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Linguistic Addition Errors in Indonesian Academic Writing: A Syntactic Analysis of Reduplication, Conjunctions, and Prepositions Arju Susanto; A. Muh. Ayyub Ht; M. Nur Iman; Nur Qadri Malabbi
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 9 No. 2 (2026): JUNE
Publisher : Hasanuddin University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.34050/els-jish.v9i2.51464

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This study investigates addition errors in Indonesian academic writing, particularly unnecessary linguistic elements that create ineffective sentence constructions. The research aims to identify and analyze patterns of addition errors found in students’ academic texts. This study employed a qualitative descriptive method using documentation and note-taking techniques. The data consisted of 24 ungrammatical sentences collected from Indonesian academic writings. The findings revealed eight dominant patterns of addition errors: reduplication with banyak, banyaknya, beberapa, jumlah, and seluruh; subordinate clause construction jika…, maka…; addition of the preposition pada; and addition of the conjunction yang. The results indicate that students frequently produce redundant grammatical structures by combining plural markers with reduplication, inserting unnecessary conjunctions, and adding excessive prepositions. These errors reduce sentence effectiveness, clarity, and conciseness in academic writing. The study concludes that addition errors are mainly influenced by spoken language interference, overgeneralization of grammatical rules, and limited understanding of formal Indonesian syntax. Therefore, academic writing instruction should emphasize effective sentence construction, grammatical economy, and editing strategies to minimize unnecessary linguistic additions in scholarly writing.
Linguistic Politeness Based on Leech’s Politeness Principle in Arif Muhammad’s YouTube Series Mak Beti Rashya Syal Shabillah; Arju Susanto
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 9 No. 3 (2026): SEPTEMBER
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This study aims to describe the forms of linguistic politeness employed by the character Mak Beti in Arif Muhammad's YouTube channel based on Leech's Politeness Principle. A qualitative descriptive method was employed to analyze the utterances produced by the character in the Mak Beti video series. The data consisted of seven videos uploaded to Arif Muhammad's YouTube channel and were collected using observation and note-taking techniques. The findings revealed ten utterances that complied with Leech's politeness maxims. Among these, the Tact Maxim and the Approbation Maxim were the most dominant, with four occurrences each. In addition, one utterance represented the Agreement Maxim, and one represented the Sympathy Maxim. No instances of the Generosity Maxim or the Modesty Maxim were identified in the analyzed data. These findings indicate that Mak Beti's communication primarily emphasizes providing advice, expressing appreciation for others, and fostering harmonious social relationships. The study also demonstrates that YouTube comedy content can function not only as entertainment but also as a medium for promoting linguistic politeness, moral values, and social awareness.
The Normalization of Consumerism in Healing Narratives on Social Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis Certika Novianty Lubis; Iskandarsyah Siregar; Arju Susanto
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 9 No. 3 (2026): SEPTEMBER
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The widespread shift in the meaning of healing across social media platforms has transformed public perceptions of psychological recovery into practices centered on the consumption of products, services, and experiences. This study aims to critically examine the changing meaning of healing and its implications for consumerist practices. Employing a mixed-methods approach with a case study design, the research combines qualitative and quantitative data to provide a comprehensive analysis. The qualitative data consist of TikTok videos posted by @avian.brands, which were analyzed using Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) through its three analytical dimensions: text, discursive practice, and social practice. The quantitative component comprises secondary survey data on social media usage collected from multiple sources to contextualize the phenomenon. The findings demonstrate that healing narratives on social media function as discursive instruments that normalize consumption as a legitimate solution to psychological problems. The analysis further identifies a recurring cycle in which stress is mediated through media narratives that construct product desirability, encourage consumption, and ultimately produce only temporary healing, thereby reinforcing repeated consumer behavior rather than addressing the underlying causes of emotional distress. Six key data sets were identified from the Avian Brands campaign videos, including four findings at the textual level and two at the discursive practice level. The social practice analysis was conducted across three interconnected dimensions—situational, institutional, and social—revealing how healing discourse reproduces capitalist ideology by redefining emotional recovery as a consumer practice.