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number of semantic component of both words. If bed has 6 [+] features, while sexual intercourse has 5 [+] features.
Secondly, bed’ applies Semantic change in pejorative process in which the new meaning is regarded worse than the previous one. Based on the above
explanation, the previous meaning has neutral feature like [FURNITURE USED TO SLEEP] and [FURNITURE USED TO HAVE SEX], yet the new
meaning has sensitive feature like [HAVE SEX]. So, the new meaning bed is regarded less favorable by referring to the sex area.
2. Rhyming Slang
Data example: 2
a Lola: ... like shaft I could just ride the puppy p. 11
This utterance is said by Lola. Lola is a doorwoman at Night club . It happens in the night when Erick is going to go to the bar, Erick and Lola meet at the door. She then opens the door and offers him a drink. Lola is so impressed on
Erick. He is handsome guy and a widower as well. But she only says her idea about Erick on her thought .
In that sentence, puppy is a euphemism for the buttocks or ass. The buttocks should be replaced because it is profane. It relates to body part that is
vulgar to utter. It is vulgar for some following reasons: a The buttock locates on the lower trunk
b It contains orifices and passages that expel excrement from the body such as defecate and the like
c It is also used to have sex, especially anal sex.
’The buttock is taboo in the area of body part. Many people get disgusted to mention it in the daily conversation. In this case, Puppy counteracts
buttock. Puppy sounds more polite, pleasant, and tactful by obscuring the
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real intention referring to somebody elses private part. The hearer then just catches the nice sense of the word.
The use of puppy as a euphemism for buttock get through Rhyming slang process. We know that puppy is a young dog. People take care and love the
puppy as best they could. Meanwhile, ‘buttock’ is back part of our body on which people sit, put in an injection, process excrement or even have copulation. Many
people prefer to take care of another body part rather than take care of the buttock, while it has significant of excretion process.
To prove that sentence ... like shaft I could just ride the puppy is a euphemism expression by the existence of the word puppy. It is shown from
the components of puppy Puppy: [CONCRETE] [ANIMAL] [ANIMATE] [HAS BODY]
Here, puppy has no sensitive feature, its refer to animal that shall move, eat, and so on. If the writer replaces the word puppy in sentence a with the
intended reference, the sentence will be: b Lola: ... like shaft I couldjllst ride the buttock
sentence b is acceptable, but it does not include euphemism. It is because the meaning is shown clearly. Besides, buttock consists of components like:
Buttock: [CONCRETE] [ANIMATE] [BODY PART] [GENITALS] To get the Meaning relation of the words, the components will be
identified as follow:
Puppy Buttock
+ Concrete
+ +
Animate +
+ Animal
- +
Has body -
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- Body part
+ -
Genitals +
Based on the semantic component, the word ’puppy’ and ’buttock’ share several components such as [CONCRETE] [ANIMATE]. ’Puppy’ has those
components referring to animal that shall move, eat, do copulation to reproduce, and so on. The identical fatures let ’puppy’ substitute for ’buttock’.
They are concrete or real. The [ANIMATE] feature of ’puppy’ refers to something in connection to human creator as the characteritic of animal.
While, the {ANIMATE] feature of ’buttock’ goes to body part of creature. These similar components induce puppy replace and refine ’buttock’ as well.
The word ’puppy’ is regarded more polite because it is used to refer to a young dog, while ’buttock’is a body part specifically, genitals.
Next the writer is going to analyze the meaning relation between ’puppy’ and ’buttock’. They have meronymy relation in which it is a relation used to
describe part - whole relation. The meaning of ’buttock’ like [BODY PART] and [GENITALS] are part of the meaning of ’puppy’. Thus, the ’buttock’ is a
part of ’puppy’. To avoid confusion with hyponym relation, the writer then identifies this relation by using the frame X as a part of Y and Y has X. This
term is shown in the relation between puppy and buttock in which buttock is a part of ’puppy’ and ’puppy’ has ’buttock’ like below:
Puppy
Head body
buttock leg
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The word ’puppy’ undergoes pejorative in which the new meaning is regarded more negative than the previous one. The word ’puppy’ is only used to mean a
young dog. It is a kind of pet loved so much by the owner. It is because ’puppy’ is a funny and loyal animal. Meanwhile, buttock is back part of
human being referring to genitals having function to copulate and excrete as well. In this sentence, the new meaning ’puppy’ is buttock as back part and
genitals of human. It is then clear that the new meaning puppy gets worse than earlier one.
3. Remodeling
