The Mindset of Sundanese People in Their Language Expressions

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ID21240095
AuthorsYayat Sudaryat (0000-0003-1335-6842, Indonesia University of Education, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume5
Issue1
Pages120
Publication date2015-07-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2301-9468 • E-ISSN: 2502-6747
PublisherUniversitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17509/ijal.v5i1.839
OpenAlexW1901792297
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

This study is aimed at describing the mindset of Sundanese people in their language expressions examined from psycho-pragmatic aspects. The description is connected to Sundanese language as the reflection of mindset, the cognitive system, and Sundanese people’s way of thinking in Sundanese language expressions. The study applied descriptive method. To collect data, textual technique (literary study), intuitive technique (introspection), and elicitation technique were used. The result of the study shows that Sundanese language phenomenon, which is the reflection of mindset is seen from its sound accord, contradiction, kirata basa (language prediction) , abbreviation, and language paradigm. The cognitive system of Sundanese language is related to naming system (of people, of body parts, of places or toponymy), time, numbers, colors, and environment. Sundanese people’s way of thinking refers to outspokenness, subjectivity, state of being substantial, state of being humorous, state of being emotional, indirectness, indistinctness, politeness, sensitivity, and loyalty

Cognitive psychology · Introspection · Linguistics · Mindset · Computer Science · English Language Learning and Teaching · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism · Artificial Intelligence

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