Construction and Implication of New Covid-19 Pandemic Words
From the Perspective of Qur’anic Asynonimity (al-Wujuh wa al-Naza’ir)
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.098How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Covid-19, language meaning, language use, al-Wujuh wa al-Naza’ir
- Abstract
Covid-19 pandemic has brought out some new words classified as four: Indonesian, English, loan words, and abbreviation or acronym. Those new vocabularies trigger similarities and differences in how Indonesian understand and use them. This study aims to explain the construction and implication of those new words from the perspective of Qur’anic asynonymity (al-Wujuh wa al-Naza’ir). This study used a qualitative approach involving a library mixed with field research and engaging a survey to 104 respondents (61 educators, 29 students and 14 common people). The analysis reveals two findings as a scientific contribution to the linguistic discipline. On the aspect of language meaning, most of the respondents know the meaning of new Covid-19 pandemic words while showing a variety of understanding. On the aspect of language use, meanwhile, most of the respondents are more familiar with English words such as “Corona, Covid, Covid-19” instead of both Indonesian and loan words like “Wabah, Pagebluk, Pandemi”. Additionally, they have different perceptions in the use of those new words for practical use.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Rosidin Rosidin AU - Masyithah Mardhatillah AU - Rahmat Rahmat AU - Handoko Ja’far PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/17 TI - Construction and Implication of New Covid-19 Pandemic Words BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 628 EP - 634 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201215.098 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.098 ID - Rosidin2020 ER -