Abstract

 The disease is an important topic in the Javanese life. This study aimed to describe the disease classification to find out the Javanese worldview to disease. This study uses an anthropological linguistics approach to qualitative research design. The term of diseases discuss is highly dependent on disease lexicon in the Javanese language. The data collection refers to the participation observation and interviews. The Javanese language has at least 463 disease lexicons that have been tested in accordance by theory and can be defined as a term of disease. The disease classification is based on Javanese disease lexicon in line with the Berlin’s Theory, level 0 is Unique Beginner category, level 1 is Life Form category, level 2 is Generic category, level 3 is Specific category, and level 4 is Varietal category, plus Covert category. The results of this study conclude that the Javanese perspective to the disease consist of how the identification and classification comes from their thinking and character. 

Keywords

anthropological linguistics, classification, disease, Javanese, worldview

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