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Speech Acts in Peter Parker’s Utterances in The Amazing Spider-Man Movie and Its Relevance to English Curriculum: A Pragmatics Perspective Fikri, Muhammad Husnul; Arafiq, Arafiq; Isnaini, Muh; Wilian, Sudirman
Journal of Authentic Research Vol. 4 No. 2 (2025): December
Publisher : LITPAM

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jar.v4i2.3702

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This study analyzes the speech acts in Peter Parker’s utterances in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) movie and their relevance to the Indonesian Senior High School English Curriculum from a pragmatics perspective. Using Searle’s (1979) speech act theory, the research identifies four types of illocutionary acts, such assertives, directives, commissives, and expressives, while declaratives were absent. The qualitative analysis shows that assertives and directives are dominant, reflecting Peter’s dual identity as a teenager who informs and argues, and as Spider-Man who commands and requests in critical situations. The functions of these speech acts demonstrate how language is used to inform, request, commit, and express emotions based on context and intention. The findings also reveal that many utterances align with the curriculum’s communicative goals, particularly in expressing opinions, making requests, and showing feelings, suggesting that films can be authentic materials to enhance students’ pragmatic competence in English learning.
An Analysis of Figurative Language Used in the Song Lyrics of Four Twenty’s Album Lelaku Dani, Riski Alpian; Nuriadi, Nuriadi; Isnaini, Muh
Edukasiana: Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Vol. 5 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : Papanda Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56916/ejip.v5i1.2971

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This study examines the types and meanings of figurative language employed in the song lyrics of Four Twenty's Lelaku album within the context of Indonesian indie music. Employing a descriptive qualitative design, the study analysed all nine songs in the album as primary data sources. Data were collected through close reading and systematic documentation, then classified and interpreted using Kennedy's (1983) figurative language taxonomy supplemented by Nuriadi's (2016) formalist perspective. The analysis identified 38 instances of figurative language distributed across five types: personification (n = 14, 36.84%), metaphor (n = 11, 28.95%), simile (n = 7, 18.42%), metonymy (n = 4, 10.53%), and synecdoche (n = 2, 5.26%). Personification emerged as the dominant type, functioning primarily to animate abstract states, natural elements, and temporal phenomena as active agents in the speaker's emotional world — a pattern reflecting the contemplative and nature-connected aesthetic of Indonesian indie lyricism. The study further found that figurative type selection is systematically calibrated to each song's rhetorical register, as evidenced by the exclusive concentration of synecdoche in the album's single confrontational song. These findings contribute to an understanding of Indonesian indie music as a culturally distinctive and academically significant site of figurative creativity that extends and complicates Western-centred frameworks of figurative language analysis.
An Analysis of Idiomatic Expressions Used in Percy Jackson’s Novel Entitled Greek Gods Algifari, Alif Maulana; Nuriadi, Nuriadi; Isnaini, Muh; Baharuddin, Baharuddin
Journal of Language Development and Linguistics Vol. 5 No. 1 (2026): February 2026
Publisher : PT FORMOSA CENDEKIA GLOBAL

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55927/jldl.v5i1.16240

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The purpose of this research was to identify the types of idiomatic expressions and to analyze the Idiomatic meanings of idioms used in Rick Riordan’s novel Percy Jackson: Greek Gods. This study implied a descriptive qualitative research design, focusing on the interpretation of meaning, concepts, and linguistic phenomena rather than statistical measurement. The data were collected from the novel and analyzed using Makkai’s idiom classification and a pragmatic stylistic approach based on Grice’s cooperative principles. The findings reveal that there are 118 idiomatic expressions found in the novel, which are classified into six types of idioms, namely phrasal verb idioms, tournure idioms, phrasal compound idioms, incorporating verb idioms, pseudo-idioms, and irreversible binomial idioms. The meanings of the idioms lie in the novel depends heavily on narrative context rather than literal word meanings.