Local Wisdom Diction in News Discourse on National Online Newspaper

Abstract

The basic of language use in news discourse is not only to understand, but also more importantly is the usefulness in diction which can increase the literacy interest on the reader and give impression to the reader sensitivity. This research aim to identify diction of local wisdom in news discourse on national online newspaper. The type of research is descriptive qualitative. Data of this research were dictions in news discourse on national online newspaper. The sources of data were in the form of news discourse about local wisdom on national online newspapers. Data was collected using documentation, read, and note-taking methods. Technique of data analysis used translational identitymethod and read-marker technique. Based on the result revealed that local wisdomdiction in discourse news on national online newspaper, such as Kompas, Sindonews, Republika,and Suara Karya are: 1) connotation word, 2) denotation word, 3) general word, 4) specific word, 5) foreign term, 6) scientific word, 7) popular word, (8) synonym, 9) concrete word, and 10) loan word. Scientific word is types of diction found the most in the news.