Metaphorical Meaning Used By Pranatacara In Javanese Wedding Ceremony "Panggih Manten"

This study was descriptive-qualitative approach using content analysis. The
data used in this study were taken from the speech utterances by Pranatacara in
"Panggih Manten" wedding ceremony in the Aeksongsongan. The researcher needs
the data from two Pranatacara and two Panggih Manten which taken from the
speech utterances. The researcher used a source of theories about the semantic field
by Knowles and Moon (2006) to support the thesis. Some steps were undertaken
during the data collection: the process of selecting of s utterances,
focusing on the important things, simplifying, abstracting and transforming the data
that appear in transcription. The results showed that the frequency are 23
metaphorical meanings of 40 s utterances from total two metaphorical
meanings used in the two of Javanese Wedding Ceremony or Panggih Manten with
the percentage of creative metaphor in Panggih Manten was the dominant of
metaphorical meaning. The percentage of conventional metaphor in Panggih
Manten was the least of metaphorical meaning by analysing and discussing
metaphors in any depth, we need to explain and consider three things : metaphor,
meaning, and connection. The percentage of the sequences Panggih Manten
consists of the opening, balangan gantal, injak telur, sinduran, dulangan, kacar
kucur and sungkeman, with opening and balangan gantal.