IJELS p-ISSN: 
Email this article 
Pragmatics Analysis on Anger Expression in #IndonesiaTerserah on Twitter
(1) Universitas Sanata Dharma, Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author
Abstract
This study attempts to identify the intention and pragmalinguistic forms of anger expression in tweets using #IndonesiaTerserah on November 15th, 2020. A corpus of 30 tweets is analyzed within pragmatic analysis framework. In analyzing the data, the illocutionary acts and pragmalinguistics forms of the tweets are the focus. The interpretation entails the analysis of text, addressing, and the identification of connotative meanings. The data are collected using Twitter Archiver Programme (API). An underlying assumption for choosing the time frame is the hashtag reached the highest trending in Indonesia as response to two mass gathering incidents in Soekarno Hatta airport on 10 November 2020, and Petamburan on 14 November 2020. Based on the findings of illocutionary act, the intention of using #IndonesiaTerserah in the tweets mostly is to state the fact and elaborate their opinions regarding the issues. The irritated feeling dominates the intention of using #IndonesiaTerserah. However, they also express expectation to the stakeholders to handle the issues in a better way. Based on the findings on pragmalinguistics forms, anger is expressed in thinly veiled form of cynical humor in order to make their message more straightforward to the addressees.
Keywords
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Ahmed, M. S., Aurpa, T. T., & Anwar, M. M. (2021). Detecting sentiment dynamics and clusters of Twitter users for trending topics in COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE, 16(8 August), e0253300. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253300
Angraini, Y. (2017). Sentiment analysis of sarcasm in spoken language. ANGLO-SAXON: Journal of the English Language Education Study Program, 8(1), 103–114. https://doi.org/10.33373/ANGLO.V8I1.989
Cahyani, E. H. (2017). A study of sarcasm in the American sitcom the Big Bang theory (Bachelor thesis, Universitas Sanata Dharma, yogyakarta, Indonesia). Retrieved from https://repository.usd.ac.id/12909/2/131214086_full.pdf
Chatfield, T. (2013). Netymology: From apps to zombies: A linguistic celebration of the digital word. Quercus Publishing.
Dewey, C. (2015). Why didn’t #FreddieGray trend on Twitter?. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/27/why-didnt-freddiegray-trend-on-twitter/
Dikhawati, I. J. (2019). A pragmatic analysis on anger expression found in Donald Trump’s Instagram comments. (Bachelor thesis,Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia). Retrieved from http://eprints.ums.ac.id/75404/11/PUBLICATION ARTICLE.pdf
Dzulfaroh, A. N. (2020, November 15). Tagar #IndonesiaTerserah kembali viral di Twitter, ini kata satgas Covid-19. Kompas.com. Retrieved from https://www.kompas.com/tren/read/2020/11/15/180300765/tagar-indonesiaterserah-kembali-viral-di-twitter-ini-kata-satgas-covid-19?page=all
Fernandes, B., Biswas, U. N., Tan-Mansukhani, R., Vallejo, A., & Essau, C. A. (2020). The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on internet use and escapism in adolescents. Revista de Psicología Clínica Con Niños y Adolescentes, 7, 2020–2059. https://doi.org/10.21134/rpcna.2020.mon.2056
Indrianingsih, E. (2017). A pragmalinguistics analysis of anger expressions in the crime movies. (Bachelor Thesis,Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia). Retrieved from http://eprints.ums.ac.id/55707/11/Publication Article.pdf
Knoblock, N. (2016). Sarcasm and irony as a political weapon: Social networking in the time of crisis. 11–33. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0081-0.CH002
Laukkanen, E. (2016). Twitter discourse: Hashtags as pragmatic markers. Helsingfors universitet. Retrieved from https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/168144
Lotan, G. (2015). #FreddieGray — is not trending on Twitter?. Retrieved from https://medium.com/i-data/freddiegray-is-not-trending-on-twitter-9e4550607a39
Rahim, M. N., & Ali, M. B. (2021). The effect of using social media on academic performance of faculty members during Covid-19 pandemic. Utamax : Journal of Ultimate Research and Trends in Education, 3(2), 106–114. https://doi.org/10.31849/UTAMAX.V3I2.5934
Scott, K. (2015). The pragmatics of hashtags: Inference and conversational style on Twitter. Journal of Pragmatics, 81, 8–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2015.03.015
Susanto, H., Yie, L. F., Mohiddin, F., Setiawan, A. A. R., Haghi, P. K., & Setiana, D. (2021). Revealing social media phenomenon in time of Covid-19 pandemic for boosting start-up businesses through digital ecosystem. Applied System Innovation 2021, Vol. 4, Page 6, 4(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/ASI4010006
Suwarno, U. R. (2020). Anger expression in comments on senator fraser anning post in Facebook social media. (Bachelor Thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia). Retrieved from http://eprints.ums.ac.id/83354/1/NASKAH PUBLIKASI .pdf
Twitter. (2019). Understanding Twitter limits | Twitter Help. Retrieved from https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-limits
Xue, J., Chen, J., Hu, R., Chen, C., Zheng, C., Su, Y., & Zhu, T. (2020). Twitter discussions and emotions about the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning approach. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(11), e20550. https://doi.org/10.2196/20550
Yule, G. (1996). Pragmatics. New York: Oxford University Press.
Zubiaga, A., Spina, D., Martínez, R., & Fresno, V. (2014). Real-time classification of Twitter trends. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 66(3), 462–473. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23186
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/ijels.v8i1.3886
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
IJELS Journal Sinta 4 Certificate (S4 = Level 4)
We would like to inform you that Indonesian Journal of English Language Studies (IJELS) has been nationally accredited Sinta 4 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia based on the decree No. Surat Keputusan 152/E/KPT/2023. Validity for 5 years: Vol 7 No 2, 2021 till Vol 12 No 1, 2026
This work is licensed under CC BY-SA.
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
IJELS e-ISSN 2715-0895; IJELS p-ISSN 2442-790X
Indonesian Journal of English Language Studies (IJELS) is published twice a year, namely in March and September, by the English Language Studies (ELS) of the Graduate Program of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.