Euphemisms in the Headlines of Haluan Newspaper

Winita, Sucia; Ermanto, Ermanto

doi:10.2991/icla-18.2019.82

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“…Descriptive tables including frequencies and percentages were also provided quantitavely. This was done to explore the most frequent and the lowest, as in (e.g Al-Khasawneh, 2018; Winita & Ermanto, 2018;Novianti, Syarif, & Marlina, 2018).…”

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“…Expectedly, euphemism has received massive notices in the research literature. Many researchers have studied euphemism on different objects for the past couple of years, such as the analysis of euphemistic expressions in the movie script (Sari, 2008;Siska, 2010), chronicles (Hong, 2013), the newspaper (Crespo-Fernández, 2014;Tuerah, 2021;Winita & Ermanto, 2019), student questionnaire (Al-Khasawneh, 2018), tragedies (Jubran & Sa'eed, 2019), political speech (Kafi & Degaf, 2021;Syukri & Ardhan, 2018) and social media (Rahmawati, 2021).…”

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Euphemistic Expression in Indonesian Obituaries

Jaganegara

Wijana

2023

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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.

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Euphemistic Expression in Indonesian Obituaries

Jaganegara

Wijana

2023

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“…Others have focused on the functions (Bowers & Pleydell-Pearce, 2011;Burridge, 2012;Linfoot-Ham, 2005;Wardhaugh, 2006), whereas others have connected euphemisms with a taboo (De-Klerk, 1992;Fromkin, Rodman & Hyams, 2003;Swan, 2005;Thompson, 1999), language teaching and learning (Altakhaineh & Rahrouh, 2015;Bakhtiyorovn, 2020) and media (Al-Gharrawi, 2017;Fitriani, Syarif, & Wahyuni, 2019;Ong'onda, 2018;Simamora, 2012;Winita & Ermanto, 2019). Euphemisms have also been linked with language dynamism and change (Alpher & Nash, 1999;Burridge, 2012;Dixon, 1980) and politeness and intercultural communication (Aboh, 2018;Al-Khasawneh, 2018;Fernández, 2005;Fraser, 1990;Fukada & Asato, 2004;Goffmann, 1967;Held, 1992;Jdetawy, 2019;McGlone & Batchelor, 2003;Ndhlovu & Botha, 2017;Rabab'ah & Al-Qarni, 2012;Watts, Sachiko, & Konrad, 1992;Yoshimura & MacWhinney, 2010).…”

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Mapping the distribution of euphemisms across taboo themes in Swahili

Charles,

Ochieng

2023

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Euphemisms are vital elements of language, especially in polite speech training, tracing language change and use. Hence, the lack of studies on the distribution of euphemisms in Swahili denied stakeholders knowledge of what Swahili speakers consider sensitive and less sensitive. In this regard, the current study determined the distribution of Swahili euphemisms by taboo themes. The data were collected from 384 Swahili speakers using a questionnaire. The euphemisms were categorised by taboo themes, whereas the ranking was based on the volume of euphemisms per theme. The finding reveals that the theme of “dead body” had the highest concentration of taboo phrases, followed by themes of “burial” and “farting." The least euphemised themes in Swahili are “female sexual organ," "semen," and “orgasm." The hierarchy implies that speakers should trade carefully on topics of dead body, burial, and farting in Swahili communication. Contrarily, relaxation is permitted in conversations around sexual organs, semen and orgasm in the Swahili culture. The findings might be useful to native people who are upbringing their children according to the Swahili culture, diplomats and orienters of foreigners in the Swahili culture.

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“…Euphemism is a journalist strategy with a shift in meaning that journalists carry out consciously with a goal to respect the actor [6]. This shifting is somehow also used to avoid taboo or abstinence.…”

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The Depiction of Environmental Preservation by Indonesian Media: Study of Euphemism and Dysphemism

Degaf¹,

Nabila²,

Amrullah³

2023

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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This study focuses on euphemism and dysphemism in news texts on environmental discourse in Indonesia. Three Indonesia mainstream medias which are CNN, Detikcom, and Kompas are chosen as the data. Using descriptive qualitative we discover that the use of euphemisms and dysphemism in a linguistic perspective is not only limited to softening and degrading meaning but also to manipulating audiences. For example, the use of euphemisms to describe the impact of environmental damage will soften the impact, "menghilangkan bentang alam" is used to describe a destroyed area due to the project, and "lahan yang terdampak" means the area areas that are potentially damaged by the project. Meanwhile, the use of dysphemism will add a bad impression to residents who try to protect their environment, such as "Penolakan Pembangunan" that seems disapproving of Indonesia's progress and "aksi unjuk rasa" carried out for natural exploitation projects development. In conclusion, most of the use of euphemisms and dysphemism by the media does not support environmental conservation because words that should have been clarified in their meaning to give awareness to the environment crisis are instead being softened, on the contrary, people's actions for the environment are described as bad behaviour.

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Euphemisms in the Headlines of Haluan Newspaper

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Euphemistic Expression in Indonesian Obituaries

Euphemistic Expression in Indonesian Obituaries

Mapping the distribution of euphemisms across taboo themes in Swahili

The Depiction of Environmental Preservation by Indonesian Media: Study of Euphemism and Dysphemism

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