Sri Mulatsih
Dian Nuswantoro University

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HEDGES: THE EXPRESSIONS OF DOUBT AND CERTAINTY Sri Mulatsih
LITE: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Budaya Vol 4, No 2 (2008): September
Publisher : Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Universitas Dian Nuswantoro

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Hedges are linguistic resources which convey the fundamental characteristics of science of doubt and certainty. Hedges are mostly verbal and adverbial expression such as could, perhaps,may, suggest which deal with degrees of probability. Hedges can be considered as the interactive elements which serve as a bridge between the propositional information in the text and the writer’s factual interpretation. Based on Meyer in Miller (1994: 109-110) hedges are expressed in the following strategic stereotypes: modal auxiliary verbs; modal lexical verbs of varying degree of illocutionary force; adjectival, adverbial, and nominal modal phrases; approximators of degree, quantity, frequency, and time; introductory phrases; if clauses; and compound hedges. While the reasons why people use hedges are minimizing the “thread-to-face”, being a way of being more precise in reporting results, being positive or negative politeness strategies, and conforming to an established writing style.Keywords: hedges, taxonomy, style of writing, politeness strategies,strategic stereotypes.
ENHANCING THE STUDENTS' CREATIVE WRITING ABILITY THROUGH GENRE AND INTERTEXTUALITY-BASED APPROACH Sri Mulatsih; Muhammad Rifqi
LITE: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Budaya Vol 8, No 1 (2012): March
Publisher : Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Universitas Dian Nuswantoro

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It is not an easy task for language students to write creatively. The students usually have insufficient knowledge of what they have to write. In respond to this gap this paper shows how genre and inter-textuality- based approach was implemented to develop the students’ creative writing ability through a series of writing assignment. The research participants included 20 students taking ‘Advanced Genre-Based writing” course in 2010/2011 academic year. The data were obtained from the students’ writings and classroom observations. The finding showed that teaching writing using genre and intertextuality approach could enhance the students’ creative writing. This evidence could be identified through students’ improvements in their  writings’ assignments. Another finding revealed that the approach could enhance the students’ motivation to express themselves through pieces of  writings. Based on the findings, the presenters argue that the introduction of genre and inter-textuality to creative writing programs is an important issue that writing teachers should take into account. Keywords: creative writing, genre, intertextuality, students’writings, students’ motivation