{"title":"Metaphorical Expressions in News Discourses of Setya Novanto’s Graft Case","authors":"Zamzani Zamzani, Yayuk Eny Rahayu, Ahmad Wahyudin","doi":"10.2991/ICILLE-18.2019.98","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This study focuses on news discourse analysis. It aims at examining the representation of metaphorical expression in the news discourses of Setya Novanto’s graft case, and the types of news discourses in which they are expressed.Drawing on qualitative design, news texts pertaining to electronic-ID graft case from three national media Republika, Kompas, and Media Indonesia were collectedthrough close reading and note taking, and analyzed using pragmatic correpondence. The results show that the news discourses of the electronic-ID graft case are delivered using metaphorical expressions, euphemism in particular, to convey the intended meanings of the writers. These expressions are found in the headline news and subheadline","PeriodicalId":277832,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Language, Literature and Education (ICILLE 2018)","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Language, Literature and Education (ICILLE 2018)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2991/ICILLE-18.2019.98","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This study focuses on news discourse analysis. It aims at examining the representation of metaphorical expression in the news discourses of Setya Novanto’s graft case, and the types of news discourses in which they are expressed.Drawing on qualitative design, news texts pertaining to electronic-ID graft case from three national media Republika, Kompas, and Media Indonesia were collectedthrough close reading and note taking, and analyzed using pragmatic correpondence. The results show that the news discourses of the electronic-ID graft case are delivered using metaphorical expressions, euphemism in particular, to convey the intended meanings of the writers. These expressions are found in the headline news and subheadline