Causal Relationship as an Expression of Happiness and Joyfulness

Keywords

emotion and states of mind, causal relationship, happy and joy, smiles and laughter, jokes

Abstract

The topic of this research is about emotion and state of mind. Happiness and joyfulness (gembira and senang in Bahasa Indonesia) can be classified as types of positive emotion which is associated with causal relationship. Causal meaning reflects cause–effect relation. Causal relationship which is represented by words, clauses and sentences does not refer directly to emotions; it implies the complex phenomena of the emotions and states of mind (Santangelo 2002). The elements in the causal relationships can generate humorous sense resulting in smiles and laughter. Smiles and laughter reflect happiness and joyfulness. Happiness and joyfulness are the results of cause element in a particular context which is manifested through physical activities such as laughter. It is possible that a causal relationship reflects a negative mood such as cynicism, hatred, resentment, and so on. This study uses two types of theories namely theory of emotions and states of mind, and semiotic theory of iconicity in language in the form of a causal relationship. The method used is the incorporation of semiotic theory of diagrammatic icons from C.S.Peirce with the emotional theory of P.Santangelo. Emotional expert P.Santangelo based his theory on emotion in the field of psychology with the specificity of examining emotive elements in text with cultural influence. The data used is in the form of jokes in written texts. Jokes are culturally-laden linguistics expressions. Someone who is immersed in one culture can understand a joke, then smile or laugh after reading it. Therefore, the Santangelo’s theory was chosen to examine the text in the form of a joke. Semiotics experts, C.S.Peirce proposes that one type of signs in semiotics is a diagrammatic icon. Diagrammatic icon is used to examine intersentential relationships in a discourse, including consecutive word order, action-purpose, cause-effect, and so on. This study aims to find and describe the joint flow of thought and the emotions of the Indonesians who, due to stimulation of certain sentences, conduct physical movements, such as laughter or smiles. Laughter and smiles are non-lingual elements related to emotion and states of mind. Laughter and smiles are not considered as emotion; it is rather a physical movement which expresses joy or happiness.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hermina Sutami
PY  - 2018/11
DA  - 2018/11
TI  - Causal Relationship as an Expression of Happiness and Joyfulness
BT  - Proceedings of the International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Cultural Studies (BASA 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 236
EP  - 245
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/25906093
ID  - Sutami2018/11
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