The Role of Information and Communication Technology Inheritance of Local Wisdom Values of Minangkabau Culture: Speech Acts of Minangkabau Cultural Leader

Abstract

This study aims to describe the role and usefulness of communication and information technology in the inheritance of local wisdom values of Minangkabau culture in the speech of the Minangkabau cultural leader in the context of the Pitaruah Ayah Monologue Speech. The role of information technology in the field of socio-culture has a positive contribution as a mediation of the existence of Minangkabau cultural leaders to their people in carrying out their functions from this speech can be heard globally by the Minang generation. This study used the illocutionary speech act theory presented by Searle and the values of local wisdom by Octavian. This research uses descriptive qualitative method with the ethnographic approach. The data were taken in the form of recorded speech used by Minangkabau cultural leaders in the form of data transcription and strengthened by in-depth. The findings of this study are (1) The role of information communication technology in maintaining and inheriting local wisdom of Minangkabau culture (2 ) Speech actions used by Minangkabau cultural leaders in the form of assertive, directive and declarative (3) The power of the language delivered has a function as informative, supervise, directive persuasive and non-dominative or egalitarian. (4) The local wisdom values of Minangakabau culture passed on to the Minang generation are the values of religiosity.