Transform : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning
Vol 9, No 2 (2020)

SATIRE IN JAVANESE TRADITIONAL PROVERB

Zacki Irfansyah (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Syamsul Bahri (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Juli Rachmadhani Hasibuan (Universitas Negeri Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Apr 2021

Abstract

The study deals with the satire in Javanese traditional proverb. The objectives of the study were to find out the kinds of satire in Javanese traditional proverb and the use of those proverbs. The research method of this study is textual research. The data of this study were taken from fourty Javanese traditional proverbs that have been choosen before. The data of this research were analyzed by using Alviani’s theory. The researcher found there are sixteen proverbs included in irony, fourteen proverbs included in cynicism, nine proverbs included in sarcasm and one proverb included in satire type. The used of satire in Javanese proverb is to express the opinion, advice, purpose or idea in a figurative language to avoid someone gets hurt and hope that someone can be better.Keywords: Javanese, Proverb, Satire

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jelt

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Electrical & Electronics Engineering Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

Transform Journal is an open-access electronic journal that supports research in the field of Linguistics, Literature, and English Language Teaching. The aim of the journal is to publish academic research on applied linguistics relevant to actual issues and to be a publication platform for original ...