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Politeness Strategies Used by Chinese Characters in Movie ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Rani, Dina Sayyidina; Piyana, Ika; Pratama, Lucky Whyzly; Harpada, Rifky; Amalia, Resti
Berumpun: International Journal of Social, Politics, and Humanities Vol 6 No 1 (2023): Berumpun: International Journal Of Social, Politics, and Humanities
Publisher : Faculty of Social and Political Sciences University of Bangka Belitung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33019/berumpun.v6i1.106

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To achieve the communicative aims well, humans need an ability called pragmatic competence, especially for non-native speakers. One of the fields in which pragmatic competence plays a vital role is politeness. Each area has its own rules for politeness regarding the cultural things, including China. Thus, this study aimed to identify the positive politeness strategies used by Chinese characters in the movie entitled Everything Everywhere All At Once. By using descriptive qualitative method, the researchers took the data in the form of utterances said by the Chinese characters in the movie. From 11 data in total, the most used positive politeness strategy is strategy number 4, namely used in group identity markers. The results showed that the use of the positive politeness strategies by the Chinese characters is influenced by their cultural background. Therefore, they still applied it even when they are speaking in second-language. Keywords: Chinese culture, culture, politeness, positive politeness strategy, second-language.
THE STUDY OF LEXICAL AND SYNTACTIC AMBIGUITY IN PUNS POSTED BY @THE.LANGUAGE.NERDS ON INSTAGRAM Rani, Dina Sayyidina; Taufiq, M. Aries; Afandi, Rizky Arif
Lexeme : Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Vol. 5 No. 1 (2023): JANUARY 2023
Publisher : Universitas Pamulang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32493/ljlal.v5i1.27353

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Pun– also known as paronomasia, a humorous play on words, is one of language phenomenon that has been used ubiquitously. A lot of people have been using puns to create humor by utilizing the ambiguity that inherent in them. Thus, this research aims to identify the ambiguity both lexical and syntactical in puns, which is the prerequisite of puns themselves. By using qualitative descriptive research, the researcher took the data from an Instagram account that heed of language matters, namely @the.language.nerds. From 20 data, the researcher found 16 lexical ambiguity and 4 syntactic ambiguity in the puns posted by @the.language.nerds during July 2nd, 2021 – December 2nd, 2022. The results showed that the puns contained lexical ambiguity is commonly used as the language tools to create the humor than syntactic ambiguity. The results also showed the difference interpretation of meanings contained in each pun.