Redefinition of Homecoming (Mudik) VS Returning Home (Pulang Kampung) in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201215.096How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Homecoming, returning home, appraisal theory

Abstract

Heading Eid al-Fitr, Muslims in Indonesia usually do homecoming (mudik) to their hometowns. However, recently in the pandemic Covid-19 era, the term homecoming has been redefined by Jokowi. He distinguished the meaning of homecoming (mudik) with returning home (pulang kampung). However, based on the Indonesian Dictionary, the term homecoming is equated with or defined as returning home. This study aims to investigate language experts and another experts’ redefinition of mudik. The appraisal theory was employed to reveal the expert’s attitude, engagement, and graduation toward the issue. Data for this study were obtained from online news media containing language expert’s opinion on the word homecoming (mudik) and returning home (pulang kampung) reported on Detik online news titled ‘Perbedaan Mudik dan Pulang Kampung Menurut Para Ahli’ and Republika online news titled ‘Pakar Linguistik Jelaskan Soal Arti Mudik dan Pulang Kampung’. The results of the study indicate that the experts have a positive attitude, engagement, and gradation to support the government to redefine mudik for handling the spreading of COVID -19 in Indonesia.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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