This study examines the ways of delivering natural disasters theme of children’s story books. The method of collecting data was a document review with qualitative descriptive analysis. The theories used are Social Cognition Discourse Theory by Van Dijk (2014) and Visual Semiotics Theory by Danesi (2010)....

This research focuses on the successes and failures of the translator in understanding the intended meaning of cultural implicatures and their maxims of all translated utterances in the novel of ’The Rape of Sukreni’ using translation and pragmatic approaches. It is a qualitative research using content...

Emily Dickinson has written letters and verses since her early life. Even though she is well-known with her sharp senses of humor and concise writing style, most of her poems reflect melancholy and gloomy atmosphere. One reason for the reflection may be her occasionally prickly relation with her environment....

The purpose of this study is to describe the relationship form and meaning of the Arabic standard and colloquial language of Egypt. This study was a qualitative research which used comparative linguistics and based on phonological theory. The corpus of data was verbal utterances. The data collection...

This paper examined the EFL student’s perception of viewing learning English Phonology using songs, poems and videos. The data were collected through observation, interview, and questionnaire. This study involves 4 Indonesian undergraduate students who were majoring in English and took Phonology class....

Al-Quran is the holy book that Muslims hold to give them moral direction from which all life values and rules are outlined by Allah the Almighty. Among the many values in the Al-Quran, there is an important value that serves as the foothold for all activities in humans’ life, namely “goodness”. This...

The groundbreaking study on metaphor started with Lakoff and Johnson’s Metaphors We Live By (1980) which showed that metaphors are part of our everyday language and thought. This study aims to analyze the use of emotion-specific metaphors in Andrea Hirata’s Tetralogy Laskar Pelangi based on the metaphor...

Idioms are phrases or sentences which have different meanings from their literal meanings. Idioms are parts of expressions in language and the usage of idioms will enrich the speech, making the speech to become more interesting. The ability to use idioms shows the advance competence in the language comprehension...

As the basic rights of children, the language was the most important thing to build children’s characters. The use of positive language in the family as the closest environment of the children would build children’s positive characters. However, the massive use of digital technology has disrupted every...

Children’s songs in the local language tended to be unfamiliar for children now. However, it contained important values to grow the character of children which proper to their mental development. In the scarcity of children’s song creation in the local language, Djuwita Djati launched Sekar Galuh’s album...

The presidential candidate debate was held five times by the General Election Commision (KPU) from January 17 to April 13, 2019. This is regulated in Law No. 7 of 2017, known as the Election Law. In the debate, there were discussion and exchange of opinions on a matter that must be defended. This study...

To make people remember something is not an easy thing. In marketing, words are used as the power of branding. One of the airlines in Indonesia has a unique way of brand recall. This research is aimed at finding the use of literary work and technique of the airline’s marketing. The method used in this...

This study aims to explore the language attitude of Bandung-born Balinese teenagers and their efforts to preserve their local wisdom. The research has been conducted with the descriptive method. The data obtained from questionnaires and interviews indicate that the Balinese youth’s efforts have been...

Cursing was an uncommon sentence or paraphrase that someone produced when they felt angry at something or the expression of a wish that misfortune evil, doom, etc. Cursing had been existed for many years ago but the people who accepted cursing from someone would feel very angry and sad. Nowadays cursing...

The character of Markesot from the text Markesot Bertutur can be understood as a representation of Indonesians’ character. It particularly represented Indonesian youths’ peaceful state of mind. This study was a hermeneutic study using Gadamer’s framework. It aimed to interpret the text of Markesot Bertutur...

The politics of national language as a manifestation of the attitude of the nation of Indonesia in the aspect of nationhood produces several formulations that must be implemented at the strategic policy level. Republic of Indonesia Law Number 24 of 2009 concerning Flags, Languages and State Symbols,...