Abstract:
This study deals with “The Study of Figurative Language in Gayonese’s
Traditional Melengkan”. The aims of this research were to find out the types of
figurative languages in Gayonese's traditional melengkan, discover the dominant
types of figurative languages and find out the reasons why these types of
figurative languages are used in Gayonese's traditional melengkan. Data from this
study were taken from the speaker’s recording of Melengkan and supported by the
interview with him. The data of this research were figurative languages in
Melengkan used in Wedding ceremony of Gayonese’s traditional tradition. The
data were analyzed by transcribing the recording of Melengkan and classifying the
result by the interview. Data collection techniques through observation, recording
of the speaker and interviewing, then the data is transcribing and then translating
into Indonesian and then into English, identifying the types of figurative
languages that exist in Gayonese's traditional melengkan. There were found that’s
19 data, simile simile of 2 or 10,52%, metaphor of 3 or 15,78%, or repetition of 5
or 26,32%, hyperbole of 6 or 31,60% and personification as much as 3 or 15,78%
and hyperbole was the dominant type of figurative language in melengkan
Gayonese's traditional tradition.
