exploring the local wisdom functions and values in the form of prohibiting utterances. In this
research, I used pragmatic approach. The data used in this research were prohibition
utterances consisting local wisdom values done by standard Javanese dialect speaker (2)
and the reseponses to the functions and meaning of the utterances. The subject of the study
were Javanese speakers in Solo, Yogyakarta, and Magelang. The instruments were (1) the …