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Jamet, Denis; Burridge, Kate; Allan, Keith; Crespo‐Fernández, Eliecer

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“…His research aimed to find out the functions more than the type of euphemisms used by Anis and Sandiaga in the Jakarta gubernatorial election debate. Both previous research and this present research proposed the same euphemism theory by Allan and Burridge (2012). Also, the previous research and this present research discussed the same topic, but the research has different data sources.…”

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“…Euphemism, according to Allan and Burridge (2012), is a collection of words or phrases that are used as an alternative expression when expressing an uncomfortable thing. This disproportionate term may be taboo, fearsome, distasteful, or for any other reason have too much negative meaning to happily execute the communicative intention of the speaker on a given occasion.…”

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“…The researcher used sociolinguistic theory to examine the euphemism aspects contained in the news headlines of tempo.co. Researchers used the euphemism theory of (Allan & Burridge, 2020). Allan & Burridge is one expert who divided it into three aspects.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The results of the analysis of what they found were two types of euphemisms, then, six functions of euphemisms in the research they did. This study uses the theory of Allan (2012). His research aimed to find out the functions more than the type of euphemisms used by Anis and Sandiaga in the Jakarta gubernatorial election debate.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The researcher focused on classifying euphemisms based on their types, namely positive and negative euphemisms and then analyzes the meaning behind euphemisms in the Tempo.co headlines. The researcher made this research using the euphemism theory of Allan & Burridge (2020). The researcher used a qualitative descriptive method to describe euphemisms.…”

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Types of Euphemism Used in the Headline News by TEMPO.CO 2022

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Mubarak

2022

Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris UPB

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Euphemism can be said as a style of language that becomes a better communication tool and avoids important actions or things that are sensitive. The use of euphemisms is used in communication to provide information or messages that usually contain taboos that are meaningful in words, phrases or sentences that contain euphemistic expressions. This study aimed to provide an insight into the strategy of using euphemisms in order to prioritize politeness when speaking in a general context or situation so that it can be understood by the entire community The data is taken from news headlines tempo.co from March to July 2022. In this study, researchers analyzed the euphemisms that emerged from news headlines Tempo.co. Usually euphemisms are things that often appear in news media, advertising media, and also on social media which are currently widely used by people and youth. The researcher focused on classifying euphemisms based on their types, namely positive and negative euphemisms and then analyzes the meaning behind euphemisms in the Tempo.co headlines. The researcher made this research using the euphemism theory of Allan & Burridge (2020). The researcher used a qualitative descriptive method to describe euphemisms. In the results of this study, the researcher found 15 data which contained types of euphemisms based on their type such as analogy and distortion of euphemisms based on their type.

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