A CORPUS-BASED ANALYSIS ON MEANING OF NEAR-SYNONYM “DEMENSIA” AND “PIKUN” IN DETIK.COM
ANALISIS KORPUS TERHADAP MAKNA SINONIM DEKAT NOMINA “DEMENSIA” DAN “PIKUN” DI DETIK.COM
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Abstract
“Demensia” and “Pikun” are near-synonym, but the use of both is not same and cannot be replaced by each other. Both words are commonly used interchangeably in Indonesian media or daily speech. Using the incorrect word in the wrong context can lead to misunderstanding and unintentional implications. So, this study aims to analyse the use and the meaning difference of the words “demensia” and “pikun” that used in news text on Detik.com. This is a corpus-based analysis with the help of AntConc software. The researcher collected 54 news texts with the keywords “demensia” and “pikun” during the period of 1 January – 31 March 2024. The analysis was conducted using frequency of occurrence, concordance, and collocation features which were then described using semantic approach through the description of denotative and connotative meaning. The result shows that both meanings are different as denotatively. Connotatively, the use of words “demensia” and “pikun” in Detik.com have negative sense meaning which often refers to a decrease in the quality of life and health of the sufferer. Besides, the word “demensia” in Detik.com is often used in a health context and its meaning refers to a health problem or complex disease. Meanwhile, the word “pikun” is used in general context which meaning is identified as something that happens to elderly people as a process of aging and causes them to do uncontrolled actions.
“Demensia” dan “Pikun” adalaha nomina yang bersinonim dekat, tetapi penggunaan kedua kata tersebut tidak sama dan tidak dapat digantikan satu sama lain. Namun, keduanya sering digunakan secara bergantian di media atau dalam percakapan sehari-hari di Indonesia. Penggunaan kata yang salah dalam konteks yang tidak tepat dapat menyebabkan kesalahpahaman. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis penggunaan dan perbedaan makna kata “demensia” dan “pikun” yang digunakan dalam teks berita Detik.com. Penelitian ini merupakan analisis berbasis korpus dengan bantuan perangkat lunak AntCon. Peneliti mengumpulkan 54 teks berita dengan kata kunci “demensia” dan “pikun” selama periode 1 Januari – 31 Maret 2024. Analisis dilakukan dengan menggunnakan fitur frekuensi, konkordansi, dan kolokasi yang kemudian makna denotatif dan konotatifnya dideskripsikan dengan pendekatan semantik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kedua makna kata tersebut berbeda secara denotatif. Secara konotatif, penggunaan kata “demensia” dan “pikun” dalam Detik.com memiliki makna negatif yang sering merujuk pada penurunan kualitas hidup dan kesehatan penderitanya. Selain itu, kata “demensia” dalam Detik.com sering digunakan di dalam konteks kesehatan dan maknanya merujuk pada masalah kesehatan atau penyakit yang kompleks. Sedangkan kata “pikun” digunakan dalam konteks lebih umum yang maknanya identik dengan sesuatu yang terjadi pada orang lanjut usia sebagai proses penuaan dan menyebabkan penderitanya melakukan tindakan yang tidak terkendali.
Keywords:
Corpus analysis, Near-synonym, Demensia, Pikun, Detik.com, corpus analysis; near-synonymReferences
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