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Sarcasm in Indonesian Television Show Pesbukers Fauziah Khairani Lubis; Syamsul Bahri
Randwick International of Social Science Journal Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023): RISS Journal, January
Publisher : RIRAI Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47175/rissj.v4i1.626

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Pesbukers' communication style frequently catches the audience's attention since they are not just restricted to the jokes that are hurled but also come with sarcasm, which is presented in each episode. There are many arguments for and against accepting the utilized sarcasm among the audience. The point of the study is to look into the application of sarcasm in the context of the research object, Pesbukers, one of Indonesia's most popular television shows, without any translation process for each dialogue. By employing a qualitative descriptive method, the researcher examined four varieties of sarcasm discovered based on Elisabeth Camp's theory. The results of the study indicate that there are 31 data containing sarcasm. Proportional Sarcasm had the most data (12), followed by Lexical Sarcasm (10), Illocutionary Sarcasm (5), and Like-Prefixed Sarcasm (4). Proportional sarcasm that is straight to the point in utterances pervades all other types of sarcasm. However, the least used sarcasm in this study, like-prefixed sarcasm, is pragmatic and has a meaning contrary to the real motive. The Pesbukers show uses all of the sarcasm subgenres mentioned.
Representation of Associative Meaning in Dompak Sinaga’s Love Song Lyrics Intan A Rajagukguk; Syamsul Bahri
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 10, No 4 (2021): Transform (Dec, 2021)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (301.342 KB) | DOI: 10.24114/tj.v10i4.44112

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This study aimed to investigate the associative meanings used in Dompak Sinaga’s Love Song Lyrics, describe the application of associative meanings on the lyrics, and explain the reason for using the most dominant types of associative meaning in Dompak Sinaga’s Love Song Lyrics. The study was conducted using a textual analysis. The data of the study was taken from the lyrics of Dompak Sinaga’s Love Song in the form of written text. The data analysis was taken by coding and theme developing based on the theory proposed by Braun and Clarke (2006). The findings indicated that all the types of associative meaning are found in Dompak Sinaga’s Love Song Lyrics. Based on the research results, the most frequently types that found are connotative meaning and affective meaning. The types of associative meaning in Dompak Sinaga’s Love songs used in different ways. Connotative meaning used using art in the Batak language. The social meaning used by showing or introducing cultural customs which are the songwriter's social background. Affective meaning used by conveyed the songwriter's feelings. Reflected meaning used by conveyed words or lyrics that have multiple conceptual meanings in Batak Toba culture. Collocative meaning used by conveyed words or lyrics that are in the same ‘environment’. The reason to used the dominant types of associative meaning are to make the lyrics of the songs sound softer, to avoid the monotonous and to deliver the message of the songs.
SATIRE IN JAVANESE TRADITIONAL PROVERB Zacki Irfansyah; Syamsul Bahri; Juli Rachmadhani Hasibuan
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 9, No 2 (2020)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

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The study deals with the satire in Javanese traditional proverb. The objectives of the study were to find out the kinds of satire in Javanese traditional proverb and the use of those proverbs. The research method of this study is textual research. The data of this study were taken from fourty Javanese traditional proverbs that have been choosen before. The data of this research were analyzed by using Alviani’s theory. The researcher found there are sixteen proverbs included in irony, fourteen proverbs included in cynicism, nine proverbs included in sarcasm and one proverb included in satire type. The used of satire in Javanese proverb is to express the opinion, advice, purpose or idea in a figurative language to avoid someone gets hurt and hope that someone can be better.Keywords: Javanese, Proverb, Satire
FEMINISM IN SUSANNAH GRANT’S FILM “ERIN BROCKOVICH” Ade Lina Sundari; Syamsul Bahri; Fauziah Khairani Lubis
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 9, No 4 (2020)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

