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Journal : Madani: Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal

Humor in Digital Discourse: A Pragmatic Analysis of Memes on Social Media Ali, Sri Widyarti; Husain, Nurlaila
Madani: Jurnal Ilmiah Multidisiplin Vol 2, No 3 (2024): Madani, Vol. 2, No. 3 2024
Publisher : Penerbit Yayasan Daarul Huda Kruengmane

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10995129

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This research aimed to investigate the pragmatic functions of humor employed in memes shared across major social media platforms. Utilizing a qualitative approach grounded in pragmatic analysis, the study explored how users leverage linguistic and visual elements to construct comedic meaning and achieve communicative goals. Drawing from a diverse corpus of popular memes from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit, the analysis identified pragmatic strategies such as incongruity, exaggeration, wordplay, and parody used to create humorous effects. The findings revealed humor's vital roles in facilitating social commentary, subverting dominant narratives, fostering community-building, and negotiating identity. Users deployed sarcasm, hyperbole, and visual metaphors to critique norms, question power structures, and provide platforms for marginalized voices. Furthermore, humor enabled collective processing of shared experiences, fostering camaraderie and mutual understanding. By tapping into contextual factors like intertextual references and shared knowledge, memes resonated with audiences and facilitated the negotiation of collective narratives. The research underscores humor's multifaceted potential in shaping digital discourse, including expression, critique, community formation, and identity construction, highlighting its capacity to empower, connect, and facilitate meaningful dialogue through laughter.
Translanguaging in Multilingual Classrooms: A Perspective From EFL Setting Wonggo, Mutiara Auralia; Tanipu, Zulkifli; Ali, Sri Widyarti
Madani: Jurnal Ilmiah Multidisiplin Vol 3, No 3 (2025): April 2025
Publisher : Penerbit Yayasan Daarul Huda Kruengmane

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15193351

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This study investigates the pedagogical role of translanguaging in multilingual English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms, centering on the perspectives of both students and lecturers, along with the underlying factors that inform these views. Adopting a phenomenological approach, the research draws on data from semi-structured interviews, preceded by classroom observations that served to contextualize the phenomenon and refine participant selection. The findings suggest that translanguaging facilitates deeper comprehension, stimulates active learner engagement, and reinforces linguistic confidence. Nonetheless, Its enactment is mediated by institutional norms, asymmetrical language practices, and a general lack of pedagogical awareness. Participants’ perspectives are further influenced by variables such as linguistic background, language engagement, academic expectations and goals, classroom environment and lecturer practices, peer influence and collaborative dynamics, teaching experience and curriculum policy. These insights point to the pressing need for a coherent and principled framework that integrates translanguaging as a deliberate instructional resource rather than an incidental coping mechanism. The study contributes to the evolving discourse on multilingual education and offers implications for enhancing EFL pedagogy in higher education contexts.