The Meaning of takut ‘fear’ by Indonesian-speaking School-age Children

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211110.049How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Takut; Emotion; Indonesian-Speaking Children; Child Language

Abstract

This study examines the use of the Indonesian emotion word of fear, takut, by Indonesian-speaking children. The question to be addressed in this study is: how do Indonesian-speaking school-age children give meaning and define takut ‘fear’? This study aims is to explain children’s meaning and language construction of takut ‘fear’. This study, compares two age groups, 6-7- year-old children and 10-11-year-old children. This study used qualitative and quantitative approaches. Participants in this study were school-age children (N=167). This study’s main data is children’s writing, which is based on two questions: “Menurut kamu, takut itu apa?” ‘according to you, what is fear?’ and “Mengapa kamu takut?” ‘why do you have the feeling of fear?’. We copied and transformed the data into text format. The meaning and definition of takut are analyzed qualitatively. The occurrences of words that associate with takut are analyzed quantitatively using antconc software. It is found that the children in both groups tended to use truncated sentences in attributive to define the meaning of takut and to explain the reason of being feared. They also tended to associate takut with setan ‘satan’ and seram ‘spooky’, indicating that the word associates with something visual and imaginative.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wuri Prihantini
AU  - Bernadette Kushartanti
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/21
TI  - The Meaning of takut ‘fear’ by Indonesian-speaking School-age Children
BT  - Proceedings of the International University Symposium on Humanities and Arts 2020 (INUSHARTS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 333
EP  - 340
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211110.049
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211110.049
ID  - Prihantini2021
ER  -