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The The potential of words to become swearing: An ethno semantic study Fitri Amilia; Astri Widyaruli Anggraeni; Anita Fatimatul Laeli; Edwar Kemal
BAHASTRA Vol. 44 No. 2 (2024): BAHASTRA
Publisher : Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

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This research aims to describe the potential of words as swear words through an ethno semantic study. This research differs from other swearing studies examining the form and meaning of swear words. This study presents the potential of words to become swear words. This research employs a phenomenological approach. Swear words are expressive words that convey emotions and are easily found in both oral and written forms, whether directly or on social media. The data collection technique for swear words is documentation. The steps in documentation include recording sentences that contain swear words and classifying them based on the characteristics of swear words. The analysis technique for swear words uses conceptual meaning analysis. Based on the classification of the data, the words are analyzed for their components of meaning, both lexically and in terms of meaning derived from cultural associations and societal thought. Thus, the findings reveal the potential of each lexical word to become a curse word using an ethno semantic approach. Through an ethno semantic study, two potentials exist for words to become swear words. First, conceptual meaning is added due to the speakers' ideas, thoughts, knowledge, and culture. Second, there is a loss of conceptual meaning in the form of functional components in the lexical meaning of a word.
Language and literacy planning anomaly: A case study on detached fishermen’s children from their ethnic language Anita Fatimatul Laeli; Fitri Amilia; Slamet Setiawan; Nurkamilah Nurkamilah
BAHASTRA Vol. 45 No. 1 (2025): BAHASTRA
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Indonesia is a multilingual country that has various ethnic languages based on its ethnicity and region. For that, maintaining the ethnic language is a crucial issue in Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to portray fisherman children’s ability to read in the ethnic language (Madurese language) and investigate how the local Education policy supports the ethnic language of the fisherman community. The present study approach employed a mixed-method design. Sixteen (aged around 10 – 11 years old) Madurese children were involved in this study. Reading aloud, reading comprehension tests, and interview were used as the instruments in this study. The study was conducted within 3 weeks. The results of the study revealed that (1) the children's reading comprehension is much affected by the Madurese speech level (formal and informal) of vocabulary mastery and topics in the text. (2) children’s reading aloud was influenced by the L2 (National language) orthography system.  (3) the absence of teachers who can teach the Madurese language is the most prominent reason for not providing the Madurese Language as local content in the primary school. This study highlights the critical need for local government intervention to provide qualified Madurese language teachers in school to preserve and promote ethnic language literacy. Additionally, it underscores the importance of early childhood exposure to literacy practices in within language within the family environment.