A CORPUS LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF ANTI-NARCOTICS DISCOURSE IN THE INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS STATEMENT
Keywords:
corpus linguistics, political discourse analysis, narcotics, presidential press statement, deontic modalityAbstract
This study analyzes the linguistic corpus of the Indonesian Presidential press statement following the destruction of 214.84 tons of narcotics evidence worth Rp29.37 trillion. Employing a Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies (CADS) approach, this research reveals lexical patterns, semantic structures, and rhetorical strategies in anti-narcotics policy discourse. The corpus data consists of 325 word tokens analyzed to identify keyword frequency, collocations, and discursive representations concerning narcotics, actors, and public participation. Findings demonstrate that presidential discourse emphasizes the hard work of law enforcement agencies (Polri, BNN), the danger of narcotics to the future of younger generations, and the importance of collective participation from all societal elements. Lexically, the word 'narkoba' (narcotics) appears 7 times, while 'bekerja' (work) and its variants occur 8 times, reflecting an action-oriented and mobilization framework. Deontic modality markers such as 'harus' (must) appearing 4 times and 'jangan' (don't) appearing 2 times demonstrate state authority in shaping moral obligations. Persuasive strategies include inclusivity ('kita'/'we'), lexical repetition ('bekerja keras'/'work hard'), and war metaphors ('sangat berbahaya'/'extremely dangerous'). These findings confirm that governmental political discourse constructs narcotics as an existential threat requiring collective response and rehabilitation as a humanistic solution, aligned with harm reduction policies in Law No. 35 of 2009 on Narcotics.
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