CULTURAL SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF THE NAMES OF NATURAL TOURISM PLACES IN KULON PROGO

Abstract

This study aims to explain the cultural semantic of the names of natural tourism places in Kulon Progo. This study discusses about the origin of the name and the cultural meaning. After finding the origin of the name, then the cultural meaning of the tourism places in Kulon Progo is explained. This study is a descriptive qualitative study. The data of this study is in the form of words which are used as the names of natural tourism places in Kulon Progo.  The  source  of  the  data  is  taken  from  Kulon  Progo’s  Department  of Tourism. The data were collected through observation, documentation, and interview. The data were analyzed in the form of descriptive by expalining the data clearly. The data validation was carried out by using semantic validity and intrarater reliability. The result of this study are : (1) the origin of the name or the factors which influence the names of the natural tourism places such as special characteristics, place of origin, a certain part of the place, the place, similarity, and also acronym; (2) the cultural meaning of the natural tourism places is the meaning which is related with the local people’s culture. The cultural meaning is based on the history, the people’s behavior, belief, and idea or thought from the people; (3) there is no relation between lexical maning and contextual meaning from the words which are used as the name of natural tourism places, because each name has a certain reference which is different with the meaning of the name; (4) Javanese people have a good language skill especially in giving names related to the culture.