Discourse of Communication During the Month of Ramadan in Sorong and Mentawai, Indonesia
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2019-12-06Author
Jubba, Hasse
Erlinda, Rita
Wekke, Suardi Ismail
Abdullah, Irwan
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The word choice of the first-person pronoun 'we' shows the attitude of
the speaker when positioning the speech partner. The pronoun is
considered to involve the speech partner in the communication, so
there is no longer an asymmetrical relationship between them. This
paper will describe in detail, the syntactic patterns in the use of 'we' as
the inclusive plural pronoun in directive speech acts. The data was
obtained through the recording of Ramadan lectures that took place in
two different regions; Sorong in Eastern Indonesia and Mentawai in
Western Indonesia. The results showed that the use of pronouns is
associated with complex relationships, both in the attitudes of the
parties involved and in the community who are the speech partners in a
communication framework. Thus, politeness in communication is
disturbed in practice. This paper suggests the need for an
understanding of personal pronouns in a cultural context and the need
for the development of an equality model in society.