FIGURATIVE MEANINGS OF PERIBAHASA TEXT BOOK

This research deals with the figurative meanings of Peribahasa Text Book. This study
revealed the investigation of the types of figurative meanings in Peribahasa text book, the
description of linguistics realization of those figurative meanings and the elaboration of the
reasons of those figurative meanings realized. This research are conducted by the qualitative
research. The data are analyzed by applying interactive models of Miles, Huberman and
Saldana. Based on the analysis data then there are another six figurative meanings beyond
personification, simile, metaphor, metonymy, and synecdoche , they are Irony 26 proverbs
(7.1%), Hyperbole 23 proverbs (6.3%), Symbol 15 proverbs (4.1%), Understatement 6
proverbs (1.6%), Paradox 7 proverbs (2%), and Allegory 1 proverb (0.3%) and the rest refers
to the construction identity, such as reiteration formula, cultural figurative expression and
proverbial reality. This implied that proverbs were created by genius imagination, by chosing
the words, then combining them and producing the idea formulation in the form of scenic
series of words and full of aesthetics. Then the linguistics realization used inanimate object,
abstract concept and animate object but they wrap in accordance with each
figurativemeanings’ characteristics. The use of inanimate, abstract and animate objects
around us essentially is to hint that every human’s activities and interaction closely relate to
universe in order to apprehend the proverbs. Then there are another reasons for figurative
meaning realized in provebs such as respecting, illustrating situasion or thing, people’s
condition, illustrating people’s doing, people’s character and about activities.