Semantic Analysis in The Short Story: The Gift of The Magi
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63822/62n63457Keywords:
semantic, analysis, short story, O. Henry, The Gift of MagiAbstract
This research aimed to analyze the short story “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry by examining the field of semantic studies, which focused on analyzing the existence of sentences, utterances, and presuppositions. This study focused on interpreting the meaning of sentences, utterances, and presuppositions in the short story “The Gift of the Magi,” as well as understanding the meaning of the purpose of each semantic analysis in the short story. The purpose of this study was to add insight into how to analyze a short story and interpret the meaning of a sentence, utterance, and presupposition that contributed to the narrative of the short story. The result of this research used a descriptive qualitative method in taking and analyzing data. This research used several theories from experts to interpret the data through sentence, utterance, and presupposition. This analysis showed that the story's narrative is shaped by both what is said and how it is said in context.
References
Agustin, P., Adisiswanto, K., Luh, N., & Beratha, S. (2023). Grammatical Relations and Semantic Roles of English Active Clauses in Reference to Crazy Rich Asian Novel. 7, 2037–2044.
Lidya, R. M. (2023). An Analysis of Figurative Language in Short Story “The Happy Prince” by
Oscar Wilde. Journal of English for Specific Purposes in Indonesia, 2(1), 33–40.
Aliyeva, K. S. (2016). About the Different Kinds of Meanings of a Sentence. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 6(9), 1762. https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.0609.06
Fitriani, E. S. (2021). The Presupposition Triggers in Thesis Abstract. International Journal of English and Applied Linguistics (IJEAL), 1(3), 283–290. https://doi.org/10.47709/ijeal.v1i3.1273
Kusumawardhani, P. (2021). Semantics Analysis of Hyponymy on “Hank and The Horse” Short Story on Youtube. International Journal of English and Applied Linguistics (IJEAL), 1(3), 187–196. https://doi.org/10.47709/ijeal.v1i3.1197
Swarniti, N. W. (2024). An Analysis of Short Story The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen in Semantics Perspective. 2(2), 67–71.
Ummah syahada nurul, Eripuddin, P. R. (2020). 329500-an-Analysis-of-Moral-Value-in-Short- Stor-219F5a8F. 6(1).
Sugiyono. (2010). Metode penelitian kuantitatif, kualitatif, dan R&D. CV Alfabeta.
Yuniardi, Y. (2015). PRESUPPOSITION AS FOUND IN “THE DARK KNIGHT” MOVIE (Vol. 151).
Saifudin, A. (2019). Teori Tindak Tutur dalam Studi Linguistik Pragmatik. LITE: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Dan Budaya, 15(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.33633/lite.v15i1.2382
Ni, N., Devi, A., & Ni, N. (2022). Directives Function on the UP Movie. Elysian Journal English Literature, Linguistics and Translation Studies, 2(2), 35–44. https://doi.org/10.36733/elysian.v2i2.3607
Eragamreddy, N. (2024). Presuppositions: The hidden force shaping everyday conversations. Premise: Journal of English Education and Applied Linguistics, 13(3), 842–870. https://doi.org/10.24127/pj.v13i3.10121
Salzmann, Z., & Yule, G. (1998). The Study of Language. Language, 74(2), 449. https://doi.org/10.2307/417949
Frank Robert Palmer. (2010a). Semantics. Lightning Source.
Hurford, J. R., Heasley, B., & Smith, M. B. (2007). Semantics: A coursebook (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Rudin, D. (2022). Intonational commitments. Journal of Semantics, 39(2), 339–383. https://doi.org/10.1093/jos/ffac002
Ummah, S., Eripuddin, & Rahayu, P. (2020). An analysis of moral value in short story “the last leaf” by o
hery. Journal of English Education, 6(1).
Henry, O. (1905, December 10). The Gift of the Magi. Americanliterature.com. https://americanliterature.com/author/o-henry/short-story/the-gift-of-the-magi/
Aziz, A., Astuti, P. P., Ariani, K. N., & Rosyidah, H. R. (2023). Semantics. 1, 1–23. Allott, N. (2023). Encapsulation, inference and utterance interpretation. Inquiry: An
Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2023.2267084
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Amelia Permata, Desy Nurmelia Putri, Divya Azzahra Putri Bahar, Lulu Izdihar Salsabila (Author)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
