MEETING ROOMS NAMING IN EAST GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING: A STUDY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUSITICS

Elvana Permataswari Universitas , , e-mail: [email protected]

Abstract Naming is a specific linguistic act, intimately linked with values, traditions, hopes, fears and events in people’s lives. Names reveal the many preferences of their owners (or givers) in terms of real life objects, actions, features and beliefs. Place names provide the most useful geographical reference system in the world. The topic of names is a multidisciplinary field that has occupied the attention of philosophers of language, anthropologists, linguists and ordinary people. In this study, I try to analyze the names of meeting rooms in the East Java Governmental Building. The reason to choose this object is because the East Java Governmental Building is the center of government/ administration in East Java. This study aims to find out the kinds of names applied in the naming of meeting rooms in the East Java Governmental Building and the presuppose reasons behind the name chosen of the East Java Governmental Building. This study is a qualitative study. Based on the classification of the data, they were classified to two groups: the names of governors in East Java and the names of the kings or military chief of great kingdoms in East Java. The meeting rooms in the governmental building of East Java are named after important people in the history of the province. To conclude, the administration named all the meeting rooms, as the most important rooms in the building to welcome guests, using the name of people who have big influence and involvement in the history of East Java so that it has roots to its history.

Keywords: naming, institutional, anthropological linguistics

1. INTRODUCTION Naming is a specific linguistic The study of personal names act, intimately linked with values, “anthroponomastics” is an interesting traditions, hopes, fears and events in area of research that comes under people’s lives. Names reveal the many Onomastics. Onomastics is a branch of preferences of their owners (or givers) in semantics. It studies the etymology of terms of real life objects, actions, proper names (Crystal, 1999). However, features and beliefs (Rosenhouse, 2002). the topic of names is a multidisciplinary There are many studies in namings, in field that has occupied the attention of general it is called as Onomastic. philosophers of language, Onomastics originates from the Greek anthropologists, linguists and ordinary ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós), which people. translates to "of or belonging to Personal names occur in any naming", from ὄνομα (ónoma) meaning language and they basically change, "name". develop, and die out, and they have a life cycle similar to that of the other lexical

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items of the language (Rosenhouse, 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 2002). 2.1.Theory of the Study Here, the researcher wants to There are two branches under the analyze the naming of places that is umbrella of onomastics, called toponomastic. Toponymy or anthroponomastics which deals with toponomastics, the study of place names, personal names and toponomastics that is one of the principal branches of deals with the study of the names of onomastics. The word "toponymy" is places. Lexemes found in derived from the Greek words tópos anthroponomastics bear witness to the (τόπος) "place" and ónoma (ὄνομα) values and ideas of the society "name". Toponymy is itself a branch of concerned, revealing details about onomastics, the study of names of all people’s origins and professions, kinds. In a more restricted sense, the tradition and fashion, social rank, etc. term 'toponymy' refers to an inventory of Anthroponomastic studies are based on toponyms, while the discipline the theory that there is a strong interface researching such names is referred to as between a people’s language and their toponomastics. cultural practices. It mirrors on how Place names provide the most language is used as cultural practices and useful geographical reference system in how language is used as a powerful tool the world. The exact application of a to view and understand the world view toponym, its specific language, its of a particular society. One can therefore pronunciation, and its origins and use language as a microscopic lens to meaning are all important facts to be view and understand the social practices recorded during name surveys. Scholars and day-to-day activities of a society. have found that toponyms provide In this study, the focus is toponomastics valuable insight into the historical since this study tries to analyze the geography of a particular region. meeting rooms naming in the East Java Toponymists are responsible for the Governmental Building. Toponomastics active preservation of their region's is the study of place names (toponyms), culture through its toponymy. their origins, meanings, use and The topic of names is a typology. multidisciplinary field that has occupied Scholars have found that toponyms the attention of philosophers of provide valuable insight into the language, anthropologists, linguists and historical geography of a particular ordinary people. In this study, I try to region. In 1954, F. M. Powicke said of analyze the names of meeting rooms in place-name study that it "uses, enriches the East Java Governmental Building. and tests the discoveries of archaeology The reason to choose this object is and history and the rules of the because the East Java Governmental philologists. Toponymists are Building is the center of government/ responsible for the active preservation of administration in East Java. And the their region's culture through its existence of the meeting rooms in the toponymy. building are also very important since they are the places for the governor of 2.2. Previous Studies East Java to welcome his/her guests. Research on naming analysis were found This may have relation to the reasons in some studies. One study was behind the naming of the meeting rooms conducted by Abdul Wahed Qasem there. Ghaleb Al-Zumor (2009) entitled A