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The research is about feminism in the film “Erin Brockovich”. This study aims at identifying what the type and the principles of the feminism found in Erin Brockovich’sFilm. This study is conducting by applying descriptive qualitative method. The source of data is taken from the film and script. The techniques for analyzing the data are descriptive qualitative research. The writer uses Tong’s Theory to analyze the type of feminism and Sadli’s Theory to analyze the principles of feminism. This film is based on a true story; Erin Brockovichdescribes a single mother of three children who succeed in lawsuit office that helps many people of the PG&E case in Hingkley. The role of Erin shows a super mother who can be equal both take care of her children and succeeds in her career. The results of this research show that there are 30 dialogues and scenes it refers to Liberal Feminism. Then, from 50 dialogues and scenes, it was found there are all out of four types of the principles of feminism, they are: daring to convey a different opinion, having clearer aspirations and ambitions, having a desired social status, and daring tocompete.
TEACHER TALK IN CLASSROOM INTERACTION IN TEACHING SPEAKING FOR THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 20 MEDAN Nur Aini Villy; Siti Aisah Ginting; Syamsul Bahri
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 7, No 2 (2018)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

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This study aims at analyzing features of teacher talk in teaching speaking. The subject of this study were English Teacher and 40 students at first grade of SMA Negeri 20 Medan. The data were collected through the following: observation, and audio recording. In this research, the FLINT is used to identify the categories of teacher talk occur during the learning process. Moreover, this study is conducted in the form of descriptive qualitative research where the researcher as the non-participant observer on the classroom. From the data that has been taken, it is obtained that the categories of teacher talk used by the teacher in teaching speaking in the first grader of SMA Negeri 20 Medan are deals with feeling, praises or encourages, jokes, uses ideas of students, repeats students response verbatim, ask questions, gives information, corrects without rejection, give direction, criticizes student behavior, and Criticize student response. The finding of the study showed that there are eleven features of teacher talk occur in English classroom interaction and the dominant feature of teacher talk was ask questions (40.2%). The feature of teacher talk which is dominantly used by the teacher help students more active in the class because the teacher gave the oppurtunity to the learners to deliver their ideas, and try their ability in speaking skill. Keywords : Features of Teacher Talk, Foreign Language Interaction, Learning Process
TEACHER TALK IN CLASSROOM INTERACTION IN TEACHING SPEAKING FOR THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 20 MEDAN Nur Aini Villy; Siti Aisah Ginting; Syamsul Bahri
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 7, No 2 (2018)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (562.828 KB) | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v7i2.12430

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This study aims at analyzing features of teacher talk in teaching speaking. The subject of this study were English Teacher and 40 students at first grade of SMA Negeri 20 Medan. The data were collected through the following: observation, and audio recording. In this research, the FLINT is used to identify the categories of teacher talk occur during the learning process. Moreover, this study is conducted in the form of descriptive qualitative research where the researcher as the non-participant observer on the classroom. From the data that has been taken, it is obtained that the categories of teacher talk used by the teacher in teaching speaking in the first grader of SMA Negeri 20 Medan are deals with feeling, praises or encourages, jokes, uses ideas of students, repeats students response verbatim, ask questions, gives information, corrects without rejection, give direction, criticizes student behavior, and Criticize student response. The finding of the study showed that there are eleven features of teacher talk occur in English classroom interaction and the dominant feature of teacher talk was ask questions (40.2%). The feature of teacher talk which is dominantly used by the teacher help students more active in the class because the teacher gave the oppurtunity to the learners to deliver their ideas, and try their ability in speaking skill. Keywords : Features of Teacher Talk, Foreign Language Interaction, Learning Process
QUESTIONS USED BY ENGLISH TEACHER IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION TO GRADE X AT SMAN 1 MUARA Suryani G Siregar; Berlin Sibarani; Syamsul Bahri
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 9, No 2 (2020)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (139.814 KB) | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v9i2.19722

