An Analysis of Corruption Jargons in Indonesia
THESIS
by
Sheilla Oktaviani
Student Number :11.80.0012
English Department
Faculty of Language and Arts
Soegijapranata Catholic University
Semarang
A THESIS ON
AN ANALYSIS OF CORRUPTION JARGONS IN INDONESIA
By
Sheilla Oktaviani
Student Number : 11.80.0012
Approved by,
Drs. YE. Budiyana, MA. July 27, 2015
Major Sponsor
Angelika Riyandari, Ph. D. July 27, 2015
A Thesis defended in front of the Board of Examiners and declared acceptable
BOARD OF EXAMINERS
Chairperson (major) : Drs. YE. Budiyana, M ...
Secretary (co-major) : Angelika Riyandari, Ph. D ...
Member (examiner) : Emilia Ninik Aydawati, SP. M.Hum ...
Semarang, 27 July 2015
Faculty of Language and Arts
Soegijapranata Catholic University
Dean,
Acknowledgement
First of all, I would like to thank Jesus Christ for His unlimited guidance and blessing.
I would say Praise The Lord who always listens to my whines and moans so that I could
accomplish this final paper. Secondly, I would like to extend my gratitude and appreciation to
Drs. Y E Budiyana, MA and Angelika Riyandari, Ph.D who had given time, advice, and
support to me in completing this final paper.
Then, I would like to thank my parents and brothers (Andy and Billy) especially my
mom for the pray, endless love, great support and care along the time. I knew that she was
worried if I could not accomplish this final paper in time. Thank you and I love you, Mom.
After that, I would like to thank my closest friend, Misye Agustine. Thank you very much for
your support, and property. Hahahaha. She was let me lend her printer, paper, and I almost
spilled the ink of the printer out to all over her room. I remember how she was really care
about me and simply asked me “How is your final paper?” or said “Be patient”. It has been
12 years of our friendship, I love you. I would like to thank Alfeus Ricky, Diana Imut, Heri
Wibowo for your precious time when I needed someone to share my depression and complain
with. Last but not the least, I would like to thank some friends who cannot be mentioned one
by one. They were nicely told me that they will pray for my success in accomplishing this
final paper, thank you guys so much.
I realize that this final paper is still far from being perfect. I, therefore will be glad to
receive any criticsms, recommendations, advice, and suggestions to make this final paper
Table of Contents
PAGE OF TITLE
COVER PAGE
PAGE OF APPROVAL ... ii
BOARD OF EXAMINERS ... iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... v
ABSTRACT ... x
ABSTRAK ... xi
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1 Background of the Study ... 1
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE ... 4
2.7.2 Connotation ... 11
2.8 Reference ... 12
2.8.1 Referents and Referring Expression ... 13
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ... 14
3.1 Method of Data Collection ... 14
3.1.1 Participants ... 14
3.1.2 Procedure ... 16
3.2 Data Analysis... 17
CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS ... 18
4.1 The Semantic Analysis of the Corruption Jargon Used in Corruptors‟ Conversation .. 18
4.1.1 Corruption Jargon Used in the Conversation of the SEA Games Athletes Homestead Development Corruption Case ... 18
O. AU ... 28
P. Kuningan ... 28
4.1.2 Corruption Jargon Used in the Conversation of Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities Corruption Case (Kasus SKK Migas) ... 29
A. Buka Kendang and Tutup Kendang ... 29
B. SB ... 30
C. ZA ... 31
4.1.3 Corruption Jargon Used in the Conversation of Bribery Case of Imported Meat ... 31
A. M1/1 (Satu) ... 32
4.1.4 Corruption Jargon Used in the Conversation of Qur‟an Corruption Case ... 36
K. PBS ... 41
4.1.6 Corruption Jargon Used in the Conversation of Bogor Forrest Conversion Corruption Case ... 46
4.1.7 Corruption Jargon Used in the Conversation of Judge Bribery Case 2013 ... 50
A. Meter... 50
B. Buku ... 50
C. Cantik ... 51
D. Komandan Nekad ... 51
E. Komandan-komandan... 51
4.1.8 Corruption Jargon Used in the Conversation of Semarang Budget Revenue and
Expenditure (APBD – Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Daerah) Corruption Case ... 52
A. Kopi Coro ... 52
C. Nyam-nyam ... 53
D. Luwak ... 53
4.1.9 Other Corruption Jargon ... 54
A. Kacang Pukul ... 54
B. Durian... 54
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 55
5.1 Conclusion ... 55
5.2 Suggestion ... 55
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 56
APPENDIX I ... 57
ABSTRACT
Jargon is one of the linguistics phenomenon. It belongs to Sociolinguistics. Jargon is a secret language which is used in occupational scope and community (group of people), so that the only people in the same occupation or community who can understand the context within the conversation. The writer has found this existed in some corruption cases in Indonesia. The main purposes of this research is not only to reveal the corruption jargon words with their meanings but also to analyze them semantically. Therefore, this researchis conducted in domain of Sociolinguistics and Semantics. This research belongs to qualitative researches. The data are collected by using transcripts and online news articles or newspapers e.g
detik.com, suaramerderka.com, tempo.co and many others. The data are taken or collected from the internet. As a result, the writer found 62 corruption jargon words. There are 55 jargon words (88.7%) which associate with or connote different refences from common
people‟s ideas. For example, apel malang refers to apple from Malang but these corruptors
connate it as money in rupiah or Indonesian currency. The other jargon words are
