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New Normal Term in Indonesian Society During Covid-19

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Abstract

Indonesia imposes large-scale social restrictions when people with covid-19 have experienced a significant increase from day to day. Since June 5th, 2020 Indonesia began to apply new normal, which means starting to open public space for the community. During new normal in Indonesia, the number of positive people contracted the virus covid-19 is increasing compared during large-scale social restrictions period. This study observes the relationship between the perceptions of new normal society with the number of people who infected Covid-19. This study used sociolinguistics approach which observes language in society. This study observe meaning of the words in „new normal‟ term based on society‟s perception. The data taken from interviewee 13 Indonesian societies focused on „new normal‟ term.

Keywords

Society
New Normal
Covid-19
Perception

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Conflict of Interest Statement

The author (s) declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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  • Submitted
    24 February 2021
  • Revised
    10 July 2021
  • Published
    13 February 2021