DIAGNOSING LANGUAGE STYLES IN MANDAILING BATAK WEDDING CEREMONY

The aims of this study were to describe the language style used in Mandailing Batak wedding ceremony and to find out the realization of language style is used in Mandailing Batak wedding ceremony. The research was conducted by using qualitative descriptive design. The data of this study was utterances and paragraphs in Mandailing Batak wedding ceremony as the source of data. The data was analyzed by using Joo’s theory (1967) to find the types of language style. The result of this study were (1) there were four types of language style in Mandailing Batak wedding ceremony namely, frozen style, formal style, consultative style and casual style. (2) language style realized in Mandailing Batak wedding ceremony in formal form namely long and complex sentences, a polite tone, and the subject matter is substantial.(3) the reason of language style realized in formal form because Mangupa is one the important process in the wedding, every single of the stage is ruled based on the customary law of culture, including the use of language within the event.