Euphemism in The New York Times political articles: A study of semantic change
Journal: Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Institutional Repository (Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta)
Year: 2018

The purpose of this research is to find the types of euphemism in The New&#13;\nYork Times political articles and to identify the semantic change that occured&#13;\nthrough componential analysis. This study applies the theory of Allan and&#13;\nBurridge about euphemism and Dirk Geeraerts’s about semantic change. As the&#13;\nresults, the types of euphemism applied in the articles are 4 metaphors, 3&#13;\ncircumlocutions, 2 metonymies, 2 hyperboles, 2 understatements, 1 synecdoche,&#13;\nand 1 bo