Metaphors in the Ex-Gam’s Political Discourses During Pre-Public Elections in Aceh

Usman, Jarjani

doi:10.22373/ej.v4i2.1667

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“…To some degree, the findings also corroborate previous research findings on the dehumanizing metaphors (e.g., Barasa & Opande, 2017;Musolff, 2015;O'Brien, 2009;Prażmo, & Augustyn, 2020;Usman, 2017). All the abstract concepts used to describe the concretely perceivable concepts in metaphors are usually are close to the people's existence and surroundings.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…O'Brien (2009) also found the use of dehumanizing metaphors in denigrating a marginalized group of people. In a nearly similar vein, in Usman's (2017) research findings, the local politicians used the terms "traitor(s)" and "others" to describe those who were politically not on their sides. All these findings suggest that many dehumanizing concepts are used to describe people negatively through metaphors, depending on how they believe that they understand the concepts' meaning.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Several studies on the dehumanizing metaphorical language in many parts of the world have been carried out (e.g., Barasa & Opande, 2017;Musolff, 2015;O'Brien, 2009;Prażmo, & Augustyn, 2020;Usman, 2017). Musolff (2015), for instance, analyzed the dehumanizing metaphors used in British debates on immigrants.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The dehumanizing metaphors in the culture of Acehnese in Indonesia

Usman

Yusuf

2020

Indonesian J. Appl. Linguist.

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This study investigated dehumanizing metaphors used in the daily life and collective memory of Acehnese people in Indonesia and how male and female persons are presented. The interviews were held with 20 people from six districts in Aceh province, Indonesia. Data were collected from elders aged 60 and above, and Acehnese is spoken as their mother tongue. Since they did not travel much (except for occasional holidays with families and Hajj pilgrimage), they are deemed untainted native speakers of Acehnese. For analysis, grounded by the Conceptual Metaphor Theory, this study found that the metaphorical expressions in the Acehnese culture that dehumanize people mostly use animals' concepts, and the rests are of the inanimate entity, and plants. The negative meanings present human as animals are such as agam buya (crocodile man), kamèng keudèe (goat in the market), manok agam (cock), among others, and the positive ones that present human as plants are boh lam ôn (a leaf-covered fruit) and padé jum (wet rice). They negatively or positively describe a person's behavior where the negative ones are commonly associated with a person's corrupt behavior and the positive ones for good behavior. Most of the dehumanizing metaphors are genderless; only a few are gender-based. Acehnese is a genderless language that has no distinctions of grammatical gender. These metaphors inform the conceptual system or belief of the Acehnese society through language use.

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The dehumanizing metaphors in the culture of Acehnese in Indonesia

Usman

Yusuf

2020

Indonesian J. Appl. Linguist.

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“…Meanwhile, a French social theorist, Foucault developed the idea of discourse by looking at the characteristics of an approach which emphasises the 'power of the relationship that is expressed through language and behaviour, and the relationship between language and power'. This definition seems to be more, interdisciplinary, comprehensive and closely interrelated in a way that language and power has a significant role in wider social practices and interactions (Usman, 2017).…”

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Language, identity, and ideology: Analysing discourse in Aceh sharia law implementation

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Muluk³

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Indonesian J. Appl. Linguist.

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The implementation of Sharia law in Aceh in 2001 has ignited various reactions from both national and international communities. Some argued that this Sharia law could have a detrimental effect on human rights issues. Others claimed that as a province populated by the Muslim majority, Aceh should be given an opportunity to legalise its own legal product, ensuring that Sharia law is part of Acehnese religious values. This paper is primarily concerned with analysing the texts taken from The Jakarta Post newspaper’s article regarding the formal implementation of the local Sharia law in Aceh. The article is examined by means of various tools in Discourse Analysis method, including social identity, speech acts and implicature, genres and register. The findings elucidate that the speech and discourse of the participants and their interpretation are highly influenced by identity and community ideology of the speakers.

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“…Humorous interactions commonly happened spontaneously as a result of linguistic problems during the vertical armed conflicts, which were then settled in Helsinki, Finland, in 2005, mediated by the former President, Marty Ahtisaari, who led the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) (Aspinall, 2005;Usman, 2017). For instance, on one side, many villagers especially in the countryside where the wars, ambushes, or fire exchanges frequently occurred mostly spoke and understood the Acehnese language but had little command of Indonesian language.…”

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Analyzing the humorous communicative interactions during the wartimes in Aceh

Usman

Fauzan

2020

SiELE

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Prolonged armed conflicts between the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement/Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) happened from 1976 to 2005. The three-decade-vertical political conflicts have received worldwide attention in research, except its humorous sides. This study attempted to capture the types and styles of humor within the memories of Aceh society. To do so, this qualitative study used interviews and document analysis to interview 20 Acehnese people from five districts in Aceh province who experienced the vertical wars in Aceh and analyze written resources. The research found that there are many types and styles of humor that happened unintentionally as the result of the speakers’ mistranslating and miscode-mixing from Acehnese language to Indonesian language during unexpected interactions. Most of the humor occurring during the wars in Aceh fall into the incongruity theory, the verbal pun style, and the self-enhancing style. The findings of the study provide insights on the humorous side of the long wars through communicative interactions in Aceh that are useful to relieve tension when remembering the bitterness of the wars.

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Metaphors in the Ex-Gam’s Political Discourses During Pre-Public Elections in Aceh

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

The dehumanizing metaphors in the culture of Acehnese in Indonesia

The dehumanizing metaphors in the culture of Acehnese in Indonesia

Language, identity, and ideology: Analysing discourse in Aceh sharia law implementation

Analyzing the humorous communicative interactions during the wartimes in Aceh

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