Oral and written traditions already existed a long time ago which are highlighted through various high value work. These works are processed as a medium to convey a words of advice, reprimand, satire and philosophy as a guide for the readers. The purpose of this study is to study the inquisitive semantics in strange conversational genre folklore. The objectives of this study are to identify utterances that display behaviors that were opposite to the norms of life and analyse the influence of culture and intelligence in folklore. This study is a qualitative study and an exploratory design by using a corpus data which is the Buku Antologi Enam Hikayat by choosing Hikayat Nakhoda Muda. The data were collected based on primary and secondary data and all the data were analysed based on three stages which is script semantics, resonans semantics and inquisitive semantics. Relevance Theory was used in this study. This study also includes the philosophy and intelligence of the previous society and the knowledge from other fields in order to get the concrete answer for every lexical that are used in the folklore. The results found that each lexical used in folklore has its own meaning and need to analyse by using inquisitive semantics analysis.
P. Ramlee is a great artist who is so talented where his films are still shown on television. P. Ramlee has used the medium of film to convey important messages to the public. The objective of this study are to identify the implicit utterances of P. Ramlee's film as well as to analyze the thinking, intellectuality and cultural influence of the Malay community in P. Ramlee's film. This study is a qualitative study, a descriptive design and content analysis by using corpus data of dialogue transcriptions of P. Ramlee’s films. Data were collected based on primary and secondary data and all the data were analysed based on three stages which are script semantics, resonance semantics and inquisitive semantics. Moreover, Relevans Theory of Sperber and Wilson (1986, 1995) was used in this study. This study also applies the philosophy, common sense, knowledge from other fields in oder to get the concrete answers for every lexical that are used in the films. The results of the study found that there are thoughts, common sense and cultural influence of the Malay community in the implicit conversations and found each lexical used needs to be analysed by using inquisitive semantic approach.
Strange events always absorbed in the creation of folk stories. This happens as strange events are able to trigger emotions such as excitement, curiosity and peculiarity among readers and listeners. However, the strange event cannot be translated literally due to the presence of the implicit meaning in the text. Therefore, to explore the implicit meanings that occur in the text, the researcher applied the Inquisitive Semantics (IS) by Jalaluddin (2014) and Bridging Cross Reference (BCR) approach by Kempson (1986). This is a fully qualitative study as it involves text analysis from a documented book. The source of the data was obtained from a book entitled “Antologi Enam Hikayat” by Nor (2016). The limitation of this study, the researcher only analyze folklore entitle “Hikayat Nakhoda Muda”. Based on the findings of the study, this folklore have 10 strange event. Therefore, by using IS and BCR, the researcher can answer why strange events occur in this folklore based on data, cognitive, theory and philosophy in order to explore the wisdom of the people in the past that are high in intellect. Keywords: folklore; Hikayat Nakhoda Muda; strange event; inquisitive semantics; intelligence Abstrak: Peristiwa aneh sering diserapkan dalam penciptaan cerita rakyat. Perkara ini berlaku supaya dapat menimbulkan perasaan teruja, tanda tanya mahupun kepelikan dalam kalangan pembaca dan pendengar. Namun begitu, peristiwa aneh ini tidak dapat diterjemahkan secara harfiah sahaja kerana kejadian tersebut bersifat tersirat. Oleh itu, bagi merungkai sebab kejadian aneh dalam cerita rakyat ini, pengkaji mengaplikasikan pendekatan Semantik Inkuisitif (SI) oleh Jalaluddin (2014) serta dibantu pendekatan Rangka Rujuk Silang (RRS) oleh Kempson (1986). Kajian ini adalah berbentuk kualitatif sepenuhnya dengan mengaplikasikan analisis dokumen yang telah dibukukan. Sumber data diperoleh daripada buku hikayat yang berjudul “Antologi Enam Hikayat” terbitan Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka hasil usaha Nor (2016). Namun begitu, sebagai batasan kajian pengkaji akan menganalisis cerita rakyat “Hikayat Nakhoda Muda”. Berdasarkan dapatan kajian, cerita rakyat “Hikayat Nakhoda Muda” mempunyai 10 peristiwa aneh. Oleh itu, berpandukan pendekatan SI dan RRS ini pengkaji dapat menjawab sebab terjadinya kejadian aneh dalam cerita rakyat tersebut berpandukan data, teori kognitif dan falsafah demi mencungkil akal budi penututnya. Kata kunci: Cerita rakyat; Hikayat Nakhoda Muda; peristiwa aneh; Semantik Inkuisitif; akal budi
Filem-filem klasik P. Ramlee turut menggunakan perbualan tersirat dalam menyampaikan sesuatu mesej namun tidak dapat diterjemah secara harfiah. Bagi merungkai perkara tersebut, maka, dua objektif diketengahkan iaitu mengenal pasti ujaran berimplisit dalam karya filem P. Ramlee dan menganalisis pemikiran dan keintelektualan masyarakat Melayu dalam filem tersebut. kajian kualitatif dengan menggunakan reka bentuk deskriptif dan analisis kandungan. Kajian kali ini hanya mengetengahkan lima buah data filem P. Ramlee yang mendapat jumlah tontonan yang tinggi di aplikasi YouTube daripada 10 filem yang terpilih. Namun, kajian ini hanya membincangkan filem Seniman Bujang Lapok yang melimitkan dua data untuk dianalisis. Data dianalisis menggunakan pendekatan semantik inkuisitif (SI) oleh Jalaluddin (2014), dibantu dengan aplikasi teori relevans (TR) daripada Sperber dan Wilson (1986, 1995) dan Rangka Rujuk Silang (RRS) daripada Kempson (1986). Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa filem-filem P. Ramlee mengandungi unsur pemikiran dan keintelektualan masyarakat Melayu yang terserlah daripada ujaran berimplisit tersebut. Oleh itu, berpandukan pendekatan SI, TR dan RRS, pengkaji dapat mengetahui asbab penggunaan ujaran berimplisit diujarkan dalam filem P. Ramlee dengan hubung kait data, teori, kognitif dan falsafah demi mencungkil akal budi penuturnya. Ramlee’s classic films use implicit conversation to convey a message that cannot be translated literally. To unravel this, two objectives are highlighted, which is to identify implicit conversation and to analyze the thoughts and intellect of Malay society in that films. This qualitative study uses a descriptive design and content analysis. The study focuses on five P. Ramlee films with the high views on YouTube out of ten selected films. However, this study only focuses on “Seniman Bujang Lapok” film which only limits two data for analysis. The data is analyzed using the inquisitive semantics (SI) approach by Jalaluddin (2014), assisted by the Relevance Theory (RT) by Sperber and Wilson (1986, 1995) and Bridging Cross Reference (BCR) approach by Kempson (1986). The study found that P. Ramlee’s films contain elements of Malay society’s thoughts and intellect are highlighted through implicit conversation. Therefore, by using the IS, RT and BCR, the researcher can understand the reasons using implicit conversation in P. Ramlee’s films by connecting data, theory and philosophy in order to explore the wisdom of the people in the past that are high in intellect
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