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- Title
The Text of Minangkabau Collective Riddles: Format, Figurative Language, and Social Function for the Collective Owners.
- Authors
Hasanuddin W. S.; Emidar; Zulfadhli
- Abstract
This research article aims to describe the format, figurative language, and social function of the traditional oral texts of Minangkabau collective riddles in West Sumatra, Indonesia. This research is based on the theory of folklore where riddles are categorized as a significant part of oral tradition that grows and develops orally and traditionally within the Minangkabau collective. The description of the research findings will explain the following points. First, how the format of riddles, consisting of descriptions or questions (descriptive) and answers (referent), is used by the Minangkabau collective. Secondly, it explains how the Minangkabau collective oral style uses figurative language to compose the format of descriptions or questions (descriptive) riddles that they ask to be answered by their listeners. Thirdly, it describes the Minangkabau collective attitude of the owners of the oral tradition, and it explains the importance of the riddles in their social life. This finding is in line with the theory about the social function of oral tradition for the collective owner.
- Subjects
WEST Sumatra (Indonesia); FIGURES of speech; RIDDLES
- Publication
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0975-2935
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21659/rupkatha.v15n3.15