e-Journal of Linguistics
Vol. 19 No. 1 (2025): January

The Nuruls from a Linguistic Perspective as a Popular Youth Culture in Indonesia

Adam Muhammad Nur (Unknown)
Keni Pradianti (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jan 2025

Abstract

In today's digital era, the expansion of language has been rapidly developing, allowing the representation of a word to shift or even for the meaning of that language to change. Moreover, in a language, the concepts of open and closed word classes are recognized, where open word classes are those that will continuously change and expand, while closed word classes are those that are unlikely to ever change or grow. Currently, among young people, the term "The Nuruls" has become popular. This term is derived from the concept of a person's name, even though linguistically, the word "Nurul" comes from Arabic, meaning "Light." Interestingly, the word "Nurul" is preceded by the article "the," which originates from English. The combination of morphemes "the" and "Nurul" creates a unique meaning among young people, indicating a significant shift in meaning. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to examine the semantic shift observed in the phrase "The Nuruls" and to identify the markers that represent this phrase. This study employs a semiotic approach to explore the meaning shift in the phrase "The Nuruls." The research uses a descriptive qualitative method, which is employed to describe the data descriptively, and the analysis will also be presented in a descriptive manner.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ejl

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

This e-Journal of Linguistics is published by the Doctoral Studies Program of Linguistics of Udayana University Postgraduate Program and colaboration with APBL (Asosiasi Peneliti Bahasa Bahasa Lokal). The existence of the e-Journal of Linguistics aims to publish the results of linguistic ...