Modalitas Epistemik sebagai Wujud Lingual Tuturan Berpagar Mahasiswa Multikultural di Surabaya

Luluk Isani Kulup, Bambang Yulianto, Budinuryanta Yohanes

Abstract


The use of hedges in student speech varies greatly depending on the situation and conditions of use, both in casual situations and in formal situations, it is stated that the use of adequate hedges must take into account the context. The purpose of this study was to determine the epistemik modality as a form of lingual speech by multicultural students in Surabaya. Hedges are a group of words whose function is to communicate, the communication function of language cannot be used properly without context. One group of words in question is in the form of an epistemik modality. This study aims to describe the epistemik modality as a form of hedges in multicultural students. The approach used is qualitative. This approach is considered relevant because it emphasizes the natural role, uses descriptive data, and uses inductive means because it does not test hypotheses. The data in this study is the verbal speech of multicultural students. The data sources of this research are multicultural students from four universities in Surabaya. The data retrieval technique used is the listening, recording, engaging, proficient, and note-taking technique. Analysis of the data used is the technique of sorting, turning, and connecting. The results of this study indicate that the epistemik modalities used as a form of hedges by multicultural students are the modality of predictability, modality of possibility, and modality of necessity.

 

Abstrak

Penggunaan hedges dalam tuturan mahasiswa sangat bervariasi tergantung situasi dan kondisi penggunaannya, baik itu dalam situasi santai maupun dalam situasi resmi dinyatakan bahwa penggunaan hedges yang memadai harus mempertimbangkan konteks. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui modalitas epistemik sebagai wujud lingual tuturan berpagar mahasiswa multikultural di Surabaya. Hedges adalah sekelompok kata yang fungsinya untuk melakukan komunikasi, fungsi komunikasi bahasa tidak dapat digunakan dengan semestinya tanpa konteks. Sekelompok kata yang dimaksud salah satunya berupa modalitas epistemik. Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan modalitas epistemik sebagai wujud hedges pada mahasiswa multikultur. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah kualitatif. Pendekatan ini dianggap relevan karena menonjolkan peran alami, menggunakan data deskriptif, dan menggunakan sarana induktif karena tidak menguji hipotesis. Data dalam penelitian adalah tuturan verbal mahasiswa multikultural. Sumber data penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa multikultural dari empat perguruan tinggi di Surabaya. Teknik pengambilan data yang digunakan adalah teknik simak, rekam, libat, cakap, dan catat. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah teknik pilah, balik, dan hubung. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa modalitas epistemik digunakan sebagai wujud hedges oleh mahasiswa multikultural adalah modalitas keteramalan, modalitas kemungkinan, dan modalitas keharusan.


Keywords


mahasiswa multikultural; modalitas epistemik; tuturan berpagar; multicultural students; epistemik modality; hedging speech

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26499/rnh.v10i2.4044

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