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Socio-Cultural and Linguistic Analysis the naming of the meeting rooms in the of Yemeni Arabic Personal Names. This East Java Governmental Building. study was an investigation in Procedurally, the analysis of the anthroponomy of a Yemeni community research data was as follows: (1) the which may reflect the naming practices researcher writes and takes notes of the followed in some tribal regions of names of meeting rooms on each floor in Yemen neighboring Saudi Arabia. The the East Java governmental building; (2) study classified the names into different the names of meeting rooms in the East categories. He found that name givers Java governmental building then while giving names are influenced by categorized based on the research two types of factors: local and external. objectives (3) from the findings of the The local factors include weather names, data, the researcher then critically agricultural names, circumstantial analyzed it by providing names, weapon names, and clan names. explanations and discussions which The external factors include the names relied on the theoretical arguments of continents, countries and cities, they referred to; (4) the next step was foreign names, brands and innovation to make conclusions based on the names. The linguistic analysis of existing research findings. Yemeni personal names shows that the traditional gender distinction marker is 4. RESULT AND DISCUSSION more common in the rural areas than in This section deals with the the urban areas because of the limited analysis of the names and the exposure to the outer world in villages interpretation of the results of this and because of the limited sources analysis. The following are the data people utilize to name their babies. which the names are the meeting rooms Ogie (2002) investigates Edo personal in the East java Governmental Building. names and argues that they are used to affirm certain aspects of Edo culture. Table 1. The Names of Meeting Rooms on The linguistic aspect of the study breaks each floor in the East Java Governmental names into its constituent morphological Building parts to reveal their meanings. Level Meeting Category Information Based on the aforementioned of the Room Name previous studies, the object of this study Buildi is meeting rooms names in the East Java ng 1st Ruang A King’s The only king Governmental Building. This study aims Floor Airlangga Name in of to add variations to the same existing East Java Kingdom, in studies. East Java. 2nd Ruang Rapat A The 1st Floor R.T. Soerjo Governor’ governor of East 3. RESEARCH METHOD s Name in Java, ruled in The data in this study are the East Java 1945-1947. names of meeting rooms that written on Ruang Rapat A The 2nd Dr. Moerdjani Governor’ governor of East a board of room signs that are installed s Name in Java, ruled in on each floor in the East Java East Java 1947-1949. Governmental Building. This study is a 3rd Ruang Rapat A The 3rd Floor R. Governor’ governor of East qualitative study that later in its Samadikoen s Name in Java, ruled in discussion and conclusion, will interpret East Java 1949-1957. the data to find out the reasons behind Ruang Rapat A The 4th R.T.A. Governor’ governor of East Milono s Name in Java, ruled in

