Irresponsible Thesis Rezqan Noor Farid

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m. Irresponsible

Irresponsible means showing lack of care for consequences, it can be said as running from jobs, duties, and responsibility. This nature makes Banjarese people categorize this behavior as bad behavior and should be avoided. The proof of the statement above can be seen through proverb Kadada buriniknya lalu lalu. Below is its interpretation. This proverb has three parts kadada ‘no, nothing’, buriniknya ‘air bubble’, and lalu lalu ‘at all’. These parts then combined into a literal meaning ‘no bubble at all’. Furthermore, the clue of interpretation of this proverb is noun phrase kadada buriniknya ‘no bubbles’. Burinik or air bubbles in this proverb refer to air bubbles which are formed when something hollowed drowns in water. Bubbles here can be associated as a sign of the place where the thing drowns or the clue left by the thing. So, kadada buriniknya [no bubbles] means no sign or no clue. Using the clues as the basis of interpretation, an explicature can be formulated. Since the clue is associated with ‘sign’, the explicature which can be produced is “someone or something which has no sign or clue at all”. However, in completingthe interpretation of the proverb and in pointing out the intentional meaning of the speaker, the context of the utterance and the implicature is needed. As explained above, irresponsible is categorized as bad behavior. In teaching this fact, the elder of Banjarese use this proverb to point out the bad effect of this behavior. They also use this proverb as the warning for someone who tends to be irresponsible. Both of these ways of using the proverb is the 47 context of utterance. Using the context, implicative meaning can be easily formulated. Below are the possible implicatures for the proverb: 1 Showing an event of something which has no bubbles at all. 2 Showing a person or a thing that drowns without any clue 3 Showing a person who running away from something and leaving no clue. 4 Showing a person who does not want to be responsible. The last implicature is the complete one and can be used as the implicative meaning behind the proverb. In conclusion, this proverb is showing that leaving away from the responsibility is hated in Banjarese community. Proverb kadada buriniknya lalu – lalu is not only proverb which portrays the irresponsible behavior. Below are other proverbs that portray the same behavior. 1. Kaya api dikubui banyu. 2. Kaya manimbai batu ka banyu. 3. Kaya siput dipais.

n. Stubbornly persistent