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Salient socio-stylistic traits of English and Arabic junior songs
Get PDFChildren songs exhibit various socio-stylistic features by which song authors manufacture special constructions to enroll the new consumers within grownups world. Practically, song authors exert their effort to be very close to juniors' minds, through the mediation of fun, imagination, education, and moral conventions. They utilize children register in transferring their messages, and functionalize different linguistic levels to achieve their aims. Thus, this paper aims to examine the socio-stylistic traits of 100 junior songs in both English and Arabic languages. Making use of Fergunson (1996) approach concerning the factors affecting children communication system (register predominance), interacting with two stylistic models; Leech and Short modal's 2007 of lexical and figurative devices prospects; and Thornborrow and Wareing modals (1998) of syntactic prospects, the lexical, syntactic and figurative devices in the chosen data express different outstanding traits such as belonging, dynamism, decontextualization, dedication, and imagination. The study concludes that socio-stylistic prospects applied to both languages result in converting an introduction to the new world conventions and unconsciously grafting childhood with friendly othering world. Junior songs can be considered the first invitation was given to children in their early phase to interact grownups worlds, besides their delightful, fun and deduction effects
Exploring textual meaning in Chukwuemeka Ike’s Sunset at Dawn: a systemic functional approach
Get PDFThe goal of this research work is to apply one of the three meanings developed by Halliday (1985), the grammar of textual meaning, to two extracts selected from Chukwuemeka’s Sunset at Dawn (1976). This focus on textual meaning aims at unveiling the hidden linguistic resources or codes incorporated in the novel. It also aims at bringing out how the author of this novel has organized and established Themes to construct clauses in order to convey his message. Through a descriptive approach, the grammar of Textual meaning is studied in Chukwuemeka’s Sunset at Dawn (1976). The qualitative descriptive method used in this article is supported by a quantitative method in using descriptive statistical analysis to calculate the percentage of the different fields. The study reveals that the Theme/Rheme structure is an essential component in the construction of a cohesive and coherent text. This has enabled us to assert that Sunset at Dawn by Chukwuemeka Ike is a well-written novel
Engagement and negotiation: Exploring a tertiary female EFL teacher’s professional agency in her career development in P.R. China
Get PDFAgency is considered as a significant construct in teachers’ professional development. Given previous literature offers little empirical evidence regarding how female EFL teachers in China shape and reshape their agency in their career development, the current study attempts to explore a Shanghai tertiary female EFL teacher’s agency by examining how she manifested her agency and how she negotiated with the situated context to achieve her roles in her career trajectory. The authors applied qualitative approach, i.e. interviews, classroom observation, artifacts, living graphs, and SNS-based communication to collect the data and thematic analysis to analyze the data, so as to present “thick-description” of the participant’s “lived experience”. The major findings of this research are: (1) The participant recursively achieved her agency via influences from the past, orientation towards the future, and engagement with the present; (2) Reflection and self-regulation are found to facilitate her agency achievement; (3) The participant’s agency was afforded or constrained relatively to her situated context. The study provides insights into possible perspectives of understanding agency and language teachers’ professional development
Structural analysis and religiosity of Balinese song lyrics
Get PDFThis study examines the lyrics of Balinese religious songs with a primary focus on analyzing the various forms of microstructure, macrostructure, and superstructure of Balinese religious songs by using the Van Dijk discourse analysis. The type of this research is qualitative with the systematic writing of the study which is from theory to deep observation of data for further analysis. The lyrics of Balinese religious songs are literary works containing the traits of lyrical poems that are very beautiful and full of meaning. This study revealed that the lyrics of Balinese religious songs contain microstructure, macros structure, and superstructure. The results of this study provide clear pictures of what religious values ??are actually in the lyrics of Balinese songs which can be utilized as guidance in establishing a harmonious society
Transformation of siwa-sisya relationship within Hindu religiosity: Religious practices in the globalization era
Get PDFThrough globalization, the ideology of capitalism, with its belief in the free market system and rationalism is spread out throughout the world. This has risen up a crucial phenomenon not only to the transformation of socio-economic aspects but also to transformations of religiosity. In Bali, Indonesia, there has been a transformation of the Siwa-sisya or patron-client relationship, which is an integral part of the religiosity of Bali Hindus. Traditionally, Siwa resembles to be Pedanda or Pastors from the Brahmana background and sisya is the congregants of the respective Pastors which form a classic patron-client relationship. This research aims at analyzing and explaining the patron-client relationship transformation in Bali and its implications within Hindus practices. By applying a critical ethnography approach, the data was collected through observation, in-depth interview, and literature review. The data was analyzed qualitatively through three interrelated stages, namely data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions or verification. The study reveals that there has been a shift of meaning from Siwa to Sulinggih, in which sisya now a freedom to choose Pastor has based on the market mechanism, which has resulted in a reformulation of the patron-client relationship. Consequently, Sulinggih can be Pastors even though the Pastors come from the non-Brahmana background. Therefore, such a relationship transformation can imply to the personalization of religion, the emergence of internal friction within Hindu communities, and contestation between Pedanda and Sulinggih in attracting sisya or clients on the basis of social capital, economic and symbolic power
Kakenauwe of single language prefix
Get PDFThis article discusses the single kakenauwe language prefix. Language is found in Buton district, Southeast Sulawesi Province. The method used in this research is a descriptive method. By using this method, the findings in the study are a single prefix in the language kakenauwe bake-, bako-, ci-, dopo-, fe-, fekhi-, fepe-, fo-, ka-, mem, menci-, mentene -, mo-, na-, nae-, ne, no-, noci-, moko-, nomo-, pa- pisi-, poni-, and sa-
