The Degree of Meaning Equivalence of Culturally-Bound Expressions in the Novels

with yellowish smooth skin. The langsat fruit is originated in South East Asia, especially Indonesia. Therefore langsat fruit is categorized into ecology in term of flora. Another example of ecology is shown below. D162RK.P234.L29HG.P131.L1Ec.Cs.Fe ST : Sedang di rumah istriku masih juga belum selesai dengan persiapannya: mencari rempah-rempah, akar-akaran, kulit-kulitan kayu dan dedaunan. TT : Meanwhile, my wife was still making all the preparations―colecting herbs, roots, bark, and leaves. In KBBI 2001:945, rempah is berbagai jenis hasil tanaman yang beraroma, seperti pala, cengkih, lada untuk memberikan bau dan rasa khusus pada makanan. In plain English, rempah-rempah is any kind of plants which is used to give special flavor and scent to food. Therefore rempah-rempah is categorized into ecology.

b. Material Culture

Material culture basically refers to any products produced by human to fulfill their needs. Newmark 1988: 97 gives the examples of material culture; there are foods, drinks, clothes, houses, transportations, etc. In this research, there are 103 expressions which are categorized into material culture. The example is as follows. D23RK.P12.L10HG.P7.L31Mc.Ad.Fe ST : Belum pernah dalam seratus tahun ini seorang Pribumi karena kepribadiannya, kemauan baik dan pengetahuannya, dapat mempersatukan ribuan orang tanpa mengatasnamakan raja, nabi, wali, tokoh wayang atau iblis. TT : Never in the last hundred years had there been a Native who, as a result of his personality, his good intentions, and his knowledge and understanding, had been able to unite thousands of Natives without reference to a raja, prophet, saint, wayang hero or a devil. Wayang is boneka tiruan orang yangg terbuat dari pahatan kulit atau kayu dan sebagainya yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk memerankan tokoh dalam pertunjukan drama tradisional Bali, Jawa, Sunda, dan sebagainya, biasanya dimainkan oleh seseorang yang disebut dalang; pertunjukan wayang KBBI, 2001:1272. In other words, wayang is a traditional puppet from Indonesia which is made from leather or wood. There is no identical term of wayang in other countries. Therefore, wayang is classified into material culture. Another example of material culture is as follow. D280RK.P543.L26HG.P303.L34Mc.Cs.Pe ST : Kalau dulu Tuan lewati jalan ini dengan andong atau dokar, seluruh badan terasa gemetar karena roda besi beradu dengan batu jalanan. TT : If you traveled along this road in the past in a buggy or horse cart, your whole body would shake as the wheels fought with the street stones. Andong is kereta kuda sewaan seperti dokar atau sado beroda empat di Yogyakarta dan Surakarta KBBI, 2001:46. In other words, andong is a traditional vehicle with four wheels which is pulled by horse that exists in Indonesia, especially in Yogyakarta and Surakarta. However, different country