VERBAL ABUSE OF WOMAN POLITICIANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA : A STUDY OF NATURAL SEMANTIC METALANGUAGE

Abstract

This study describes the categories and meanings of hate speech that found in the comments section on social media of woman politicians. In this study, the theory of Natural Semantic Metalanguage was applied. The data used is in the form of written data that is accessed on online media through the listening method and analyzed using the agih method. The results showed that there were two categories of hate speech in the comments column on social media, namely (1) 'X said something bad to Y because X wanted Y to FEEL something bad' (such as insulting, cussing, denouncing, underestimate, quipped, mocking, challenging, and threatening), and (2) 'X said something to Y because X wanted something bad to HAPPEN to Y' (such as accusing and provoking). The verb meaning of speech is formed by the original meaning of SAYING, FEELING, WANTING, THINKING, and HAPPENING formed in the semantic structures of 'X says something to Y', 'X says this because X wants something', 'X thinks like this', and 'X says something like this'.