of good leaders and the ethical practices associated with quality leadership. It no...
Armed Violence and Street Children in Northern Uganda, 1986 To 2014
The armed conflict in northern Uganda between 1986 and 2006 was, above all, a war against children. This paper examines the origins of street children in Northern Uganda with the view to elucidate the role played by thi...
ON PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: CAN IT BE A SCIENCE?
This study aims at investigating Philosophical anthropology which is commonly accepted as a multidisciplinary approach to human sciences. Philosophical anthropology is philosophy of man which considers the phenomenon of...
POSTMODERNISM: ISSUES AND PROBLEMS
This article is a general reading on postmodernism. After modernism, as a new literary and sociological trend, postmodernism got huge attention as well as criticism. This article, at first,...