Collaborative experiential learning: Five senses exploration to higher descriptive writing quality
Get PDFEFL learners need to experience a stimulating learning activity to develop their skill in writing practices. Therefore, EFL teachers need to put their students in an English language exploration of writing. Promoting the use of a sensory detail chart in a collaborative experiential learning exercise, this study aimed at increasing the quality of EFL students’ descriptive writing. The researchers conducted this learning method by doing classroom action research in two cycles in which 26 students participated. The researchers used pre- and post-tests as research instruments to measure the quality of students’ descriptive writing. Each student used a sensory detail chart to help them organize their sensory words to describe some objects observed during the five senses exploration in small groups. Collaborative experiential learning accommodated the students to develop their communicative competence as well as to gain more ideas in describing the objects. From the tests, the researchers found that the quality of students’ descriptive writing increased by 36.58% in the first cycle and by 56.53% in the second cycle. In conclusion, the results showed that the five senses exploration in a collaborative experiential learning was successful in increasing the quality of students’ descriptive writing. It is argued that the use of sensory detail chart in a collaborative learning environment is effective in stimulating students’ writing in a foreign language, especially in writing descriptive text
The fulfillment of the biblical statement “vanity of vanities! all is vanity” through the portrayal of two characters in Armah’s the beautyful ones are not yet born
Get PDFAfter the five basic needs, Man usually seeks power. This quest takes diverse forms namely financial, material, political and social to name just a few. Once it is got, the use may raise problems or difficulties that nobody mainly the holder has ever thought of. Here, it depends on how it is used. Power can be used properly by serving one’s fellows. Whether used properly or not, Man’s power ends on this earth. In this vein, in order to build a good reputation and or personality of oneself on this earth and after death, one has to use one’s power in a good way. This research paper aims at bringing human beings to be aware of the fact that they must account for all their deeds one day or the other, and consequently must think several times before acting or even uttering a single word. If this is known, they must be as modest and honest as possible no matter their power and/or the fields where they operate in order to contribute to the promotion of their community and as such the development of their country. The study has highlighted the failure of Koomson who has misused his power in The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Armah on the one hand and the rehabilitation of the man who has always been modest and honest on the other and each of them rewarded accordingly. Otherwise, it has proved that men have always accounted and will always account for their deeds and therefore ripe their fruits accordingly. It has also shown that Armah has been both a novelist and a teacher through the evolution of both characters under study. In order to efficiently explore the topic, I have used the theories of characterization and qualitative
News text on fire extinguishing service
Get PDFThis article examined news text on fire extinguishing of Kupang city, Indonesia. The text was taken from Timor Express newspaper. The examination was to analyze its macrostructure, superstructure, microstructure and to describe the cognition and social context. We collected data by taking the news texts of Timor Express purposively. Additionally, we interviewed the editorial chief of the electronic mass media of the Timor Express to verify the data and to reach a deep understanding of the cognition and social contexts that implicitly realized in the news text construction. Results showed that the text structure of Kupang City fire extinguishing service in Timor Express news consists of macro-structure, super-structure, and microstructure. For the level of the superstructure, in general, Timor Express formulates headlines followed by leads consisting of script elements, which can be identified as: ‘what’, ‘when’, and ‘who’ elements. Meanwhile, elements ‘why’ and ‘how’ are in the news content (story). A macrostructure is a thematic form of the Kupang city fire extinguishing service news text. The microstructure consists of semantics, syntactic, stylistic, rhetoric. In the microstructure, the use of words that pointed to, or reinforced news messages about the fire disaster was investigated. In terms of social cognition, the aspect is realized in the form of journalists' mental awareness of a fire disaster that received services from the Kupang City fire service department. Timor Express journalists considered that fire is an unpredictable humanitarian disaster which impacts material losses in life
Comparison of expression of God in poems written by Amir Hamzah, Chairil Anwar and Sutardji Calzoum Bachri
Get PDFGod becomes the search for religious people. This search is expressed in the form of books, songs, movies, or even in the form of literary works. The individual poets express God in poetry. There is a difference between one poet and the other. In this study, therefore, we examine several issues: the expression of God in Amir Hamzah's poem entitled Drop Back, the expression of God in Chairil Anwar's poem entitled Prayer, the expression of God in the Sutardji Calzoum Bachri poem entitled Amuk, and the comparison of expression on God in the poems of the poets. This research is qualitative with descriptive nature. In this case, data collection is done by library method and documentation technique. Further data analysis is done with the application of Roland Barthes semiotics theory, namely the principle of signifier (sign), signified (signified), and meaning (signification). This analysis begins by splitting the data in the form of fragments that are arbitrarily defined. Thereafter, the first or denotative meanings are determined by looking at the lexical meaning, and the meaning of the second or connotative level is determined by the search for a relation between marker and second level marker. By looking at the significance of the second level, the expression of God in the poetry of the poets in can be determined. Thus, the results of data analysis show things as follows. (1) Amir Hamzah expresses God with the fragment of your servant tongue, different, develops, spreads me up the ladder of captivity, and descends again. (2) Chairil Anwar expresses God with the fragments of prayer and at your door I knock. (3) Sutarjdi Calzoum Bachri expresses God with the fragments of my cat and se There is mmmmMu! (4) Amir Hamzah expressing God as a supreme substance and he resisted such ideas as manunggaling kusula gusti, Chairil Anwar expressed God as the only place to get the feeling of "coming home or returning" to be a person who surrendered to the greatness of God's grace, while Sutarjdi Calzoum Bachri expressed God as a substance that can only be found with submission to Him