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The Complexity of Contextual Meaning in Political Texts on X Ni Ketut Sri Rahayuni; I Wayan Pastika; I Made Netra; Ketut Artawa
International Journal of Multilingual Education and Applied Linguistics Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025): International Journal of Multilingual Education and Applied Linguistics
Publisher : Asosiasi Periset Bahasa Sastra Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61132/ijmeal.v2i2.318

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This study investigates the complexity of contextual meaning in political texts posted by public figures on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). Grounded in Halliday and Hasan’s theory of situational context and Searle’s speech act theory, the research analyzes how political utterances function through locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts. The data, drawn from tweets during the 2024 Indonesian presidential election period, were collected using documentation and structured observation methods. The findings indicate that political texts on X are highly layered, combining explicit facts with implicit criticism, ideological stance, and persuasive strategies. Through representative, expressive, and directive speech acts, public figures construct meaning that influences public perception, evokes emotional responses, and fosters political alignment. This study contributes to the understanding of digital political discourse by highlighting how pragmatic strategies shape the interpretation of meaning in online political communication.
Investigating Verb-Collocate Patterns in Synonymous Self-Compound Nouns : A Corpus-Based Analysis Ni Made Ayu Widiastuti; Ni Ketut Sri Rahayuni; Samuel Shaw; Yasmine Aryani Dewi
International Journal of Multilingual Education and Applied Linguistics Vol. 2 No. 3 (2025): International Journal of Multilingual Education and Applied Linguistics
Publisher : Asosiasi Periset Bahasa Sastra Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61132/ijmeal.v2i3.380

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Understanding verb-noun collocations is essential for exploring how abstract personal qualities are represented in language. This study aims to find out the types of verbs that occur before the five self-related compound nouns (self-esteem, self-confidence, self-assurance, self-worth, and self-respect), and investigate their collocational patterns. The data in this study were obtained from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). The data were collected by applying the documentation method. The technique involved searching for five compound nouns within the corpus and recording instances of their use. These occurrences, along with their collocates, were then copied and organized in an Excel spreadsheet. In the spreadsheet, columns were adjusted to separate and classify key elements such as the compound noun, the collocating verb, frequency data, and context sentences. The collected data were analyzed qualitatively to provide insights into lexical patterns, the types and tokens of frequency. The results show that the verbs that collocate with five self-related compounds in COCA vary in number and frequency, with self-confidence showing the highest types (20) and self-assurance the lowest (9). The verb build appears most frequently with self-confidence and self-esteem (4 tokens each), suggesting both are viewed as qualities that can be constructed or improved. Self-respect predominantly collocates with have (4 tokens), implying it is seen as possessive, while self-worth reflects both positive and negative framing through increase and reduce (2 tokens each). In contrast, self-assurance is frequently associated with lack (4 tokens) and show (2 tokens), indicating its absence or visibility. These patterns reveal that verb collocates offer important insights into how language frames self-constructions.
Text Analysis of PPKM Rules Legal Documents Ni Ketut Sri Rahayuni
e-Journal of Linguistics Vol. 19 No. 1 (2025): January
Publisher : The Doctoral Studies Program of Linguistics of Udayana University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24843/e-jl.2025.v19.i01.p14

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This study aims to analyze the differences in linguistic elements that appear in the government rules relating to PPKM (lockdown) issued by the central government and provincial government referring to the same thing and also to analyze the multiple interpretations that appear in the two regulations. Forensic linguistics is the basis of the study in this research on the text of the PPKM rules. The data analyzed in this study is the text of regulations regarding PPKM published between the central government and provincial government using a qualitative descriptive method (Bungin, 2015), and applying content analysis techniques. The results of this study indicate that there are a number of contradictory or different applications of the rules referring to the same point or item between the main rules of the central government and the derivative rules by the provincial government regarding PPKM activities. With those differences in the two rules, this could make the community or people as the object or target of the rules get confused and have the potential to violate the rules themselves. Based on these results, it is necessary to synchronize or match the main rules from the central government and the rules from provincial governments as derivative rules so that people will not get confused and have the potential to break the rules. In addition, ambiguity of meaning can also be avoided.