EFFORTS FOR NATURE CONSERVATION THROUGH ECOLOGICAL VALUES AND ECOLEXICON SYMBOLS IN SERAWAI ORAL LITERATURE Irma Diani, Sarwit Sarwono, Rio Kurniawan
Bengkulu University
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This study aims to identify the ecological values contained in Serawai oral literature and to describe the symbols present in Serawai Oral Literature from an ecolinguistic perspective, as well as the reading materials of Serawai Oral Literature. The method used in this study is a descriptive method with an ecolinguistics approach in analyzing Serawai oral literature. The data source is Serawai oral literature, while the data consists of Serawai oral literature containing ecological values and ecolinguistics symbols. The data is analyzed using Ecolinguistics Theory. The results show that there are ecological values as well as ecolinguistics symbols in Serawai oral literature, reflected in lexicons such as the flora ecolexicon: selimpat ^a kind of taro^. Flora: selimpat ^a type of taro^, bulua ^bamboo^, gunung ^mountain^, umbut ^shoot^, tebu ^sugarcane^, Lalang ^wild grass^, serian ^serian tree^, batang kesumbang ^kesumbang tree trunk^ faunal lexicon: bekatak ^frog^, anak buayo ^baby crocodile^. It can be concluded that Serawai oral literature have many ecological values and lexicon symbols because they consider flora and fauna as part of their lives and beneficial to them.
