THE COHESION OF MARRIAGE AND CIRCUMCISION TEXTS IN ALAS LANGUAGE

Authors

  • Salamuddin Selian Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al-Washliyah, Medan, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v3i2.262

Keywords:

cohesion of marriage, circumcision texts, Alas language

Abstract

In this study, this paper focuses on analyzing the cohesion on the texts which related to the marriage and circumcision ceremonies in Alas language. There are two texts for each ceremony which contain the wisdom and advice addressed and given during the circumstances. The paper employed an analytical descriptive qualitative method that is aimed at describing the words, sentences and discourse of these cultural events. The finding showed that every data or text has a cohesion realization contained in each text or each text from texts 1 to 4. Texts 1-2 are about marriage; texts 3 and 4 are about circumcision. The cohesion of each text is determined by the completeness and frequency of occurrence or use of cohesion tools, namely (1) referents, (2) ellipsis/substitution, (3) conjunctions and (4) lexical cohesion and are all contained in the text itself.

 

Author Biography

  • Salamuddin Selian, Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al-Washliyah, Medan, Indonesia
    Salamuddin Selian is a lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Teacher Training English Department in the University of Muslim Nusantara Al-Washliyah, Medan, Indonesia. He obtained his doctoral degree in Linguistics from the University of North Sumatra. His research interests are related to Linguistics and Pragmatics. He published a book entitled “Metafunction of Alas in Ideation Systemic Functional Approach” in 2016.

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2021-06-17

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2021)

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