Focus of the Study Research Question Significance of the Study

4. The Instrument of the Research

The instrument of the research is the writer himself by conducting several steps, which are: watching episode 01 and 02 of Sherlock Serial TV season 3; taking notes of phrases or sentences that possibly contain euphemism; classifying the data into types of euphemism and analy ing their meanings based on the context of the characters in the story; and writing a report of the study.

F. Unit of Analysis

The data of analysis is Sherlock Serial TV season 3 released on 1 January 2014, created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, and produced by Hartswood Films.

G. Place and Time

This research is conducted in several libraries in Jakarta, such as State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah and Atma Jaya Catholic University in May - July 2014 during the 8 th semester of study. 10

CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

A Previous Research There were several researchers who studied about euphemism before this research is conducted. Here are two of them:

1. Euphemism of American High School Movie: The Study of

Meaning Relation and Semantic Changes This research was conducted by Mida Sulfiana, a student of State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah, in 2012. Her research focused on Meaning Relation and Semantic change of taboo words and their euphemism terms. She used Allan and Burridge’s euphemism theory and several theories of meaning proposed by Saed, Leech, and O’Grady. She also used Nida’s componential analysis theory to analy e Meaning Relation and Semantic Change. In her research, she found eight types of euphemism, they are: metaphore, circumlocution, quasi-omission, remodeling, abbreviation, metonymy, hyperbole, and clipping. She also found six data that have Meaning Relation and ten data that have Semantic Change.

2. Euphemism Used in Language of Politic in Padang Express

Newspaper This research was conducted by Dina Mayang sari, a student of State University of Padang, in 2013. The purpose of her research is to find out what kinds of euphemism in Padang Express Newspaper and their types