Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Language, Literature, and Education (ICLLE-5 2022)

Use of Figurative Language in Sports News on News Portals

Authors
Depika Pina Sufa1, *, Siti Ainim Liusti1
1Indonesian Language Education Study Program, FBS Universitas Negei Padang, Padang, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: dpinasufa@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Depika Pina Sufa
Available Online 29 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-85-5_3How to use a DOI?
Keywords
News portal; figurative language; sports news
Abstract

This study aims to describe the types of figurative language styles in sports news on the news portals. This research is a qualitative research using descriptive method. The data of this research is the discourse in the news portal that uses figurative language style. The data sources for this research are the online news portals Go. Sumbar.com, Go.Riau.Com, detikcom, and SINDONEWS.com which were published in January 2022. The results of the research on the use of figurative language styles in sports news on news portals are (1) similarity/simile, (2) metaphor, (3) personification, (4) allusion, (5) eponym, (6) epithet, (7) irony, (8) cynicism, (9) sarcasm, (10) satire, (11) inuendo, (12) synecdoche, (13) metonymy, (14) antonomasia, (15) hypalase. Based on the research results, the use of figurative language that dominates in news writing is metaphorical style.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Language, Literature, and Education (ICLLE-5 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
29 December 2022
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-494069-85-5_3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-85-5_3How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Depika Pina Sufa
AU  - Siti Ainim Liusti
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DA  - 2022/12/29
TI  - Use of Figurative Language in Sports News on News Portals
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Language, Literature, and Education (ICLLE-5 2022)
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