Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature
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Gustave Le Bon, Rhetoric as Mass Contagion, and 19th Century Rhetoric
Get PDFIn the latest edition of The Present State of Scholarship in the History of Rhetoric, Lynn
Ora lunyu dalane mbok?: The Use of Phatic Expressions in Traditional Selling and Buying
Get PDFSelling and buying as a social praxis is commonly found in daily activities. Traditional selling and buying is generally conducted in local language or dialect. Banyumas dialect or Banyumasan is a non-standard variation of Javanese language spoken along the Serayu River. Traditional selling and buying in Banyumas, consequently, is conducted in Banyumas dialect. Language plays important role in traditional selling and buying. In addition to its referential functions, phatic functions emerge from its practice. Referential functions are realized when language is used to achieve referential things such as goods and services. On the other hand, phatic functions are gained when language is used to initiate, maintain, and end a conversation. Phatic functions are very specific to traditional selling and buying which is rarely found in modern selling and buying. In modern selling and buying, seller and buyer may not be involved in a real conversation since goods exchange still occurs without any language exchange. This article proves the functions of phatic expressions in traditional selling and buying. It employs qualitative research method and conversational analysis to find the functions of phatic expressions. Based on the analysis, phatic expressions in traditional selling and buying in Banyumas dialect are mainly functioned for greeting, thanking, asking condition, showing surprise, emphasizing, and ending a conversation
THE ROLE OF FEEDBACK IN THE TEACIDNG AND LEARNING OF WRITING
No full textFeedback, which is not new in the practice of teaching
and learning of writing, has become a controversial issue recently.
A n important point of debates is whether feedback is necessQl)'. This
article aims to discuss the issue offeedback by providing arguments
thatfeedback is helpful and language learners do need it. A number
of evidences for the use of feedback are provided. In terms of
grammatical errors, feedback contributes to improvement in the
accuracy of students' writing. On the other hand, feedback on
contents provides students with hints for ideas to be developed further
and helps stimulate the development of their logical reasoning. This
a,.,icle also highlights the issue offeedbackfrom the perspective of
the students. An emphasis on the importance offurther research on
feedback concludes the discussion in this Ql1ic/e
POLITENESS PRINCIPLES:THEIR REALISATION IN INDONESIAN APOLOGIES
Get PDFThe politeness principles in the realm of pragmatics are know to be universal. Yet, to what degree the iniversity of such principles applies to a particular language is worth revealing. This study has a two-folded purpose, i.e. to look at the realisation of the politeness principles in Indonesian apologies and to demonstrate the patterns of this particular speech act according to the CCSARP coding scheme as proposed by Blum Kulka & Olshtain (1998)
THE FEMINIST MEMOIR PROJECT: VOICES FROM WOMEN'S LIBERATION
No full textEdited by
RACHELBLAU
DUPLEISIS and ANN
SNITOW
U.S.A. : Three River Press
1998, 531pp
ISBN: 0-609-80384-0
Reviewed by EKAWATI
MARHAENNY DUKU
SUPERNATURAL BELIEF IN JAVANESE CULTURE: INEVITABLE AND ERRONEOUS
No full textThe Javanese people have a healthy beliefin ghosts. magic
and the supernatural; one which often seems contradictory to the
more scientifically-based beliefs held in the western world. These
beliefs are born from ignorance and from culture. Ignorance here
has a relationship to levels of both literacy and personal intelligence.
and if ignorance causes a lack of understanding. lack of
understanding is a breeding ground for belief in ghosts. The culture
of the Javanese is the other major factor in producing such strong
and widely-held beliefs. Traditional and modern popular cultures
create a mental pre-conditioning that affects judgement. Similarly.
collective belief and especially the use of story give the Javanese an
excellent foundation for embraCing all things supernatural.
Combined with prevalent social conditions. the Javanese are
convinced. but wrongly so. of the existence of ghosts and magic
TWENTIETH CENTURY CANADIAN SCEINCE FICTION: AN ANALYTICAL NOTE ON CERTAIN DOMINANT THEMES
Get PDFModern science fiction being overwhelmingly an American phenomenon, a distinctive Canadian model or tradition that could be contrasted with the American one emerged only during the last couple of decades. The delayed flowering of science fiction and fantasy in the Canadian literary context is often attributed to a certain atrophy of the fantastic imagination in Canada. Yet, the rare appearance of science fictional flights' in pre-Second World War Canlit is best ascribed not to the aridity of the fantastic imagination, but to the fact that the preponderance of works that constitute the 'canon' of Canadian fiction are realistic or naturalistic. Such a marginalization of the fantastic mode appears to be the direct consequence of holding realistic and naturalistic paradigms as effective tools of nationali
Exploring Students Perception and ICT Use in Indonesian High Schools
Get PDFThe recent spread of technological innovation along with the sophistication of the ICT gadgets have shapped and transformed the realm of learning and teaching including in that of English Language. Alongside, ICT has become more and more inextricable part of human businesses and put a higher level of demand for technological literacy in the part of English learners in order for them to be convident in the digital era membership and participation. This study surveyed 400 high school students as regards: (a) their ICT gadgets perceived ownership; (b) their day-to-day outside and in-school use and; (c) their activities using ICT gadgets for English learning. Findings from the descriptive analyses of the mixed-method study, disclose the positive perception about the gadget ownership. Interestingly, the current study also discovers that there has been a mismatch between the positively perceived ownership of the ICT gadgets and the real day-to-day use as facilitative media for learning, in particular as a useful aids for English language learning. Focusing on the result discussion, issues with regard to discrepancies in the provision of infrastructures and the lack of the support system by school institutions emerge from the FGD analysis highlighting the importance for all decision makers, school institutions, and teachers to consciously start doing something about it. By highlighting the pivotal role of the technology, the researcher suggested a real action for responding to the call for a change in both policy makers and institutonal levels to start integrating the technology into the school curricula
METAPHORICAL MEANING ATTACHED TO LIQUOR ADVERTISEMENTS
No full textAdvertising may be viewed as the construction of the
semiotic worlds for persuading purchasers to consume what is
advertised. Printed advertisement often involves manipulation of
linguistic forms to achieve the persuasion. In addition. metaphor is
an effective way to achieve the persuasion role since it is closely
related to the way of people 's thinking and concept of something in
their mind. which is fUndamentally metaphorical in nature. The data
are collected from two liquor advertisements and respondents'
questionnaires. The two advertisements discussed in this article were
collected from Maxim magazine. September 2002 edition and the
respondents' questionnaires were distributed to 20 respondents to
find out their interpretations on metaphorical advertisements due
to written language message of advertisements. In addition. the two
examples of printed advertisements. instances of metaphorical
advertisements. are reviewed. identified. and explained by using the
theories of Saussure's Dydical Sign Model to find the process of
metaphors attached to the advertisements. The results of the study
show that people's interpretations on metaphors are basically related
to their experience offered by metaphors. It means that people will
interpret the meaning of the advertisements based on such
circumstances in which they have ever been involved in
THE LANGUAGE IN CHINUAACHEBE'S A MAN OF THE PEOPLE
No full textA chebe's 'A Mall of the People' as a product of post -
colonial literature shows an interaction betweell imperial Cltlture and
the native cultural practices especially. in terllls of language. The
limitation andfailure of standard Engli~h to express local experiences
i.e. indigenous metaphor is shown. The emergence of new English as
a result of the reconstructioll and expansion of the standard English
is thus encouraged. It is resulted in the use offour different modes in
the novel: standard English narration. standard English dialogue.
pidgin English alld native language which reflects different attitudes
implied by the speaker