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Euphemism types in the Washington Times online political articles: a study of semantic change Jaganegara, Haidar; Arvian, Elsan; Noryatin, Yeni
LADU: Journal of Languages and Education Vol 1, No 1 (2020): LADU: Journal of Languages & Education Vol 1 No 1 November 2020
Publisher : CV. Mitra Palupi

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Background:  There is a situation when people are discussing topics that are considered sensitive which labeled vulgar or inconsiderate such as death, religion, sex, racial issues, or politics, the use of euphemism is very useful. By using the euphemism, it can turn unmentionable words into mentionable and less offensive. Turning the unmentionable or bad words into mentionable or good words that make euphemism give rise to semantic change through changing the sense of words.Purpose: The aim of this research is to find the types of euphemism in The Washington Times online political articles.Design and methods: This research applied a descriptive qualitative method, while the data were collected by close reading and observing the words, phrases, or clauses that contain the euphemism types in The Washington Times online political articles. This research applies the theory of Allan and Burridge for euphemism typesResults: As the results of representative data, the types of euphemism found in the articles are 3 metaphors, 1 remodeling, 9 circumlocutions, 1 abbreviation, 2 one-for-one substitutions, and 1 hyperbole. All of the euphemism types in this research are often used as substitute expressions in order to have a positive connotation and to save the readers from unpleasant topics or issues.
Euphemistic Expression in Indonesian Obituaries Jaganegara, Haidar; Wijana, I Dewa Putu
Deskripsi Bahasa Vol 6 No 1 (2023): 2023 - Issue 1
Publisher : Department of Languages and Literature, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, UGM

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Euphemisms are common in obituaries because a written announcement of someone's death has a touchy topic. In the case of obituaries, people mostly use feelings to avoid using hurtful words to give good effect to society in conveying or announcing someone's death in an effort to minimize any negative societal impact. Thus, the study aims to analyze the euphemism expression in written data obtained from the Indonesian obituaries and take into account the types and functions. The research data in this study consists of the euphemism expression; words, phrases, and clauses in Tempo (January–July 2021), Detik.com, and Kompas (July–December 2021) online obituaries. The qualitative method was used and descriptive tables including frequencies and percentages were shown. As a result, in Indonesian obituaries, the following euphemism expressions were found in the types: (1) metaphor (14.34%), (2) one-for-one substitution (34.73%), (3) abbreviation (1.80%), (4) acronym (1.20%), (5) using pronoun (7.78%), (6) general for specific (1.20%), (7) circumlocution (6.58%), (8) hyperbole (8.98%), (9) understatement (3.60%), and (10) borrowing (19.76%). The highest frequency of the euphemism types is one-for-one substitution. It is found in 58 instances out of 167 of the total data, or 34.73%. Thus, it is concluded that Indonesian obituaries often replace the term related to the death, which has a hurtful connotation with the softer expression that has relationships in its meaning component. In addition, euphemisms also served a number of functions in Indonesian obituaries, including (1) the protective (12.57%), (2) the underhand (36.52%), (3) the uplift (5.98%), (4) the provocative (33.55%), (5) the cohesive (9.58%), and (6) the ludic (1.80%). The euphemism function of the underhand is dominated in the findings with 61 instances or 36.52%, so it conveys that Indonesian obituaries often blur the sensitiveness by not using the direct term.
Poetic Metaphors Related to Birds: A Conceptual Blending in Puisi-Puisi Cinta, WS. Rendra Jaganegara, Haidar
Jurnal Bahasa Asing Vol. 17 No. 1 (2024): Jurnal Bahasa Asing
Publisher : Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing JIA

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Metaphors are commonly used to vividly convey deeply abstract human emotions. This is because human emotions are indeed an abstract – conceptual. In the poem of Puisi-Puisi Cinta, the poet employs a great deal of emotional poetic metaphors relating to birds in order to communicate the variety of feelings that are experienced by the characters, such as features, roles, and visual aspects. This paper aims to study the emotional poetic metaphors related to birds in Puisi-Puisi Cinta using conceptual blending theory. The research data in the study consists the poetic metaphors related to Birds in Puisi – Pusi Cinta by WS Rendra. The data are conducted qualitatively using the blending theory. The blending theory’s G.Fauconnier and M.Turner (2002) came to the conclusion that metaphorizing is not limited by the projection from “the source domain” to “the target domain”, but includes complex dynamic integration processes, creating new blended mental spaces, which are able to create the meaning structure. The findings reveal that these vivid poetic metaphors in Puisi-Puisi Cinta by W.S Rendra are substantial through the use of imagery depicting aspects of the birds' appearances and its features to human beings. The metaphorical process, which projects from the birds to human beings, can be seen as a process of conceptual blending. In addition, each and every poetic metaphor related to birds of the poem has its characteristics in a certain cognitive model.
Using Directive Speech Acts to Understand the Dialogue in a Short Film Script: A Case of Admit One Jaganegara, Haidar
Jurnal Bahasa Asing Vol. 17 No. 2 (2024): Jurnal Bahasa Asing
Publisher : Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing JIA

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Knowing speech acts is necessary for comprehending and understanding the meaning of character's dialogue, particularly in film script that employ performative language. Each character is responsible for understanding their lines, while the readers must grasp the overall context. The study, therefore, aims to analyse the kinds of directive speech acts in Admit One short film script. The paper applied the descriptive qualitative method, while the data were collected by closely observing the dialogues containing directive speech act both directly-indirectly and literal-non literal. The results showed in the data findings running ten types of directive speech acts in the data findings, such as command (11.36%), begging (4.55%), asking (43.18%), defending (6.81%), warning (2.27%), insisting (6.81%), suggesting (6.81%), ordering (11.36%), permitting (4.55%), and advising (2.27%). Later, this research is expected to provide profound insights to the reader about pragmatics study to analyse directive speech acts for further studies.