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Exploring Types of Slang Words in the Movie Neighbors (2014): A Sociolinguistic Analysis I Gede Dio Praja Ananta; I Made Perdana Skolastika
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature Vol. 14 No. 2 (2026): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Lite
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Palopo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24256/ideas.v14i2.12024

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This study analyzes the types and meanings of slang words used in Neighbors (2014) from a sociolinguistic perspective. The study aims to identify the types of slang based on Allan and Burridge's (2006) classification and analyze their meanings based on Leech's (1981) theory of meaning. This study employs a qualitative descriptive method. The data were collected from the movie dialogues and its script, then classified and analyzed based on the selected theories. A total of 43 distinct slang expressions were identified and classified into five types: Fresh and Creative, Flippant, Imitative, Acronym, and Clipping. Fresh and Creative was the most dominant type, accounting for 32 expressions (74.42%). The findings also show that slang expressions serve various social functions, including solidarity, social identity, interpersonal relationships, cultural tradition, emotional attachment, and conflict resolution. The study demonstrates that slang in Neighbors is not only used as informal vocabulary but also functions as a resource for expressing social relationships and identities within different interactional contexts.
Appraisal System and Affective Stance in Mel Robbins’ Podcast Interview on Emotional Intelligence Kadek Dwiyanti; I Made Perdana Skolastika; I Wayan Heka Arcana Putra
Jurnal Onoma: Pendidikan, Bahasa, dan Sastra Vol. 12 No. 4 (2026): On Proses
Publisher : Universitas Cokroaminoto Palopo

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This study examines the realization of the Appraisal System and the construction of affective stance in an expert-layperson podcast interaction, focusing on an episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast featuring a Yale emotional intelligence expert. Adopting a descriptive qualitative design grounded in Systemic Functional Linguistics and supported by descriptive quantification of the coded evaluative categories, the analysis integrates the Appraisal framework with the Stance Triangle model to examine how evaluative meaning and affective positioning are enacted across 292 coded evaluative clauses drawn from a 64-minute, approximately 10,932-word transcript. Findings indicate that Judgement (39.4%) was the most frequent Attitude category, surpassing Affect (32.5%) and Appreciation (28.1%), a pattern attributed to the episode's narrative structure built around personal disclosure requiring evaluation of human conduct. Within Affect, Insecurity dominated; within Judgement, Capacity prevailed over Propriety; and within Appreciation, positive Valuation was directed overwhelmingly at emotion-regulation techniques rather than people, suggesting Appreciation functions as an implicit marker of knowledge acceptance in pedagogical talk. Stance analysis identified two recurring patterns: alignment through lexical echo and disalignment followed by collaborative repair, the latter occurring more frequently and demonstrating that the stance-taking process operates iteratively as a mechanism for correcting misjudgement in real time. These results indicate that Judgement functions as an interpretive scaffold through which Affect becomes meaningful to lay audiences in expert-mediated emotion talk. The study contributes provisional theoretical refinements to the integrated appraisal-stance approach and offers practical implications for popular psychology media, emotional education, and interview-based science communication design.