The Javanese Suffix –(N)e
Some social aspects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19002633 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Wessing (Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 127 |
| Pages | 431-440 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indonesia and the Malay World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-9811 • E-ISSN: 1469-8382 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13639811.2015.1062594 |
| OpenAlex | W2252685305 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
While in most instances the use of the Javanese ‘possessive’ suffix –(n)e in the East Javanese regency of Jember conforms to descriptions of it in textbooks on Javanese, one particular usage, in connection with among others titles and kinship terms, obeys not only grammatical rules but also reflects social concerns such as relative age, status, and other hierarchical notions that inform Javanese society. This social aspect of the use of the suffix raises some interesting questions concerning the objectivation of persons during interaction, for example, referring to them as social objects or categories rather than as persons. The relationship between these objects or categories reflects the social structural ideas that underlie Javanese society. The properties defining the social entities involved may be relatively permanent, though at other times they may be contrastive or contextual. In both cases, the suffix is relational and objectifies the thing it is attached to, turning it into a social category. The suffix –(n)e therefore reflects social concerns as well as linguistic ones
Kinship · Linguistics · Possessive · Sociology · Suffix · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies in Language · Mathematics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |