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Sociological Analysis of the Important Characters in Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians
No full textThis research is about the sociological problems of five important characters in Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asian. Rachel Chu is the main character in this story comes from the middle class society. She has a relationships with Nicholas Young who comes from the upper class society. They face a lot of problems especially from Nicholas’s family who doesn’t agree with their relationships. Different society influences the character of someone. That’s why this research is aimed to find out the types of social class and the influence of social class on the character that showed in the story. The data were collected by reading the novel thoroughly then using the note-taking technique before being identified based on the topic. The collected data were descriptively analyzed by using qualitative-descriptive method to classify the types of social class and the influence of social class on the character that found in this novel. Based on the result of the research, it is found that there are three kinds of social class in Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asian, those are: Upper class, Middle class and Working class. Rachel Chu who comes from the middle class society has a simple personality. She prefers to save her money for food though she is a lecturer in university rather than her boy friend, Nicholas Young who comes from the worthy family. Nick’s family are also live glamor in Singapore. They spend a lot of money for fashion and jewelry. It much different with Rachel’s mom ( Kerry Chu) who originally comes from working or lower class society. She fulfills her daughter alone and becomes a single parent because she has divorced with her husband when Rachel still child. This condition make Eleanor Young doesn’t agree with the relationships however the power of love between Nick and Rachel defeated everything. Finally, they become a couple
Speech Acts Variation in Social Media Instagram @punapibali
No full textThis research aims to examine the speech act functions found on Instagram @punapibali and describe the types of speech acts used by the informant and news writer. Thus, this study was conducted using the qualitative descriptive method and by using the pragmatics fundamentals proposed by Wijana (1996) and the speech act function theory of Searle (1979) as the basis for examining the speech act functions used by the informant and news writer according to its type. The data were collected through the observation method accompanied by an act of scrutinizing speeches and sentences of the informant and news writer @punapibali. The oral data were collected from the conversations use to know the intonation and tone of the speech delivered. The data analysis results are presented descriptively. The results of data analysis showed there are 40 types of speech acts used in the caption of Instagram @punapibali. The expressive function is manifested in the act of asking for an apology, thanking someone, and congratulating someone. The directive function includes the act of asking, suggesting, advising, and urging. The commissive function includes expressing abilities and promising. The assertive function includes notifying, affirming, and stating. The declarative function is manifested in the act of declaration.  
Representations of the Ideological Identity of Woman Characteristics in Commercial Advertisements
No full textCommercial advertisement is a form of communication with the intention of promoting the sale of a particular product attached to a brand. The main strength of advertisement lies in the language and word choice (verbal signs), images (visual signs) as well as their creativity which is made as attractive as possible and followed by trends or phenomena that exist in the world, one of them is a gender issue. In commercial ads, woman is often shown referring to certain stereotypes so this research object is an advertisement that features woman as the main model. This research is focused on how advertising creates meanings regarding gender issues, especially for women through myth and ideology. Specifically, this research aims to describe the signs found in ads, the meaning of the signs, and ideological identity of the woman. The theory used in this research is the theory of semiotic by Roland Barthes (1991) and the theory of ideology by John Storey (2004). The data source of this research is commercial advertisements that have been shown on television. In collecting the data, the writer used the documentation method, observation method, and note taking technique. The collected data are classified based on their verbal and visual signs first. Then the data were analyzed based on denotative meaning, connotative meaning, myth, and representations of the ideological identity of woman produced by signs. The results of the analysis were presented by using formal and informal methods. Based on the results of the analysis, in Kondom Sutra ads there are two verbal signs in the form of dialog spoken by a woman and a man and there are six visual signs that produced denotative meaning and connotative meaning. The representation of ideological identity of woman that produced in this ads is, woman imagine as sensuality person. It shows from her sexy clothes, facial expressions like beating her lips and body curve that are able to arouse passion of the audiences
