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Alip Sugianto, 2020, The Aji Gebyagan spell is a warok mantra as an introduction to the Gebyagan ritual. Spell data were analyzed using the transiveness of the Linguistic Functional Systemic approach. The aim of this research is to find out more deeply the meaning of the spell of aji gebyagan and to reveal the ideational meaning. The results obtained by verbal processes 33%, attributive relational processes 33%, relational identification processes 25% and behavioral processes 9%. The data shows that the dominance of attributive verbal and relational factors indicates that warok has a closeness in mental processing that is reflected in the spell to get the blessing of God. In addition, there is also a behavioral process as the goal of the spell of safety in the Reyog Ponorogo performance.

This research aims at describing spell (mantra) language of Ponorogo’s warok  on the aspect of language style, diction, and rhyme. This is a field research with Ponorogo’s warok as the informant. It applies observing, listening and note-taking technique. The data are analyzed using descriptive qualitative approach. The results of the research show that the spells of warok have characteristics of aliteration, assonance, polysidenton, asidenton, antonomatia, metaphor, hyperbole, pararhyme, and repetition language style, including anadiplosis, simploke, mesodiplosis, epizeuksis, tautotes, epistrofa, anafora. Meanwhile, on the aspect of diction, they cover connotation, denotation, religious symbols, synonyms, antonyms, and spirits. In addition, the taste of spell rhyme is resulted from some factors, such as sound repetition and connection between lines in a couplet, all that has functions to add artistic values to the spells so that they produce harmonious and synchronous effects of sounds.