Research Article
Language Play found in Tahilalats’ Instagram Social Media Account, Perspective on Critical Discourse Analysis
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296893, author={Eva Eviani}, title={Language Play found in Tahilalats’ Instagram Social Media Account, Perspective on Critical Discourse Analysis}, proceedings={Proceedings of the Third International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Culture Studies, BASA, 20-21 September 2019, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={BASA}, year={2020}, month={6}, keywords={language play tahilalats humor}, doi={10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296893} }- Eva Eviani
Year: 2020
Language Play found in Tahilalats’ Instagram Social Media Account, Perspective on Critical Discourse Analysis
BASA
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296893
Abstract
This research focuses on language play found in the Instagram account named @ tahilalats. The problem of the study discussed in this research is about the types of language play which are at work in the visuals. The purpose of this research is to contribute to the linguistics field of study in the context of digital age 4.0. The data obtained by the researcher are the Instagram visual strips sourced from the Instagram account named @ tahilalats. Data collection techniques are a two-weeks observation, selecting random samples from the @tahilalats account and sorting the relevant data based on the focus of the study. This research employs the theory of critical discourse analysis. The findings of this study are the types of language play in the form of homonyms, polysemy, and plesetan or word puns.