Flora Ecolexicon and Procedural Eco-Text of Processing Bali Local Culinary
No full textEcolinguistics is also related to the dimensions of the linguistic social environment. Language only lives in the human brain and in its social use by members of the language community. In this regard, changes in the linguistic and cultural environment, in addition to changes in the physical environment, clearly also change the richness of language cognitively and practically in social-verbal interactions. The aims of this study was to determine the lingual form of the Balinese eco-collection of flora and fauna in the dynamics of food culture, the structure of the procedural ecotext of flora-based local food processing in Balinese verbal recordings and to find out the social religious meaning of native food supporting ecotourism in the tourism industry. This research is descriptive qualitative in accordance with the nature of the symptoms and the objectives to be achieved. The data of this research were obtained through field work. Structured in-depth interviews, observations, and recordings are the mainstay of this research. Interviews were conducted in the context of applying the method of personal experience, namely the method (excavation) of personal experience. The results show that the value of the data in the form of verbal (treasury of the lexicon and terms as well as the text of procedures for processing and preserving local traditional foods based on the environment, then meaning becomes the focus of data analysis work. Language stores experience, knowledge, processes and products of human adaptation as ecological creatures In its interrelationship with its environment, the Balinese language embodies culture, marking the unique, cultural-lingual power of its people for centuries
Discovering Hidden Messages in Covid-19 Advertisement “Stay Home Save Livesâ€: A Semiotic Analysis
No full textCOVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) is a disease caused by a new type of coronavirus. WHO officially declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic. Both government and non-government parties work together to educate people and provide information about COVID-19 through various ways. Advertisement is considered as one of the effective ways to provide education and understanding about COVID-19. This study aims to discover the hidden messages in COVID-19 advertisements by analyzing the verbal and non-verbal signs used in the advertisement entitled “Stay Home Save Liveâ€. The data were collected by using observation method and note-taking technique. The data were analyzed by descriptive qualitative method using semiotic theory proposed by Saussure (1983) and the theory of meanings proposed by Barthes (1977). The analysis was presented by informal method. The finding shows that both verbal and visual signs in the advertisement “Stay Home Save Lives†have hidden message. Generally, it delivers a message that during this difficult time, people can defeat COVID-19 by staying at home, obeying the health protocol, and being positive
Syntactic Analysis of Chinese Imperative Function in “The Captain†Movie
No full textThis article analyzes the function of imperative sentences contained in the "The Captain" movie by applying Zhang's theory of imperative sentence function. The research method used is descriptive qualitative research methods. The data source in this research is the 2019 China movie“The Captain†(ä¸å›½æœºé•¿ ZhÅngguó JÄ«zhÇŽng). The data are imperative words and sentences in the movie. The data collection technique used was the observation and note technique according to Mahsun, then used the data analysis technique of Miles and Huberman. Researchers found 281 imperative sentences in "The Captain" movie and analyzes the imperative function. The most widely used imperative function is the commanding function, which is 80 sentences. Meanwhile, the least function used was threatening function only 1 sentence. The commanding function is more dominant than other functions and found in the conversations between officers to passengers, flight attendants to passengers, communication between officers and others. The commanding function is also mostly found in the officer’s conversations, especially when they were facing an emergency situation. Meanwhile, the words used by the officers, flight attendants and the captain wereshowing respect and courtesy. So that the threathening function was less found in this movie. There are no requesting and begging functions because this movie tells about the incident of the Sichuan flight 8633, including the service of the aircraft officers and the confidence of the officers in facing the emergency situation at that time
Intra-Sentential and Intra-Lexical Code Mixing in Nessie Judge’s YouTube Video Entitled “Lagu Populer + Pesan Iblis Tersembunyiâ€
