Muchammadun, Muchammadun (2018) Happiness in bahasa Indonesia and its Implication to Health and community well-being. Asian EFL Journal, 20 (8). pp. 279-291. ISSN 1738-1460

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Abstract

ENGLISH This paper examines the meaning of three Indonesian emotion words, bahagia, senang, and gembira that come from happiness discourse. “Happiness” has become an important aspect in nation’s well-being as well as the people’s health and longevity. The problem arises when these three ‘happiness’ words are used interchangeably without any clear cut in meaning. The Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach was applied in this study due to its universality and capacity to solve the definition circularity. The data were taken from the Leipzig University Indonesian corpora. Additionally, some definitions from Indonesian monolingual as well as English-Indonesian and Indonesian-English bilingual dictionaries were taken into consideration to illustrate the problems. As the result, this paper defines bahagia, senang, and gembira as personal emotions from the discourse of “happiness” that occurs in different duration of time. The difference occurs also in the ‘otherness’ characteristics of each emotion. The native Indonesian experience on these emotions was described in the NSM explication. Finally, the paper suggests studies on emotions and happiness to promote community well-being and health as an immerging research domain for applied linguists.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	happiness; bahagia; senang; gembira; emotion; Natural Semantic Metalanguage; well-being; health
Subjects:	11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111714 Mental Health 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2003 Language Studies > 200313 Indonesian Languages
Divisions:	Fakultas Dakwah dan Ilmu Komunikasi > Jurusan Pengembangan Masyarakat Islam
Depositing User:	Yunita Lestari S.Adm, M.Sos
Date Deposited:	27 Oct 2023 01:17
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2023 01:17
URI:	http://repository.uinmataram.ac.id/id/eprint/3424

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