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Published by Universitas Kristen Petra Surabaya
ISSN : 14112639     EISSN : 23026294     DOI : -
Core Subject : Education,
Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media
k@ta: a biannual publication on the study of language and literature is a refereed journal published twice a year in June and December by the English Department, Faculty of Letters, Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia. It presents articles on the study of language, literature and culture.
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Students’ and Lecturers’ Perceptions of Euphemism Use in Everyday and Academic Communication Erna Andriyanti; Purwaningtyas Dwi Astuti; Susana Widyastuti; Paulus Kurnianta
k@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature Vol. 28 No. 1 (2026): JUNE 2026
Publisher : The English Department, Faculty of Humanities & Creative Industries, Petra Christian University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.9744/kata.28.1.21-36

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Euphemism is used to manage potentially sensitive language and interpersonal relationships. However, limited research has examined how students and lecturers perceive its use across everyday and academic communication. To address this gap, this mixed-methods study examined students’ and lecturers’ perceptions of euphemism use, including its reported forms and perceived functions, across these two settings. Data were collected through an online questionnaire completed by 96 students from five universities in Yogyakarta and 26 lecturers from ten universities in and outside Yogyakarta. Both groups regarded euphemism as a necessary part of communication. In everyday communication, it was mainly associated with avoiding vulgar, taboo, socially unacceptable, embarrassing, or potentially hurtful expressions. Students more frequently associated euphemism with avoiding awkward situations, whereas lecturers more frequently associated it with empathy and sensitivity. In academic communication, particularly classroom interaction, euphemism was more strongly associated with mutual respect and a supportive, non-threatening environment; few participants linked it with softening correction. The findings highlight the importance of balancing tactful wording with clarity across everyday and academic communication.
Negotiating Species-Based Identity: Cultural Hybridity in Paru Itagaki’s Beastars Ashardian Indra Rismanto; Rizal Octofianto Datau
k@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature Vol. 28 No. 1 (2026): JUNE 2026
Publisher : The English Department, Faculty of Humanities & Creative Industries, Petra Christian University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.9744/kata.28.1.69-84

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This article examines Paru Itagaki’s manga series Beastars through     Bhabha’s (1994) postcolonial perspective. Utilizing Bhabha’s (1994) concepts of hybridity, ambivalence, mimicry, and the Third Space of Enunciation, the study analyses the narrative and its visual elements. Close readings of panel composition, character archetypes, and visual reversals show how Beastars exposes the fragility of species-based cultural classifications and the psychic disorientation that follows when familiar categories collapse. The series initially presents carnivores and herbivores as two opposing groups, then unsettles this division through the actions of Louis and Legoshi. Louis, an herbivore who adopts carnivore-like authority, and Legoshi, a carnivore who uses his strength to protect herbivores, disrupt the meanings attached to their species. Both characters expose these boundaries as constructed categories that remain open to continual revision. Through them, Beastars shows how identity can emerge from unstable positions between established categories. The study argues that Beastars critiques species-based essentialism while illustrating the productive function of the Third Space, suggesting that cultural transformation arises through the hybrid subject’s ability to unsettle authority and create new ways of being. Beastars thus presents Bhabha’s (1994) ever-hybrid “international culture” as a site of ongoing negotiation rather than fixed identity.
Narrating the Whale: Rescue, Compassion, and Sacred Waterscapes in Coastal Vietnam Huy Binh Nguyen; Chi P Pham
k@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature Vol. 28 No. 1 (2026): JUNE 2026
Publisher : The English Department, Faculty of Humanities & Creative Industries, Petra Christian University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.9744/kata.28.1.53-68

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This article argues that Vietnamese and Cham whale narratives articulate a distinctly coastal multispecies ethics in which whales are not merely symbols of nature or residual spirits, but moral beings embedded in relations of rescue, obligation, and mourning. Drawing on ethnographic and historical accounts of Cá Ông [Whale God] and Po Riyak [God of the Waves] among ethnic communities in Vietnam, this article examines how whale worship embodies ethical frameworks that shape human conduct toward the sea and its more-than-human inhabitants. A comparative analysis shows that Vietnamese and Cham traditions demonstrate distinct yet overlapping ethical regimes in which whales function as protectors and oceanic mediators whose deaths demand ritual recognition. It further suggests that coastal Vietnam offers an alternative ethical imagination grounded not in mastery over nature, but in vulnerability, gratitude, and interspecies responsibility. The article presents an ocean-centered perspective on Southeast Asia within the fields of multispecies studies and environmental humanities, emphasizing its importance in the context of the current ecological crisis - particularly marine environmental degradation, plastic pollution, and industrial fishing - issues that are reshaping and challenging coastal ethical systems.
Subverting the Prince Charming Trope: Female Empowerment in the Disney Frozen Series Hung-Chang Liao; Yu-Heng Lee; Ya-Huei Wang
k@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature Vol. 28 No. 1 (2026): JUNE 2026
Publisher : The English Department, Faculty of Humanities & Creative Industries, Petra Christian University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.9744/kata.28.1.1-20

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This research explores how contemporary feminist reinterpretations of classic fairy tales subvert traditional gender stereotypes. It focuses specifically on the “Prince Charming” and “waiting-for-rescue” narratives to represent female empowerment and autonomy. Using Disney’s animated films Frozen and Frozen II as case studies, the study employs qualitative content analysis integrated with feminist visual text analysis, informed by feminist theory, postfeminist media culture, gender performativity theory, and contemporary feminist media studies. Through the analysis of selected scenes, dialogue, song lyrics, and visual elements, the research examines the transformation of women’s passive roles within 21st-century feminist discourses shaped by neoliberal individualism and fourth-wave critiques of representation. Special attention is given to the character development and identity formation of the heroines, Elsa and Anna, to show how the films retell classic fairy tale themes through a feminist lens. The findings show that Frozen and Frozen II challenge entrenched gender norms, foreground female agency, and offer a contemporary framework for understanding women’s empowerment and self-determined autonomy in popular media.
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