A STUDY ON THE REGISTER OF POLITY

The language of Indonesian politics is quite interesting. There are many phenomena of language abuse such as language manipulation and meaning reduction, which often occur. This research is meant to find 1) the form of the polity register, 2) the kinds of meaning polity register and 3) the character...

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Main Authors: Radityo Tri Nugroho, Afifah Linda Sari
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Language:English
Published: English Department of Antasari State Islamic University 2019-06-01
Series:LET: Linguistics, Literature and English Teaching Journal
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Online Access:https://jurnal.uin-antasari.ac.id/index.php/let/article/view/3076
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description The language of Indonesian politics is quite interesting. There are many phenomena of language abuse such as language manipulation and meaning reduction, which often occur. This research is meant to find 1) the form of the polity register, 2) the kinds of meaning polity register and 3) the characteristics of the polity register. Dealing with the research method, the writer applies qualitative method. The writer takes the data from the Indonesian newspaper “Suara Merdeka” which contains register polity. She collects the data by reading, scrutinizing, and listing them. To analyze the data, the writer uses semantic analysis based on Poedjosoedarmo theory to determine the changing meaning of the register. Having analyzed the data, the writer finds two forms of polity register namely: word and phrase. The words are in the form of simple word (26, 7%), compound word (26, 7%), and complex word (24, 4%), abbreviation and blended, each has 2,2%. In the form of phrase (17, 8%) Related to the meaning, the writer finds five kinds of changing meaning, namely: narrower than the real meaning (8, 9%), share some features whereas each of them has different meaning (24, 5%), identical to the real meaning (13,3%), and different from the real meaning (53,3%). Meanwhile, the Language styles of Indonesian polity register are euphemism (57,7%), metaphor (6,7%), hyperbola (13,3%), and metonymy (22,2%). The result of this research shows that the biggest amount of the register meaning of the Indonesian polity is different from the real meaning and tends to be euphemism. Those phenomena indicate that the polity register used by Indonesian politician tends to hide the real meaning. These may happen since there are some interests behind the Indonesian polity register, among others are to maintain and to retain power. In sum, the register is used to keep the authority goes on.
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spelling doaj-art-04db08e0f3194445b8e2de79e254e4aa2025-01-12T00:47:28ZengEnglish Department of Antasari State Islamic UniversityLET: Linguistics, Literature and English Teaching Journal2086-96062549-24542019-06-019110.18592/let.v9i1.30761798A STUDY ON THE REGISTER OF POLITYRadityo Tri Nugroho0Afifah Linda Sari1Universiti Pendidikan Sultan IdrisAntasari Islamic State UniversityThe language of Indonesian politics is quite interesting. There are many phenomena of language abuse such as language manipulation and meaning reduction, which often occur. This research is meant to find 1) the form of the polity register, 2) the kinds of meaning polity register and 3) the characteristics of the polity register. Dealing with the research method, the writer applies qualitative method. The writer takes the data from the Indonesian newspaper “Suara Merdeka” which contains register polity. She collects the data by reading, scrutinizing, and listing them. To analyze the data, the writer uses semantic analysis based on Poedjosoedarmo theory to determine the changing meaning of the register. Having analyzed the data, the writer finds two forms of polity register namely: word and phrase. The words are in the form of simple word (26, 7%), compound word (26, 7%), and complex word (24, 4%), abbreviation and blended, each has 2,2%. In the form of phrase (17, 8%) Related to the meaning, the writer finds five kinds of changing meaning, namely: narrower than the real meaning (8, 9%), share some features whereas each of them has different meaning (24, 5%), identical to the real meaning (13,3%), and different from the real meaning (53,3%). Meanwhile, the Language styles of Indonesian polity register are euphemism (57,7%), metaphor (6,7%), hyperbola (13,3%), and metonymy (22,2%). The result of this research shows that the biggest amount of the register meaning of the Indonesian polity is different from the real meaning and tends to be euphemism. Those phenomena indicate that the polity register used by Indonesian politician tends to hide the real meaning. These may happen since there are some interests behind the Indonesian polity register, among others are to maintain and to retain power. In sum, the register is used to keep the authority goes on.https://jurnal.uin-antasari.ac.id/index.php/let/article/view/3076The Language of Indonesian PoliticsPolity RegisterThe Kinds of meaning Polity Register
spellingShingle Radityo Tri Nugroho
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A STUDY ON THE REGISTER OF POLITY
LET: Linguistics, Literature and English Teaching Journal
The Language of Indonesian Politics
Polity Register
The Kinds of meaning Polity Register
title A STUDY ON THE REGISTER OF POLITY
title_full A STUDY ON THE REGISTER OF POLITY
title_fullStr A STUDY ON THE REGISTER OF POLITY
title_full_unstemmed A STUDY ON THE REGISTER OF POLITY
title_short A STUDY ON THE REGISTER OF POLITY
title_sort study on the register of polity
topic The Language of Indonesian Politics
Polity Register
The Kinds of meaning Polity Register
url https://jurnal.uin-antasari.ac.id/index.php/let/article/view/3076
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