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 This research focused on the types of questions used by teacher and the reason for using the questions. It was a qualitative research design. The subject of this study was an English teacher of the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Muara. The data were collected by observing, video recording, and interview. The result showed that the teacher only used 4 out of 5 types of questions, they were question of literal, question of reorganization, question of inference, and question of personal response. It was also found that there were other types of questions which categorized as students’ knowledge, vocabulary, and students’ experiences. Out of the 4 types of question, the type of questions frequently used was question of literal. Followed by question of reorganization came as the second, and the least used by the teacher was question of personal response. The reasons for using the types of questions were to measure students’ comprehension and to facilitate students towards comprehension. Key words: teaching reading comprehension, types of questions
Representation of Racial Discrimination in Kasi Lemmons’ Harriet Anggi Veronika Simanjorang; Syamsul Bahri
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 12, No 1 (2023): Transform (March, 2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/tj.v12i1.47255

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In this social condition, it is undeniable that cases of discrimination still dominate actions that are still widely felt by individuals, or groups of people.  This discriminatory attitude is still often found in social, cultural, school and work life. This study aimed at identifying the kinds of racial discrimination in Illustration and dialog of script and movie biographies about Harriet Tubman and what are Nigger's resistance toward those discriminations in the movie.  This study was conducted by applying descriptive qualitative method. The sources of data were taken from the script. The research instrument was the researcher herself by using a tool including laptop and books. The results of this research showed that in Harriet movie, there were five types of discrimination with the total of verbal antagonist (37,037%), avocation (18,518%), segregation (37,037%), physical attack (7,4071%). Racial discrimination is a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, and finally discrimination found as the most dominant thing that the depict racism in the movie.
Language Change in Social Media Syamsul Bahri; Elisa Betty Manullang; Putri Syah Nadillah Sihombing; Kevin Enzo Eleazar
Randwick International of Social Science Journal Vol. 4 No. 3 (2023): RISS Journal, July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47175/rissj.v4i3.745

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Nowadays currently, many people are found using language that sometimes runs away from the standard or changes from the standard. They use language only based on their desires. These language changes give the impression of making readers or the public may be confused to understand the true meaning. This makes researchers interested in discussing this issue. This study will focus on the exploration of language change that occurs in social media nowadays. The authors will draw inspiration from various texts on social media. The researchers will complete the survey and the study using Internet facilities. This study was conducted qualitatively and the writers will also be observing the language change directly from the relevant social media applications. The information gathered is terminological in nature, replete with human characteristics, and based on captions from several social media platforms including Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook. Following the completion of this study, the researcher discovered that the vocabulary used by social media users to connect with one another had changed. After the researcher analyzed the data obtained, the researcher found that the semantic change was the biggest change that had been found. As much as 32% of language changes occur in social media and this illustrates that quite a lot of social media users do not use meanings that are not following their standards. Researchers also found that 10% of language changes occurred in the field of morphology. This illustrates that a few social media users result in language changes in the syntax field
Metaphors in William Shakespeare’s Play Hamlet Syamsul Bahri; Joys Andrean Mardohar Sitanggang; Shinta Melina Sidabutar
Atmosfer: Jurnal Pendidikan, Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, Budaya, dan Sosial Humaniora Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Februari: Jurnal Pendidikan, Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, Budaya, dan Sosial Humaniora
Publisher : Universitas Palangka Raya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.59024/atmosfer.v1i1.27

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Metaphors were mosly found in the drama “Hamlet.” It confused and made it hard for the readers to understand some dialogue in that drama. It became an interesting one to explore more profound about the use of metaphors. This study explored more the metaphors in the conversation among characters in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. The researcher applied a qualitative descriptive method with the theory of the Metaphor, according to Parera (2004), as a detailed explanation. The study results found that the most frequently occurring types were Animal Metaphors (35%), and Anthropomorphic Metaphors as the rarest one (15%). Animal Metaphor uses animal parts to mock people in this story. Anthropomorphic metaphors are parts of the human body that are transferred to various inanimate objects used to praise in this story. Metaphors occured in a drama which can make it more interesting to read and perform