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A Descriptive Qualitative Research on Figurative Language on Adele’s Album: 30 and Avril Lavigne’s Album: The Best Damn Thing Kertayasa, I Wayan; Utami, Ni Made Verayanti; Tustiawati, Ida Ayu Mela
Austronesian: Journal of Language Science & Literature Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025): Austronesian: Journal of Language Science & Literature
Publisher : CV Wahana Publikasi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.59011/austronesian.4.1.2025.10-19

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This study analyzes the use of figurative language in Adele’s album 30 and Avril Lavigne’s album The Best Damn Thing. The objectives of this study are: (1) to identify the types of figurative language found in each song of both albums, and (2) to analyze the most dominantly used figurative language in each album and interpret its meaning. This research employs a descriptive qualitative method, using all songs from the two albums as data sources. The findings reveal that Adele’s 30 features eight types of figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification, metonymy, symbol, paradox, hyperbole, and understatement. In contrast, Avril Lavigne’s The Best Damn Thing contains four types: simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole. Hyperbole emerges as the most dominantly used figurative language in both albums. These findings suggest that hyperbolic expressions play a central role in conveying emotional intensity and artistic expression in contemporary pop music.
Verbal and Non-verbal Signs of Starbucks Advertisements Casmita, Putu; Pratiwi, Desak Putu Eka; Tustiawati, Ida Ayu Mela
Austronesian: Journal of Language Science & Literature Vol. 3 No. 3 (2024): Austronesian: Journal of Language Science & Literature
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.59011/austronesian.3.3.2024.149-156

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Advertisements are an effort of the company to attract the customer’s attention by using attractive colours, words, pictures, and so on. Hopefully, the product that they sell will be better known by the people. This study presents the verbal and non-verbal signs contained in the Starbucks advertisement. Besides presenting verbal and non-verbal signs, this study also explains the meaning of the verbal and non-verbal signs. Two Starbucks advertisements were used as data sources. The data source has been taken from the internet. The theory used in this study is the theory of semiotics that was proposed by Saussure (1983) to describe verbal and non-verbal signs. The theory proposed by Barthes (1977) to analyse the meaning of verbal and non-verbal signs and the supporting theory of the meaning of colours was proposed by Wierzbicka (1996). As a result, the writer found six (6) verbal signs and six (6) non-verbal signs in this Starbucks advertisement.
Needs Analysis for Developing EFL Academic Writing Materials: Lecturer Perspectives Tustiawati, Ida Ayu Mela; Putra, I Gde Agoes Caskara Surya; Hikmaharyanti, Putu Desi Anggerina
Langkawi: Journal of The Association for Arabic and English Vol 10, No 2 (2024)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Kendari

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31332/lkw.v0i0.9779

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This study is one part of a larger study that aims to develop instructional material in the form of a handbook for second-year university students who take an academic writing unit. A qualitative method was employed as the design of this study, involving an in-depth exploration of the lecturer's perspectives and practices. We purposefully recruited four lecturers who taught this unit as study participants to gain authentic perspectives of the intended study context. The data were collected using semi-structured interviews with ten prepared open-ended questions as a guideline and additional questions as needed. Any recurring topics and patterns from the collected data were further identified using a framework developed by Braun and Clarke (2006). The findings categorized issues faced by EFL students in academic writing into three themes: 1) language skills, 2) writing skills, and 3) technology integration. These challenges focus on grammatical structures, paragraph and essay construction, awareness of plagiarism, and proper use of technology to support their writing practice. Meanwhile, in terms of instructional material development, as well as the three factors above, the study revealed the need to include four relevant teaching activities in the process. Therefore, the suggested topics for the instructional materials centre around these four categories.