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Circumlocution in Political News written in Jakarta Post
This research discusses circumlocution and semantic change in the Jakarta Post.com. The objectives of the research focused on two points are identifying the types and semantic change in The Jakarta Post. This study uses descriptive gualitative method. The data are analyzed Types of circumlocution based on Barras's theory (1982). The instrument of the research is the researcher himself.
The result of this study found that there are 6 types circumlocutions used in the political news in Jakarta post. They general over specific, paraphrase over name, complex over simple, ambiguity, eguivocation, and euphemism. And there are 4 types of semantic change. They are specialization, generalization, metonymy, metaphor.
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