Proceedings of the First International Conference on Communication, Language, Literature, and Culture, ICCoLLiC 2020, 8-9 September 2020, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Animal Name: Representation of Human Relations with the Environment

Download463 downloads
  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.8-9-2020.2301364,
        author={Die Bhakti Wardoyo Putro and Desy  Rufaidah and Sudartomo  Macaryus},
        title={Animal Name: Representation of Human Relations with the Environment},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Communication, Language, Literature, and Culture, ICCoLLiC 2020, 8-9 September 2020, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICCOLLIC},
        year={2020},
        month={10},
        keywords={animals ecosystems terms taxonomy},
        doi={10.4108/eai.8-9-2020.2301364}
    }
    
  • Die Bhakti Wardoyo Putro
    Desy Rufaidah
    Sudartomo Macaryus
    Year: 2020
    Animal Name: Representation of Human Relations with the Environment
    ICCOLLIC
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.8-9-2020.2301364
Die Bhakti Wardoyo Putro1,*, Desy Rufaidah1, Sudartomo Macaryus1
  • 1: Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa Yogyakarta
*Contact email: die_bhakti@ustjogja.ac.id

Abstract

Animals are part of the human environment. Humans with their common sense place animals in several categories. In Javanese society there are known terms of kewan alas 'wild animals', kewan galak 'wild animals', iwen 'pets', lulut 'tame', and ingon-ingon 'domestic'. This paper focuses on animal names, to uncover the taxonomy of animal names that exist in Javanese society. With ethnolinguistic methods, preliminary data from library sources is supplemented by field data obtained through observation, participation, and interviews with selected respondents, namely citizens who become breeders or induct animals, such as goats, cattle, buffaloes, and horses. Hypothetically the naming of animals along with the elements that become part and their supporters express human closeness with animals. The closer relationship makes it more creative in naming the parts and environment that become the ecosystem of each animal.