1974). These three scholars share the
same idea of semantic analysis. Nida
(1979) states that descriptive definitions of
cultural terms in most dictionaries are not
systematic and are falsification. He proposed
a method of analyzing the meanings of
terms in the same domain. The method is
known as “componential analysis.” This
method is based on the assumption that the
meaning of a word is composed of
semantic components, which differentiate
the word from others. Thus, words with
similar semantic components have similar
meanings. Similarly, Palmer (1976285)