The Logico-semantic Relationin the Batak Toba Traditional Wedding Speeches

Abstract

This article explores thelogico-semantic relation in the sociocultural meaning communication in theBatak Toba wedding speeches. The dominant relation to communicatemeanings as such offspring, prosperity, dignity, health, and long life of the wed are in the context of register, culture, text purpose, and ideology of Batak Toba in delivering a wedding speech. Logico-semantic relation system and contextual components function as a network system to communicate sociocultural meanings in a wedding speech.