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East Java 1957-1959. r empire at the Ruangt Rapat A The 5th time of its R.h Soewondo Governor’ governor of East greatest power. Ranoewdjojo s Name in Java, ruled in F East Java 1959-1963. l The building of the governmental of o o East Java was built by the Dutch who r colonized Indonesia including East Java. Ruang Rapat A The 6th The building was becoming the center Moch. Wijono Governor’ governor of East s Name in Java, ruled in administration of the Dutch. Then, in East Java 1963-1967. 1945 Indonesia, was announcing its Ruangt Rapat A The 7th freedom and took over the building to R.P.h Governor’ governor of East Mohammad s Name in Java, ruled in become the governmental building of NoerF East Java 1967-1976. East Java. The province of East Java was l first established in that year (1945) and o o also became the first year to have its r own governor. Ruang Rapat A The 8th Based on the classification of the Soenandar Governor’ governor of East Prijosoedarmo s Name in Java, ruled in data, they were classified to two groups: East Java 1965-1966. the names of governors in East Java and Ruangt Rapat A The governor of the names of the kings or military chiefs Wahonoh Governor’ East Java, ruled s Name in in 1983-1988. of great kingdoms in East Java. Meeting F East Java room names that are classified to the l names of governors in East Java are: o o second (2nd) floor : - R.T. Soerjo, r - Dr. Moerdjani; Ruang Rapat A The governor of third (3rd) floor : - R. Samadikoen, Soelarso Governor’ East Java, ruled s Name in in 1988-1993. -R.T.A. Milono; East Java fourth (4th) floor : - R. Soewondo Ruang7 Rapat A King’s The King of Ranoewdjojo, - Jayabayat Name in in East h East Java Java from 1135 Moch. Wijono; to 1179 CE. fifth (5th) floor: - R.P. Mohammad Noer, F -Soenandar l o Prijosoedarmo; o sixth (6th) floor : - Wahono, r - Soelarso. Ruang7 Rapat A Military A powerful Meeting room names that are GajahA Mada Leader in military leader Kingdom or Prime classified to the names of kings or F in East Minister of the military chiefs of great kingdoms in East l Java Java: o kingdom, o credited with first (1st) floor : Airlangga; r bringing the seventh (7th) floor : ; empire to its 7A floor : ; peak of glory. Ruang8 Rapat A King’s A king from eighth (8th) floor : . Hayamt Name in Majapahit Wurukh East Java Empire. There are ten meeting rooms that are Together with F his prime named after the governor of East Java l minister Gajah and four meeting rooms that are o Mada, he classified to the names of kings or o reigned the

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military chiefs of great kingdoms in East influence in their history. As the Java in the East Java Governmental researcher stated in the introduction of Building. These ten rooms are quiet this study, naming is a specific linguistic small compared to the four meeting act, intimately linked with values, rooms that are named after the names of traditions, hopes, fears and events in kings or military chiefs of great kingdom people’s lives. in East Java. These may leads to the fact This reflects how this region that those kings or military chiefs have (East Java) value their ancestors, great influence to Indonesia, especially traditions, and histories. The researcher in East Java. Their reign and power were believed that East Java region tried to respected by other countries or kingdoms plant this value to the next generations in their era and the core of their therefore they keep respecting their kingdoms were in East Java. history. While the governors in East Java, To conclude the research, it can not to discredited their services, they be said that the names of the meeting only had influence specifically in East rooms in the governmental building of Java region. But, the East Java East Java are named after important Governmental Buildings still respected people in the history of the province. their services by naming ten of their After gaining its independence in 1945, meeting rooms in their names, more than the researcher assumes that the the names of the kings or military chiefs. administration named all the meeting The researcher assumes that the rooms, as the most important rooms in number of rooms named after the the building to welcome guests, using governor of East Java and the names of the name of people who have big kings or military chiefs of great influence and involvement in the history kingdoms in East Java in the East Java of East Java so that it has roots to its Governmental Building don’t have any history. big impact in how this region value their ancestors. They all have the same roles, same influence, same effect, and deliver REFERENCES the same message to the people who Agyekum, K. (2006). The work or come around this building: to Sociolinguistics of Akan personal respect and remember their roots and names. Nordic Journal of African history. The kings or military chief Studies, 15 (1), 206-235. names and the governor names used in this building have a very great value to Ainiala, Terhi, Minna Saarelma, and the next generations and the researcher Paula Sjoblom. Names in Focus. thinks that there are hopes in these Helsinki: Studia Fennica naming so it can last and remembered by Linguistica, 2016. the nest generations. Alford, R. D. (1987). Naming and 5. CONCLUSION identity: A cross-cultural study of From the results and discussions personal naming practices. New above, we can see that the East Java Haven, Connecticut: HRAF Press. Governmental Building tried to preserved East Java history by naming Al-Zumor, Abdul. "A Socio-Cultural and their important rooms with the names of Linguistic Analysis of Yemeni important people who have great Arabic Personal." GEMA Online

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