Vague Languages Implied through Disparagement Functions in Comic Strips

Jaufillaili, Jaufillaili; Sujatna, Eva Tuckyta Sari; Indira, Dian; Indrayani, Lia Maulia

doi:10.17576/3l-2017-2304-06

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“…Van Deemter (2010) as cited in Zhang (2011) states that vagueness is all about the meaning and function of language. Jaufillaili et al (2017) state that vague language is described as something that is implied without being clearly stated. Both participants know the message of the conversation though it is hidden or is not being clearly stated.…”

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A Pragmatic Analysis on Vague Language Used in Disaster News Articles on Thejakartapost.com

2021

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This paper presents the findings analysis of categories and functions on vague language used in disaster news articles on Thejakartapost.com based on the theory of Channell (1994). In the journalism context, especially in disaster news article, the information often contains vague language that has imprecise statement since it is harmful. Therefore, to avoid wrong statements, the reporters often use vague language in presenting information accurately. The study employed a qualitative descriptive method. All data were 24 news articles. There were 12 news articles of natural disasters and 12 news articles of human-caused disasters. The period was from April 2018 until March 2019. The findings of this study showed that there were three categories of vague language, namely vague additives to numbers that were realized by approximators and adjectives. The others were vagueness of choice of vague words that were realized by nouns, and vagueness by scalar implicatures that were realized by quantifiers, numbers, and exaggerations. In addition, they also have its functions of vague language. Firstly, giving the right amount of information, it is used since the reporters just shared the right number of information although the exact number was not available. Secondly, filling in lexical gaps of uncertainty, it is used since the reporters wanted to cover the imprecise information with another word, and generalized word that was difficult to identify. Last but not least, self-protection. It is used since the reporters wanted to protect and hedge their statements from imprecise information.Keywords: Vague Language, Categories, News Articles, Disasters, implicature

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Section: Vague Languagementioning

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A Pragmatic Analysis on Vague Language Used in Disaster News Articles on Thejakartapost.com

2021

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“…Some researchers define it as the information that is not expressed explicitly by the text but derived on the basis of a comprehender's knowledge and is encoded in the mental representation of the text (Noordman & Vonk 2015). A case, when people imply something with the consideration that the message of the conversation would be understood without it being clearly stated, can serve as one of the examples of triggering such inferential mechanism (Jaufillaili, Sujatna, Indira & Indrayani 2017). The others consider the inference to be an act of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true (Goldman, McCarthy & Burkett 2015, Emets et al 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%