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Confronting Violence in the Novel Between the World and Me (2015) by Ta-Nehisi Coates Hasbi Hasbi; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 9, No 2 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v9i2.108323

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This thesis is the analysis of the novel Between the World and Me (2015) by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The topic explain how the character tries to deal with violence perpetrated by White. The problem of this analysis is to what extent the novel reveals the character’s attempts to deal with the subtle violence against black people, and how much fictional devices such as setting, character and conflict have an effect of showing the character’s efforts to deal with violence. The purpose of this analysis is to reveal the character’s efforts against violence done by white, and determine the role of character, setting and conflict in helping to know the character’s efforts to deal with violence. The theory in this analysis is the concept of self-awareness by Duval and Wicklund. The method is text-based interpretation and context-based interpretation. The results of this analysis shows that the character’s efforts in dealing violence can save him from death. In other words, black can survive from violence by trying to face and fight the violence itself.Key words: Violence , Black, Self-awareness
THE PROFILE OF DIGLOSSIC JAVANESE IN THREE GENERATIONS OF JAVANESE DESCENDANTS IN SITIUNG DHARMASRAYA Melinda Pertiwi; Hamzah Hamzah; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 6, No 2 (2017): Serie A
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Indonesian language consists of some different languages and dialects. This variety of language leads Indonesian people into bilingual, even multilingual community. The diglossic situation cannot be separated in daily life of people who lived in bilingual or multilingual society, such as Javanese language. The difference use of Krama (H variety), Madya (M variety) and Ngoko (L variety) obligated the speakers to know how to use the language function according to place and condition of the participants. This study investigates the profile of diglossic Javanese in three generations. This study aims to find out (1) the profile of diglossic Javanese, (2) the variety of language choice, and (3) the factor that affected the language choice. This research is a kind of descriptive research, because the researcher described and analyzed the profile of diglossic Javanese in three generation. The findings of this study reveal that in the first generation they are use H variety and M variety in communication, in the second generation they are use all of the three varieties depending whom they speak to. Meanwhile, in the third generations they mostly use ngoko (L variety). The used of krama lexicon was replacing with the lexicon of ngoko in third generation. There are several factors that have contributed to the respondents’ choice of using a certain variety when communicating. The used between the three varieties took place depending mostly on the addressee, the situation and the purposes of communication.
DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS USED IN FROZEN MOVIE TRANSCRIPT Vany Amanda; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 7, No 1 (2018)
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ABSTRAK             Bahasa adalah salah satu bagian penting di kehidupan sosial. Apa yang manusia lakukan dengan ucapan disebut tindak tutur. Penelitian ini berfokus pada tindak tutur dari film Frozen. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasi tindak tutur dalam film Frozen. Data analisis didasarkan pada teori-teori tindak tutur yang terdapat pada film. Data dari penelitian ini adalah ungkapan-ungkapan yang mengandung tindak tutur (suggesting, asking, requesting, dan stating). Sumber data dari penelitian ini adalah transkrip film Frozen. Dalam menganalisa data, penulis mengelompokkan data ke tipe tertentu berdasarkan teori Levinson (1983) tentang tipe-tipe tindak tutur. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa ada 33 data. Peneliti menemukan 4 klasifikasi dari tindak tutur  direktif dalam bahasa inggris. (1) 37 data dikategorikan Asking,  (2) 66 data dikategorikan Requesting, (3) 6 data dikategorikan Suggesting, dan (4) 29 data dikategorikan Stating. 
THE TYPES OF ABBREVIATION FOUND IN ONLINE FOOTBALL NEWS IN WEBSITE WWW.GOAL.COM Noer Fitri Sari; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 7, No 3 (2018)
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Bahasa adalah sarana utama untuk memenuhi kebutuhan berkomunikasi. Dengan adanya bahasa manusia mampu berinteraksi dalam dengan bahasa yang beragam. Penelitian in dilatarbelakangi karena adanya permasalahan yang menarik dalam hal pemendekan kata yang terdapat pada situs berita sepak bola online “www.goal.com” yang dipublikasikan pada tahun 2016-2017. Dalam tulisan berita tersebut banyak ditemukan tipe-tipe dari kata singkatan. Penulis mengumpulkan data dengan cara mendowload berita, membaca berita dan menegelompokan semua tipe abreviasi dalam bentuk tabel. Dalam menganalisa data, penulis mengelompokkan data ke tipe tertentu berdasarkan teori Schendl (2001) tentang tipe-tipe abreviasi. Schendl membagi menjadi 4 jenis yaitu: Clipping Word, Blends, Acronym, and Initialsm. Kemudian penulis membahasnya berdasarkan kajian teori. Dari hasil penelitian ini ditemukan sebanyak 36 data yang termasuk kedalam kategori abreviasi.  
AN ANALYSIS OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES USED BY DEDDY CORBUZIER IN HITAM PUTIH TALK SHOW Mega Selfia; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 5, No 1 (2016): SERIE : A
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Politeness strategies (strategi kesantunan) are ways that used by someone to convey her/his utterances politely. Politeness strategies can be observed in daily life and in talk shows. One of the most famous popular talk shows among Indonesia’s viewer is Hitam Putih talk show. This paper aims to describe the types of politeness strategies and dominant politeness strategies used by Deddy Corbuzier in interviewing especially in asking guest stars. Theory that used to describe an analysis of politeness strategies is Brown and Levinson theory (1987). There are four politeness strategies that are classified by Brown and Levinson, they are Bald on Record, Positive Politeness, Negative Politeness and Off Record. This result finding shows that the host of Hitam Putih talk show used four types of politeness strategies with different presentations. The most dominant politeness srategy used was Positive Politeness with 58 %. Another dominant politeness strategy used was Bald on Record (18 %), Negative Politeness (15 %) dan Off Record (9 %). It can be concluded that positive politeness strategy (strategi kesantunan positif) is the most dominant strategy used by the host in Hitam Putih talk show.
