LOCAL WISDOM OF HARD WORK IN MANGGARAI LANGUAGE (A Cultural Linguistic Analysis)

Abstract

This study aims at describing local wisdom of hard work in Manggarai language with special reference to the forms and meanings of linguistic phenomena used in the cultural discourse of agriculture. The study is viewed from the perspective of cultural linguistics one of the new theoretical perspectives in cognitive linguistics which studies the relationship of language, culture and conceptualization. The study is descriptive-qualitative. The results of study show that the local wisdoms of hard work in Manggarai language are reflected in the following fragment: Duat gula, wee mane, dempul wuku, tela toni  ‘Go to work in the morning, come home in the afternoon, broken nails, split back’. The features of linguistic phenomena used in the fragment are unique and specific to Manggarai culture as the parent culture in which Manggarai language is embedded. The unique and specific features of the linguistic phenomena can be seen in their forms and meanings. The meanings stored in the forms of the linguistic phenomena reveal the conceptualization ascribed in the cognitive map of Manggarai society as dry land farmers regarding the local wisdom of hard work on the basis of tradition inherited from their ancestors. The local wisdom of hard work in Manggarai language is one of the moral values inherited from the ancestors of Manggarai society as dry land farmers that should be maintained because it is related to the value of mutual cooperation.