Thursday, November 7, 2013

Hati budi Melayu, emosi dan otaknya





Saya mencari-cari makna emosi kepada orang-orang Melayu.  Orang-orang Melayu yang begitu mudah dikelabui oleh isu-isu agama dan bangsa.  Salah satu bahan yang diberikan oleh Lebai Google ialah artikel di bawah ini.  Lalu dipetik, begini:


Sumber:

Sari - International Journal of the Malay World and Civilisation 28(1) (2010):57-81
How Malay Proverbs Encode and Evaluate Emotion?
A Paremiological Analysis

Oleh: LIM KIM HUI


Table 4 Body parts and their frequency in simpulan bahasa

No   Body Parts          Frequency

1.     Hati (Liver)           160
2.     Mata (Eye)            105
3.     Tangan(Hand)         65
4.     Lidah (Tongue)       50
5.     Muka (Face)            49
6.     Mulut (Mouth)        44
7.     Kepala(Head)          39
8.     Perut (Stomach)      37
9.     Kaki (Leg)               36
10.  Telinga(Ear)             15
11.   Otak (Brain)            15


Source: Analysis based on the Index of Kamus Simpulan Bahasa (Abdullah
Hussain 1966: 441-464)

CONCLUSION



Using Norricks (1994) studies on American proverbs as a reference, I have proven that there are equally wealthy of affection and passions in the Malay proverbs as compared to the logical aspects of proverbs used in the argumentative discourse and how these Malay proverbs encode and decode the emotion as shown through the existence of various markers of affect in Malay proverbs. The importance of hati in the Malay worldview as seen in their proverbs has also been explored and discussed. As compared to other body parts symbolism, hati remains as the mostly used metaphor in encoding and decoding the Malay emotion.

Hence, In general, if we were to understand the Malay emotion  we should go into their hati budi because “manusia Melayu dididik menjaga hati dan perasaan orang lain lebih daripada kepentingan perasaan sendiri"


(The Malays were taught to be more concerned about the feelings of other people than their own feelings) (Saidatul Nornis Haji Mahali 1999).


Soalannya, apakah benar itulah hati budi Melayu hari ini?



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