JAVANESE LANGUAGE SYNESTHESIA IN THE RUBRIC OF FOLKLORES IN DJAKA LODANG MAGAZINE 2015

Abstract

            This research was aimed to describe the synesthesia of Javanese language in the rubric of folklores magazine Djaka Lodang 2015. The purpose of this study was to explain the type of synesthesia, the meaning of synesthesia, and synesthesia functions used in the rubric of folklore magazine Djaka Lodang 2015. This research was classified as descriptive research. The data in this research were words, phrases, and clauses that have changed in meaning because of the exchange of sense responses in the rubric of folklore magazine Djaka Lodang 2015. Sources of research data was rubric folklore magazine Djaka Lodang. The folklores were Arya Penangsang, Jaka Sangkrip, Raden Budog, and Maliwis Putih. Technique used to collect data was by reading and writing. The tool in this research was the the researcher herself. The data was analyzed using descriptive analysis. The data were also validated using the validity of triangulation theory and the validity of contextual semantics.

            Furthermore, the reliability used was reliability stability. The result of this research were the types of synesthesia, the meaning of synesthesia and the functions of synessthisia used in the rubric of folklore Djaka Lodang magazine 2015. There were nine types of synesthisia in the rubric of folklores in Djaka Lodang magazine 2015. They were the synesthesia from the sense of touch to the sense of sight, the synesthesia from the sense of hearing to the senses of vision, synesthesia from the senses of vision into the sense of hearing, the synesthesia of the sense of taste into the sense of sight, the synesthesia from the sense of smell to the sense of sight, the synesthesia from the sense of touch to the sense of hearing, the synesthesia from the sense of taste to the sense of hearing, the synesthesia from the sense of smell to the sense of hearing, and the synesthesia of the sense of taste into the sense of touch. There were three meaning of synesthesia in the rubric of folklores in Djaka Lodang magazine 2015. They were affective meanings, referential meanings, and connotative meanings. There were six functions of synesthesia in the rubric of folklores in Djaka Lodang magazine 2015. They were softening the meaning, showing the anger, showing the like, showing dislike, giving description, and emphasizing the meaning.