Jenis dan Makna Onomatope dalam Novel Kimi no Nawa Karya Makoto Shinkai

Abstract

Onomatopoeia is a word that expresses sounds, states, movements, and feelings. Besides being used in spoken language, onomatopoeia is also widely used in literary works such as novels to make the story livelier and more entertaining. However, onomatopoeic words are very difficult for foreign people to understand. The purpose of this research is to describe the types and meanings of onomatopoeia found in Kimi no Nawa novel. The data were analyzed by using theory of Shibatani (1990) and theory of Akimoto (2002). This research uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods. Data collection techniques use documentation study techniques. The source of data in this research was the Kimi no Nawa novel and the data were all of onomatopoeia used in this novel. The research findings show that there were 3 types of onomatopoeia in 127 data. Based on the frequencies of types of onomatopoeia, gitaigo is the most dominant type of onomatopoeia used in the novel with 67 data (52,75%). In addition, gijougo is the least used in the novel with 26 data (20,47%). Furthermore, there are 9 out of 10 classifications of the meanings of onomatopoeia; imitation of natural phenomena with 3 data (2.36%), imitation of animal sounds with 1 data (0.78%), imitation of human voices with 12 data (9.44%), imitation of human behaviors with 27 data (21.25%), imitation of human conditions or feelings with 35 data (27.55%), imitation of human health conditions with 3 data (2.36%), imitation of object sounds with 19 data (14.96%), imitation of object movements with 7 data (5.51%), and imitation of the characteristics or state of an object with 20 data (15.74%).