Political language variation: stylistic based study

https://doi.org/10.37028/lingcure.v5n1.45

Authors

  • Ida Bagus Putrayasa Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Singaraja, Indonesia

Keywords:

morphology, personification, political language variation, stylistics, syntax

Abstract

This study aimed at finding out the figures of speech used by the government in the political language variation and the purposes to which they serve. On the basis of the data analysis, it was found that there are sixteen types of figures of speech contained in the political language variation, for example, euphemism, repetition, parallelism, personification, parable, anticlimax, sarcasm, trope, hyperbole, pleonasm, climax, antithesis, synecdoche, anaphor, allusion, and metonymy. The purposes of their uses are to vary sentences, to show respect, to express something in a polite manner, and to give an emphasis or stress meanings. The suggestion made in relation to the uses of the figures of speech in political language variation is for the authority (government) to use words or phrases that are simple to make it easy for the people to understand.

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2021-01-12

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Putrayasa, I. B. (2021). Political language variation: stylistic based study. Linguistics and Culture Review, 5(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.37028/lingcure.v5n1.45

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