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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
of meaning. She used William, Shipley, Rawson, Neaman and Silver, and Allan and Burridge’s euphemism theories and Leech’s theory of
meaning. From her analysis, she found two types of euphemisms, which are: semantic change and borrowing. She also found two types of
meaning, they are: conceptual meaning, and affective meaning.
From the two researches above, it can be concluded that euphemism is an interesting study. We can analy
e their meanings, and we can find out the relation between taboo words and their euphemism terms. We can also
find out the types of meaning of all those euphemism terms. Euphemism is also important to study because the knowledge of euphemism can help us
survive in our social life. However, there are some differences between this research and the two
other researches above. This research focuses on finding the euphemisms used by the main
characters, John and Sherlock, in Sherlock Serial TV season 3 and explaining their meanings according to context of those characters. It is
different compared to Mida’s research where she focused on finding Meaning Relation and Semantic Change of the taboo expressions and their
euphemisms. This research, however, has similarities with Dina’s research. Both
researches use Leech’s theory to analy e the meaning of the euphemism
terms. Still, there are some differences between this research and Dina’s. First, Dina used a politics newspaper in her research while the corpus of
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