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ENGLISH LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE AND EFL LEARNING: A DISCOURSE-BASED STUDY OF PUBLIC SIGNS IN PADANG Oktavianus Oktavianus; Zulprianto Zulprianto; Ike Revita; Novalinda Novalinda; Ferdinal Ferdinal; Kamelia Sari; Mita Handayani; Suci Handayani
Jurnal Gramatika Vol 11, No 2 (2025): Autumn Issue (October–March)
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Sumatera Barat

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22202/jg.2025.v11i2.10317

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This study investigates the role of the English Linguistic Landscape as a potential learning medium for English as a Foreign Language (EFL)  in Padang, West Sumatra. While previous studies have described the English Linguistic Landscape in Indonesia, few have explicitly explored its pedagogical value and discursive implications for language learning. Using a mixed-methods approach, the research analyzed 850 English-containing public signs across the city and surveyed 114 EFL students at Universitas Andalas regarding their perceptions of English in public spaces. We examined the signs regarding linguistic units (as the texts) and their visual positioning and relation to symbolic meaning and cultural identity. Findings reveal that English is prominently used in commercial signage, often in larger fonts and strategic positions, signaling its dominance and symbolic prestige over Indonesian. Student responses indicate generally positive attitudes, with more than 80% acknowledging that the English Linguistic Landscape contributes to vocabulary building, grammar awareness, and motivation for language learning. However, the study also notes grammatical and hybrid construction inaccuracies that may reinforce non-standard English patterns. The discussion highlights English Linguistic Landscape as a discourse resource that reflects globalization, power relations, and shifting identities in urban Indonesia. Implications suggest that the English Linguistic Landscape can be integrated into EFL pedagogy through critical analysis tasks and multimodal learning activities. Future research should expand to the digital English Linguistic Landscape and comparative contexts across Indonesian cities. This research underscores the pedagogical and sociocultural significance of the English Linguistic Landscape, though further work is needed to deepen its discourse analysis and pedagogical applications.
Forms and Types of Neologisms in the Speech of Schizophrenia Patients Reno Novita Sari; Ike Revita; Oktavianus Oktavianus
EDU-KATA Vol. 12 No. 2 (2026): Agustus 2026
Publisher : Program Pascasarjana Universitas Islam Darul `Ulum Lamongan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52166/kata.v12i2.13237

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This study aims to describe the forms and types of neologisms in the speech of schizophrenia patients. This study used a descriptive qualitative method with a psycholinguistic approach. The data were spontaneous spoken utterances produced by schizophrenia patients in daily communication at Dr. Soeharto Heerdjan Psychiatric Hospital Jakarta and Prof. HB Saanin Psychiatric Hospital Padang. The data were collected through observation, direct conversations with patients, and natural conversations among patients and those around them. All data were recorded and transcribed. The data were analyzed by identifying the forms and types of neologisms based on the theories of Fish and Covington et al. The results showed that 48 neologisms were found in the patients’ speech. Word forms were more dominant with 33 data (68.8%), while phrase forms were found in 15 data (31.2%). Based on the types, idiosyncratic word use was the most dominant type with 28 data (58.3%), while true neologism was found in 20 data (41.7%). The dominance of word forms indicates that patients tend to use simpler, more spontaneous utterances in daily communication. Meanwhile, the dominance of idiosyncratic word use shows that most neologisms still have connections with common language through sound similarity, word combinations, and recognizable language elements, although the meanings are personal. This study shows that neologisms are not only a form of language disorder but are also used by schizophrenia patients in everyday communication.
ANTHROPONYMY AS IDENTITY AND RIGHTS ADVOCACY: GENDER, MINORITISED IDENTITIES, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN PANDJI TISNA'S SUKRENI GADIS BALI Ferdinal Ferdinal; Oktavianus Oktavianus; Ni Wayan Sartini; Ravindaran Maraya; Silvia Rosa
Jurnal Gramatika Vol 12, No 2 (2026): Autumn Issue (October–March)
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Sumatera Barat

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22202/jg.2026.v12i2.11153

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While writers use literature to represent human rights issues, scholars study how literature highlights its significance for rights advocacy. To address the issue, this study investigates how the novel Sukreni Gadis Bali explores human rights themes through names and gender identity. Applying a qualitative approach, this article analyzes the novel as the material object where the primary data are sourced. Secondary documentation was used to support the study through the perspectives of onomastics and human rights concepts. The research draws on anthroponymy to examine the themes related to personal names in the narrative. Through this perspective, the research investigates personal names within the novel and looks at their potential to expose human rights issues. Findings show that in Sukreni Gadis Bali, Balinese characters are given names with socio-political roles, such as Ni, I, Pan, Men, and I Gusti, to criticize rights violations experienced by women on the island. Through the naming, it criticizes the denial of fundamental human rights to Balinese women, particularly the right to identity, self-respect, protection from discrimination, and the right to a name, as outlined in international human rights instruments such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Although the study is limited in terms of data, methodology, and theoretical scope, it demonstrates the novel’s effectiveness in representing human rights concerns. While this study practically contributes to the exposure of Balinese naming issues, it academically adds to the discussion of anthroponastics. These findings can contribute to examining other works by Pandji Tisna, exploring literature by his contemporaries, or analyzing similar themes in different cultural contexts using diverse human rights frameworks to identify broader patterns and motifs in literary representations of rights.
The Language of Political Campaigns: A Linguistic Landscape Study Nanda Dwi Astri; Gumarpi Rahis Pasaribu; Oktavianus Oktavianus
JELIM : Journal of Education, Language, Social and Management Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026): November (Article in Press)
Publisher : CENDEKIA INDONESIA

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.65787/jelim.v4i2.708

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Political campaign communication temporarily reconfigures public space into a highly saturated semiotic environment in which verbal language, visual imagery, colour, symbolic resources, and spatial placement compete for electoral attention. This study investigates the linguistic and semiotic organization of political campaign displays associated with Indonesia's 2024 electoral cycle by integrating linguistic landscape research with Leech's (1981) semantic typology, geosemiotics, and multimodal social semiotics. The data comprise 41 visual items drawn from a 21-page photographic document and include presidential, legislative, and subnational campaign materials associated with several Indonesian regions. The verbal analysis differentiates conceptual (denotative), connotative, social, affective, reflected, collocative, and thematic meanings, whereas the multimodal analysis examines portraiture, gaze, gesture, dress, colour, typography, party symbols, ballot numbers, and emplacement. Indonesian occurs in all visual items and functions as the default code of electoral legibility, while regional and colloquial forms are deployed selectively as salient markers of locality and social proximity. The findings indicate that denotative meanings provide basic electoral information and instructions, whereas associative meanings condense evaluations of progress, solidarity, affect, and local identification into highly economical slogans. Portraits, ballot numbers, party identifiers, colour, and other symbolic resources further amplify these meanings by structuring salience and facilitating recognition. The study therefore conceptualizes Indonesian campaign signage as a form of semantic-multimodal coordination in which standardized electoral information is selectively localized through vernacular language and visually intensified through image, colour, typography, symbolism, and placement in public space.