An Analysis of Abbreviations in Technology as Found in Kompas.com Dedi Yusuf; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 9, No 2 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/ell.v9i2.108187

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The use of abbreviation is often used in news writing in order to conserve the news space to the readers. So that abbreviation can make the news become clearer, simple and easy to understand by the readers. Abbreviation can be found easily whether it in newspaper or on website such as KOMPAS.com. This research is aimed to figure out the types of abbreviation on KOMPAS.com website especially at technology section. The source of the data of this research is news-text in Bahasa Indonesia which from  KOMPAS.com website, at technology section especially at gadget and hardware sections, which is issued on 1st January 2017 until 30th December 2018. This research uses descriptive method. The data analysis is done based on abbreviation theory which is stated by three experts Schendl (2001), Weakly (2006), Andrew (2007). According to them, there are 6 abbreviation types that are acronym (an abbreviation which comes from the combination of the initial letters of every word), contraction (an abbreviation which comes from the combination of the initial and suffix letters from one word), shortening word (an abbreviation which comes by eliminating suffix of one word), clipping word (an abbreviation which comes by eliminating some parts of initial or suffix of one word), initialism (an abbreviation which comes by taking the initial letter of one word), blend (an abbreviation which comes by the result of 2 abbreviations combined). The result of this research shows that there are 6 types of abbreviation on KOMPAS.com especially at technology section: acronym (23%), contraction (2%), shortening word (2%), clipping word (2%), initialism (70%), blend (1%). So, it can be concluded that intialism is the most dominated abbreviation type on KOMPAS.com especially at the technology section, while another dominated abbreviation type found even it is less from 25% is acronym. While the most rarely found abbreviation types on this website are contraction, shortening, clipping word and blend.
Persuasive Strategies Used by Multi-Level Marketing and Insurance Agents Wenty Andriani; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 8, No 4 (2019)
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This study examines the types of persuasive strategies used by Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) and insurance agents in influenced target costumers. The purpose of this study besides to find out the types of persuasive strategies used by MLM and insurance agents also to find out the differences and the similarities of the types of persuasive strategies used by the agents. This study is a descriptive qualitative method because it explains and compares the types of persuasive strategies used by MLM and insurance agents to see the differences and similarities. The result of the study shows that (1) the types of persuasive strategies that mostly used by MLM and insurance agents are Logic and Evidence (2) the highest component used by MLM agents is Specific Evidence; however, insurance agents used Credible Evidence.
An Analysis of Slang Words Used by Instagram Account Plesbol Leo Saputra; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 8, No 3 (2019)
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Slang is a language used by a specific group of people and usually used in an informal situation. Plesbol is an Instagram account that contained the various term of football and usually used slang words in its captions. This study aims to find out the types and the meaning of slang words used by Plesbol. This research used Elissa Mattiello’s theories (2008) about types of slang words. This study is descriptive qualitative research. The data were taken from captions of photos that have been uploaded by Plesbol from August until December 2018. The result showed that from 498 data that have been collected, there were nine types of slang that have been found from fifteen types of Elissa Mattiello’s slangs. They are acronym (16.15%), blending (27.43%), clipping (3.89%), compounding (27.71%), prefixation (0.13%), reduplicative (7.52%), reversed form (0.27%), variation (10.16%), and word manufacture and fanciful formation (6.68%). Compounding is the dominant slang with 27.71%. This finding of the study means more than fifty percent of Mattiello’s Slang words found in Plesbol.
Illocutionary Acts Found in Novel the Never Girls: Before the Bell by Kiki Thorpe Dolla Vania Petriandy; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 7, No 1 (2018)
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze types of illocutionary act found in novel The Never Girls Bell: Before the Bell by Kiki Thorpe. This research used the descriptive qualitative method. The data of this research is the utterances of novel The Never Girls Bell: Before the Bell by Kiki Thorpe published in 2016. The data is taken from chapter one, page one until seven. This data would be analyzed based on Searle’s theory about classifications of illocutionary act. There are some types of illocutionary act in this paper; they are representative (informing, asserting, predicting, reporting); directive (asking, requesting, stating), commisive (promising); expressive (liking, complimenting), and declarative. The finding of the data has shown that in novel the highest is representative 28 data or about 50% and the highest representative type is informing. And the second is directive 21 data or about 37, 5% and the highest directive is asking. From the result of the study that the dominant type of illocutionary act is representative and the dominant sub-type of representative is informing.
At The Crossroads of Identity in Mohsin Hamid’s Novel Exit West (2017) Asherly Randa; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 9, No 1 (2020)
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This article is about the analysis of a novel Exit West (2017) by Mohsin Hamid. The problem of this analysis focuses on the issue of being at the crossroads of identity. The aim of analysis is to find out how far the characters Saeed and Nadia expose the issue of being at the crossroads of identity. This analysis involved fictional devices such as character, plot (conflict), and setting to reveal the issue of being at the crossroad of identity in the novel. The analysis deals with the concepts of hybridity by Homi K. Bhabha that is supported by the text and context based interpretation. The result of this analysis shows that the protagonists are a young man and a young woman who are faced with a condition that places them to be at their identity in being at the crossroads of identity. Thus, the character makes effort to assimilate and imitate to the new culture. These can be seen through their ways to blend with the society in attaining their identity.