No full textAs a linguistic phenomenon, code mixing is common to be identified in language users. Furthermore, YouTube as one of the online platforms has become an environment rich with the use of code mixing. Considering that YouTube might influence the language use in its audience, the following study aimed to identify the use of code-mixing presented by Indonesian content creator named Nessie Judge. Following the qualitative analysis research from Miles, Huberman, & Saldana (2014), the recent study identified the types of code mixing as presented by Hoffman namely, Intra-sentential code-mixing and Intra-lexical code-mixing. The present study identified the use of code mixing type intra-sentential and -lexical uttered by the speaker. From 114 utterances made by Nessie Judge in her video, code-mixing was identified in 86 utterances, where 53 utterances belong to intra-sentential code mixing and 13 utterances belonged to intra-lexical code mixing. The analysis revealed that the use of code mixing might be rooted in the speakers’ inability to find the equivalent words while discussing the video content. By looking at the number of the data percentage, intra-sentential code-mixing had more data than intra-lexical code-mixing meaning that the use of intra-sentential code-mixing was more common rather than intra-lexical code-mixing. It can be concluded because the speaker in the video inserts English words at the end of sentences or in the middle of sentences most of the time. The speaker on the video was clearly seen mixed Indonesian words with English words without changing the structure or context of the sentences
The Verbs with the Notion of Eating in Manggaraian Language: Natural Semantic Metalanguage Analysis
No full textThe aim of this research is to explicate and account for the verb of eating in Manggaraian language. There are some verbs denoting the meaning of eating, such as hang, lompong, jumik, mboros, takung, la’ur, alas, pongo mu’u. The qualitative research method was applied to unveil and explain the explication of meaning in the given verbs respectively. Field-observation and recording were the techniques used to gather the data from the natural speakers utterances as well as part of the data were based on the researchers’ intuitive knowledge as the native speakers. The data were analyzed through the theory of Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM). The results of the analysis reveal that Manggaraian language has the inventory of verbs designating the meaning of eating such as hang, jumik, lompong, mboros, takung, raci, alas, pongo mu’u. In terms of semantic prime, the verbs are under the category of the action verb. Comparing to the other verbs, the verbs jumik, lompong, pongo mu’u have more delicate meaning of eating. Furthermore, those verbs are classified into generic and specific category of meaning. The verbs “hang, jumik, mboros†are generic in meaning while the verbs lompong alas,racik, pongo mu’u, takung are specific in meaning. The verbs are categorized into non-compositional polysemy. Regarding the explication of meaning, the verbs reveal the action and the process of eating involving certain parts of body (hands and mouth) as well as specific tools (plate, spoon, bowl)
New Lexicon Adaptation in the Development of Creative Tourism
No full textThis article describes a number of new language terms in their development in the world of creative tourism, especially for tourists. This term arose as a result of the growing and varied types of new tourism that emerged because of the need to relieve boredom from the fatigue of daily routines. In addition, the use of this term is also inseparable from the development and proliferation of the use of social media among the global community. Even these terms are increasingly embedded in the minds of tourists and the surrounding community so that all elements of creative tourism are now commonplace in using this language variation which is very influenced with the changing needs of tourists. Generally, this language term is a combination of two words that refer to new meanings in the needs of contemporary creative tourism.
Keywords: language terms, creative tourism, social mediaArtikel ini memaparkan sejumlah istilah bahasa baru dalam perkembangannya dalam dunia pariwisata kreatif, khususnya bagi wisatawan. Istilah ini muncul akibat makin berkembang dan bervariasinya jenis-jenis pariwisata baru yang muncul karena kebutuhan untuk menghilangkan rasa jenuh dari penatnya rutinitias sehari-hari. Selain itu, penggunaan istilah ini juga tak luput dari berkembangnya dan makin menjamurnya penggunaan sosial media di kalangan masyarakat global. Istilah-istilah inipun semakin melekat dalam benak wisatawan dan masyarakat sekitar sehingga semua elemen pariwisata kreatif sekarang pun lumrah dalam menggunakan variasi bahasa ini yang sangat kental dengan perubahan kebutuhan wisatawan. Umumnya, istilah bahasa ini merupakan kombinasi dua kata yang merujuk pada arti baru dalam kebutuhan pariwisata kreatif kekinian.
Kata Kunci : istilah bahasa, pariwisata kreatif, media sosia
An Interreligious Tolerance in Warganet Condolence-expressions on Passing of B.J. Habibie: Anthropolinguistic Study
No full textThe passing of B.J. Habibie is identified as a form of utterance about the existence of interreligious tolerance in Indonesia. Interreligious is intersected with each other in upholding the value of tolerance as manifestation of a sense of Bhineka Tunggal Ika. The research aims to identify the value of tolerance based on potential diversities among interreligious in condolence-expressions. This type of research is a qualitative descriptive study. Data are from Warganet expressions which contain tolerance value. Collecting data uses purposive sampling technique. Data sources are taken from Warganet expressions on Twitter and Instagram. Analyzing data method uses distribution method with markup reading techniques and the equivalent method with referential equivalence technique that refers to the meaning outside of language. The result of this research is that interreligious tolerance is contained in the condolence-expressions in the form of expressions of religious, affection and kinship, and general