Exploring Meaning : A Semantics Analysis Of City Tourism Sign Discourse In Surabaya Museum and Culture

Abstract

This article presents to analyzed every part of contains meaning in the field of city tourism by semantics area in term of historical symbols, there would be important to examining the terminology, phrases, and narratives employed in kind of tourism features, we seek to understand how language shapes visitor perceptions and experiences. This study will contribute to the field of linguistics and tourism studies by focus into the cultural contexts studies. This research uses the theory of semantics in exploring the various lines of meaning by metaphor through the sentence symbols, with the denotation or conotation, which identifies the meaning of information that has a pragmatic effect and can be well understood (Lyon, 1977). And also the participate in  Theory which raises the issue of frames of semantics that help analyze a sentence through the perspective of historical, cultural, and social knowledge (Filmore, 1982). The descriptive qualitative method will be able to help the course of analysis, so that it can be known the function of context the social approach by focusing on the spotlight of historical texts. Some of the cases found are texts that describe the history the city of Surabaya as a whole with various interesting meanings that need to be known by foreigners outside the city , if not understood then there will be a distorted difference in understanding. in conclusion Through this lens, a study could examine how visitors interpret these artifacts, linking the straightforward facts to the complex historical narratives and emotions.