Kearifan Lokal Komunitas Petani dan Nelayan yang Tercermin di balik Bahasa dan Budaya Jawa Masyarakat Kebumen: Sebuah Kajian Etnolinguistik

ABSTRACT

H.D. Edi Subroto, Inyo Yos Fernandez, Wakit Abdullah, M.V. Sri Hartini, 2011, “Kearifan Lokal Komunitas Petani dan Nelayan yang Tercermin di balik Bahasa dan Budaya Jawa Masyarakat Kebumen: Sebuah Kajian Etnolinguistik”, Post Graduate Sebelas Maret University Surakarta.

This study aims to 1) Describe the preliminary data of language and culture aspect of farming and fishing community in the western part of Central Java at the lowlands and highlands. It is assumed that the language and culture elements in kebumen and Banyumas still original as a conservative Java Banyumas language. In adapting to its environment, through their collective intelligence transforms the livelihood from being farmers to fishermen, especially farmers who accupythe areas along the southern sea coast, after spreading their early lives from highland to lowland. 2) Describe the preliminary data categories and linguistic expression found in local knowledge system (cognition system) in the field of farmers and fishermen that contain local wisdom of indigenous Javanese farmers and fishermen which reflects their mindset, world view. 3) Describe the preliminary data about the sosiocultural factors ttat impact on community resistance and innovation of Java language and culture in the form of folklore(both verbal behavior as in the expression of the Java language and nonverbal behavior as in a ritual ceremony). 4) Inventorying and documenting preliminary data of folklore concerning language and culture of farmers and fishermen which aims to preserve it. It can prevent it from becoming extinct. It is assumed that folklore represent the knowledge of Javanese culture that reflects individual cognitive mind and then become collective mind of the community.

Cultural discourse in the field of language in the farmers and fishermen communities can the collected through data collection activities at the research location Watu Agung (Banyumas) and in Petanahan, Klirong and surrounding areas (Kebumen) with the participation, observation, based on ethnographic methods. This research is qualitative descriptive and exploratory, base on ethnolinguistics approach examines the relation of language and culture in an integrated way. Without ignoring both the dimension of micro linguistics study and macro linguistics study to assess the knowledge system of local communities without compromising the structure of language study. As a field study, data is obtained by in depth interviewing the informants as stated in ethnographic methods. The farmers and fishermen linguistics, data is analyzed by using taxonomic analysis, componential analysis, and domain analysis related to rhe cultural themes.

The results of this study include (1) sosio cultural aspect of the Java language and culture can the observed in the life of banyumas farmers due to the migration from the highlands (Watu Agung, Tambak, Banyumas) to the lowlends (south coast Kebumen). (2) Mindset, way of life and world view can be seen from their culture activities, both verbal and nonverbal. (3) Sosial and cultural factors of farmers and fishemen is their awareness of their existence as subsistence farmers (irreplaceable). (4) Their perception of the folklore associated with the Java language and the culture of farmers and fishermen are positive. This was reflected in their care and maintenance of the folklore associated with their belief in things that are mystical in nature around him.