Javanese language in the context of the royal kingdom has a complex system. This hierarchy-based speech slowly disappears as this system is declined nowadays in order to national and international politics (Blust, 2013). However, the pure form of Javanese language system, especially in the term of kingship, remains and is reflected in folk art as the society's response to its existence. Kings, as Weber (1978:294) argues, have to rely on the basis of legitimacy believed by their subordinates or followers as a way that explains their kingships in order to legitimize their rule as kings or leaders over their realms. Thus, this paper tries to briefly reveal the language and power relations in Javanese kingship by examining the system of addressing terms in kethoprak. Through critical sociolinguistics study of kethoprak discourse, the complex Javanese language system that is influenced by the royal kingdom and its structure are revealed. Overall, the use of addressing terms in the royal kingdom context was found to be dynamic, break and complement the related previous studies.
Masyarakat Jawa di Desa Mertoudan, Kelurahan Mojosongo, Kecamatan Jebres, Kota Surakarta memiliki tata cara unik untuk mengundang tamu pada helatan kenduri. Mengundang tamu dilakukan secara lisan (ijeman) dan tulisan (uleman). Hari ini uleman lebih sering dipraktikkan lantaran lebih praktis. Ditambah kalangan muda lebih cenderung bergeser ke tata cara baru yang berbasis digital. Selain lebih efisien, undangan digital dianggap lebih relevan kondisi zaman. Kondisi tersebut membuat tradisi lisan ijeman berpotensi punah. Hubungan antara bahasa dan budaya dalam ijeman ditempatkan sebagai pokok bahasa tulisan ini. Di samping sebagai usaha sistematis dalam pemertahanan bahasa, studi ini akan menunjukkan relevansi tradisi lisan dalam dinamika kehidupan kiwari. Artikel ini berfokus pada struktur dan makna ijeman sebagai representasi tradisi lisan masyarakat Jawa. Subtansi pembahasan mengacu pada paradigma antropolinguistik Sibrani melalui tiga parameter, keterhubungan, kebernilaian, sekaligus keberlanjutan. Data penelitian berupa transkrip percakapan tiga informan saat melakukan kegiatan ijeman yang berlangsung pada Desember 2021 di Mertoudan, Surakarta. Data penelitian didukung data sekunder berupa observasi dan wawancara dengan pakar dan praktisi ijeman di kawasan Jebres, Surakarta. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan (1) struktur teks ijeman terdiri dari kata sambutan, pembukaan, isi, dan penutup dan (2) mengandung makna spiritual, makna sosial, fungsi filosofis, fungsi pragmatis, dan nilai etika moral.
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