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CHAPTER IV CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
A. Conclusions
According to the purposes of this research, the writer would like to underline the conclusion of the research.
Firstly, based on the analysis, there are three types of euphemism used by John in this serial, they are:
indirection 3, abstraction 2, and circumlocution 2; and those euphemisms are classified into three types of
meaning; affective 5, conceptual 2, and social 1.
Secondly, the writer found four types of euphemism used by Sherlock in this serial, they are:
indirection 4, abstraction 2, circumlocution 1, and borrowing 1; and those euphemisms are classified into three types of
meaning; affective 3, conceptual 3, social 2. Thirdly, the reasons why John uses euphemisms is not only to avoid
losing face or cover up things considered taboo but also to protect his own feeling. In the story, it is described how he struggles to move on from
Sherlock’s death. When speaking about Sherlock’s death, like when talking to Mrs. Hudson, he never mentions it directly, but always uses indirection.
It is because for him the topic of the death of his best friend is too hard to handle. That is why most of his euphemisms are classified as affective
meaning. Finally, the reason why Sherlock uses euphemism is to impress his
interlocutor. Sherlock likes to give an abstract and unclear explanation, especially when giving deductive analysis. By making his explanation
abstract or indirect, he will make his interlocutors confused, and then they will ask or even beg him to give a more clear explanation. After that,
Sherlock will give a more clear explanation which a normal human being can understand, and that is when they give a shocked but impressed look at
his explanation.
B. Suggestions
In this research, the writer suggests the next researchers to conduct contrastive linguistics study by comparing the differences of euphemisms
used in English and euphemisms used in Indonesia or in other languages. Other than that, the next researchers can also conduct the analysis of
euphemism using other approaches, such as: psycholinguistics approach and sociolinguistics approach,
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