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Folk Onomastics Study of Anthroponymy Found in Babad Banjoemas Wirjaatmadjan Chusni Hadiati
Journal of Language and Literature Vol 21, No 2 (2021): October
Publisher : Universitas Sanata Dharma

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (403.33 KB) | DOI: 10.24071/joll.v21i2.3167

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Folk onomastics is a sub-category of socio-onomastics which deals with people’s beliefs and perceptions of names and name use. Interestingly, pragmatics also plays important role in the study of onomastics as names cannot be split up from the context where they are used. The phenomenon of anthroponymy that gradually advances relates to the development of human civilization. Personal name is very pivotal in human life due to the role of name bearers’ in history.  Name is not only a name for it carries something along with it throughout the time particularly those who have power and position in history. Babad Banjoemas Wirjaatmadjan (BBW) was a chronicle of Banyumas regency from 1582 until 1932 which was written by Raden Wirjaatmadjan and continued by Raden Poerwasoepradja. As a chronicle of Banyumas regency, BBW displays historical names and aliases related to the cultural context of Banyumas. This article tries to dig out the phenomenon of anthroponymy of Banyumas’ regency leaders (bupati) in BBW as the names indicate the historical background of the bearers. Thus, the research spotlights the cultural values carried by alias or pseudonym of Banyumas leaders. Utilizing descriptive qualitative and library research, I found out that bupati’s names and aliases in BBW were classified based on five conditions: place of death, place of retirement, place of banishment, medal of appreciation, and lifelong action. The result highlights the traditional proverb that good men must die but death cannot kill their names.
Positive Politeness Strategies on Billboards for Legislative Candidates in Banyumas Regency in 2024 Hadiati, Chusni; Rahayu, Ely Triasih; Yanti, Sri Nani Hari; Kuntarto, Kuntarto
Journal of Language and Literature Vol 25, No 1 (2025): April
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/joll.v25i1.9597

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This study examines positive politeness strategies in commissive speech acts on billboards of legislative candidates in the Banyumas Regency in 2024. Prospective legislative candidates use this billboard to capture votes in their constituencies. Campaign billboards often contain political promises as a form of commissive speech acts.  This study aims to fill the gap in previous research that has not examined commissive speech acts in the context of campaign billboards, emphasizing a pragmatic approach to understanding how language functions in political communication. All the data were in the form of text from 210 billboards photographed along Banyumas protocol roads, and 30 of them contained positive politeness. The data were analyzed based on positive politeness strategies according to Brown and Levinson’s theory. The results showed that legislative candidates used eight positive politeness strategies to express commissive speech acts. Those strategies are giving promises, giving reasons, being optimistic, being concerned about the hearer’s wants, making jokes, using group identity markers, giving gifts to the hearer, and using exaggeration. These strategies help convey campaign messages clearly and attract the attention of potential voters. This research contributes to understanding the use of language strategies in the context of political campaigns and proposes further research to evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies in winning voters’ votes. The findings are expected to provide practical benefits for legislative candidates and enrich the study of pragmatics in the political context.