Language Style in Karonese Wedding Ceremony

Abstract

This study addressed the existence of language style in Karonese wedding ceremony in Keriantani. The objectives of the study were (1) to describe the language styles used in Karonese wedding ceremony, (2) to explain the realization of language styles in Karonese wedding ceremony. The method of the study was qualitative approach. It gave description about language styles used by Sangkep Nggeluh in Kerja Adat event. The object of this study is couple of newlywed in Karonese wedding ceremony which is held in Jambur RK Keriantani. The data are the transcription of the Sangkep Nggeluh utterances recording in Karonese wedding ceremony, especially in Kerja Adat event. The data are transcribed into texts. The data sources are taken from the recording of the Karonese wedding ceremony. The data were analyzed by using Mile and Huberman‟s data analysis. The technique of collecting the data of this research is recording, observing, and transcribing. The findings indicate that there were three language styles found in Karonese wedding ceremony, they were formal style, consultative style, and casual style