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Strategy of Apology in Buginese: A Sociolinguistic Study Zulkhaeriyah; Noer Jihad Saleh; Abdul Hakim Yassi; Fathu Rahman
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 4 No. 2 (2021): JUNE
Publisher : Hasanuddin University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (308.237 KB) | DOI: 10.34050/elsjish.v4i2.14015

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The research aims to elaborate the apology strategies employed by Buginese speaker and explore the structure of apology based on social relation between interlocutors. The result reveals that Buginese speaker use various strategy of apology in apologizing but the most dominant apology strategy do Buginese speakers employ in apologizing is acknowledgment responsibility with four substrategies expressing lack of intent, expressing self deficiency, accepting blame, expressing of embarrassment. Moreover, the complaint, showing the effort, showing desire, and brushing off the incident as unimportant is exist in the data as modification of apology strategy from six scholars and others prior researcher. Therefore, it can conclude that Buginese people employ indirect apology such as acknowledgment of responsibility, explanation, an offer of repair, interjection, address term in their apology eventhough it combines with direct apology whether in the beginning, middle or in the end of utterances or response to show her/his polite behavior to others.
The Reasons for EFL University Students Employ Hedges during Their Speaking Class Udin, Imran Trista; Zulkhaeriyah; Hasim, Fiviyanti
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 5 No. 4 (2022): December
Publisher : Hasanuddin University

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Communication is important in language schools because it connects the meaning of a person's thoughts. As a result, as foreign language learners, students must grasp how to engage effectively with other students. In this regard, the researcher believed it was critical to explore English Foreign Language (EFL) university students' communication styles during their speaking class, which included hedges. The research aims were to discover the sorts of hedges used by EFL university students during their speaking class in an academic context, as well as the reasons why EFL university students used hedges during their speaking class. This study was conducted at Politeknik LP3I Makassar and it was focused on the students in the first semester in subject Basic Speaking with the total participants were 23 students of one class. The method used was descriptive qualitative method. There were 6 recordings in the interview sections the theory from Riekkinen and Svarova (2009) was used to analyze the data gained. After transcribing and analyzing the data, the results showed that the students employ hedges for some reasons. The first reason was to express a personal evaluation or a suggestion to put into practice for a current situation, the second reason was markers of vagueness that will enable students to express uncertainty, the third reason gained in interview section was to apply a need in a situational context such as request, seek permission, and giving advice, and the last reason was to apply politeness in requesting the attention of the hearer.
The Development of Madurese Language Posters as a Medium for Preserving the Madurese Regional Language at Religious Tourist Sites Zulkhaeriyah, Zulkhaeriyah; Tahir, Muhlis
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 8 No. 1 (2025): MARCH
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.34050/els-jish.v8i1.42004

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This research aims to understand the conditions and strategies of using the Madurese language in the social life and to explore the usage and preservation of the Madurese language among teenagers of teenagers who are part of the youth community. The design of this research is a descriptive qualitative study by collecting visual repertoires. Data obtained from the linguistic landscape of the public space at the religious tourism site in Bangkalan, namely the Mosque and the Tomb of Syaikhona Cholil. We took some photo in tourism area for evidence that includes the use of language in public spaces and images of the linguistic landscape of the photographed tourist destinations. This research examines the posters at tourist attractions that are not yet in the Madurese language.  These posters are revitalized into posters containing Madurese text accompanied by symbols and images, so that these posters can be read in two or three languages: Madurese, Indonesian, and English. The research results show that some of youth joined the Karang Taruna play a role in preserving the Madurese language as a cultural heritage, one of which is by creating Madurese language posters that are placed in the Madura tourist area. The Madurese language posters placed in various corners of the religious tourism area are very significant in preserving the Madurese language for visitors, especially local tourists from Madura Island.