Prosodi: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa dan Sastra
Vol 18, No 1: (2024): prosodi

Language Features Found in Essays About Madurese Art

PUTRI, SHEILA AYU RIRIS ANDIKA (Unknown)
Al Rosyiidah, Afiifah (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2024

Abstract

This study aims to examine and explain language features in essays about Madurese arts. The writers uses qualitative descriptive methods to elaborate data. The source of the data in this study is essays by second semester students of English Department at Universitas Trunojoyo Madura which discuss about Madurese art. Meanwhile, the data  of this study are characters, sentences, and paragraphs in essays that contain various language features. This study uses Gerot and Wignell (1995) theory of language features in descriptive essays. The result of this study shows that there are five language features that students use in their essays: the use of certain objects, the use of simple present tense, the use of noun and adjective phrases, the use of  auxiliary, and the use of linking verb.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

prosodi

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

PROSODI: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa dan Sastra is biannual peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Faculty of Social and Cultural Science, University Trunojoyo Madura. The journal encourages original articles on various issues within Language and Literary Studies, which include but are not ...