Metafora Alam dan Lingkungan dalam Cerita Ceki pada Masyarakat Tutur Manggarai
Nature and Environmental Metaphors in the Ceki Story of the Manggarai Speech Community
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https://doi.org/10.64674/boraspatijournal.v3i1.74Keywords:
Ceki, Ekolinguistik, Manggarai, Metafora, Tradisi LisanAbstract
Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis metafora alam dan lingkungan dalam cerita lisan Ceki pada masyarakat Manggarai. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif dengan data berupa ungkapan dalam cerita Ceki Rutung dan Ceki Lusa. Data diperoleh melalui wawancara mendalam dengan tokoh adat dan dokumentasi tuturan, kemudian dianalisis berdasarkan kategori metafora dan makna kontekstualnya. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat 13 ungkapan yang berkaitan dengan musibah, larangan adat, konsekuensi tindakan, kehancuran, keterpasungan, penyakit, dan kematian. Berdasarkan klasifikasi penelitian, sepuluh ungkapan termasuk kategori perumpamaan semesta, dua kategori karakteristik tumbuhan, dan satu kategori karakteristik hewan. Temuan ini menunjukkan bahwa metafora dalam cerita Ceki merepresentasikan pemaknaan budaya mengenai hubungan antara tindakan manusia, larangan adat, dan konsekuensi yang menyertainya. Dengan demikian, cerita Ceki menjadi sarana pewarisan nilai budaya dan pandangan masyarakat Manggarai tentang tanggung jawab serta kepatuhan terhadap ketentuan leluhur.
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