Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies
Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies is a peer-reviewed triannual scientific journal published by Department of Linguistics, Diponegoro University, Indonesia. It publishes articles in the field of cultural, literary, and linguistic studies.
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HUMOR IN BRITISH TELEVISION SERIES MIND YOUR LANGUAGE SEASON 1
Muhammad Ihsan;
Catur Kepirianto
Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies Vol 5, No 1 (2021): Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistics Studies (May 2021
Publisher : Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, Diponegoro University
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DOI: 10.14710/culturalistics.v5i1.11464
Ambiguity in language is often considered as a problem. Ambiguity can be found in every aspect of language whether it is written or spoken text. Research in terms of ambiguity was normally found in written language, but this study conducted in spoken text. In this research, the ambiguity is spoken by non-native English in a humoristic expression. Lexical ambiguity is usually caused by homonymy and polysemy. This research aims to describe the ambiguity in the British television series Mind Your Language Season 1 and focus on the lexical ambiguity especially in polysemy and contextual meaning. The technique of collecting the data is note-taking technique. The writer describes all possible meanings from the ambiguous joke by analyzing the contextual meaning. This study is conducted to describe all possible meanings from the ambiguous jokes within the context. There are four contextual meanings in polysemy but the author focused on two contextual meaning that are mostly found in this study. By analyzing the contextual meaning, the writer reveals the correct interpretation and intention of the ambiguous words and mostly found type of contextual meaning in polysemy used by non-native English.Keywords: ambiguity, contextual meaning, lexical ambiguity, polysemy
DEIXIS ANALYSIS IN “A NIGHT AT THE OPERA” ALBUM
Vincent Cahya Buana;
Wiwiek Sundari
Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies Vol 5, No 1 (2021): Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistics Studies (May 2021
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DOI: 10.14710/culturalistics.v5i1.10408
This research discussed types of deixis found in Queen’s album entitled “A Night At The Opera”. It is aimed at revealing the deixis in the song lyrics and explaining the deictic words used by all members of Queen by utilizing the theory of deixis as the analysing tool. The deixis was collected from 11 (eleven) songs’ lyrics on the album by using observation and audio-visual material techniques. The lyrics were copied into.docx format so that the researchers can matched the lyrics while listening to the songs before finally analyse the deixis in it. The result shows that this album contains the whole types of the deixis listed in Levinson’s theory of deixis. The most dominant deixis wasperson and time deixis, while the least dominant one is discourse. The result also exposes the mostly used type of deixis by all members of Queen, that is, first person deictic words since the whole 11 songs in the album mostly told their fans or song listeners about their own story or experience.Keywords: deixis, reference, context, song lyrics
GENDERLECT ASPECTS IN COUNTRY SONGS: A PRAGMATIC STUDY
Ardia Garini;
Mualimin Mualimin
Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies Vol 5, No 1 (2021): Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistics Studies (May 2021
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DOI: 10.14710/culturalistics.v5i1.11452
A song can be sung by both female and male singers, but some are not. It depends on how the songwriter creates the music lyrics. The songwriter’s gender can also influence the use of the communication style of the lyrics. It is because the way communication between males and females is as different as a culture, appropriates with the term of Genderlect. The goal of this study is to determine the influence of genderlect and the indication of the gendered song in country songs. The data used are country song nominees of Grammy Music Awards 2020. The data are analyzed by presupposition analysis and this study uses purposive sampling and non-participant observation methods for collecting the data. The result of the study shows that genderlect influences the gender of the songwriter, on producing the language of the lyrics. Meanwhile, for the gendered song, it is indicated by the singer who sings the lyrics or the language of the song. Keywords: genderlect; gendered country song; presupposition analysis
MAINTAINING JAVANESE LANGUAGE THROUGH JAVANESE TRADITIONAL FOOD NAMES IN DHOPLANG CULTURAL TOURISM SITE
Wiwiek Sundari
Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies Vol 5, No 1 (2021): Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistics Studies (May 2021
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DOI: 10.14710/culturalistics.v5i1.10798
Language, both spoken and written, whether it is alive or dead, will becontinuously preservedby linguist and historian as an evidence of human being civilization as it is used as medium of knowing the culture of its users. Through language in prescription onoral story, a culture is shared. Thus, when a language extinct after its speakers weregone so that they cannot passing it intotheir future users or after their descendantsshifttheir language into another more beneficial languages than theirs so that the previous one isno longer used,a culture is also dead as it only written and not used. To preserve the language, language maintenance is needed. One of the ways to do it is by using it in tourism site to let people aware of their own language and culture as well as to introduce it into public. This research showshow Javaneselanguage is integrated in Dhoplang Javanese Traditional Market in Wonogiri, Central Java as it sells Javanese traditional foodusing Javanese traditional wrapping made of banana leaves. The management is also ordering buyers and requesting sellers to use Javanese language and wear Javanese traditional clothes. The result shows that thetourism site remindssellers and buyers of their language and introduce the language it into people who are not Javanese since they know what the meaning and philosophy of the food names andwrappingthatserves as the language preservation.Keywords:Javanese language and culture maintenance, Dhoplang, food and food wrapping names
Digital-Game-Based Language Learning for Children: A Study in Vocabulary
Chandra Chandra;
Catur Kepirianto
Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies Vol 5, No 2 (2021): Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Lingustics Studies (Agustus 2
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DOI: 10.14710/culturalistics.v5i2.12477
In modern age, people can learn or acquire a second language with the help of technology. The development of technology allows people to create an application called Digital-Based Language Learning (DGBLL). An example of a game application used during research is Studycat’s “Fun English”. This thesis discusses the useof DGBLL in the learning of English vocabulary as a second language. This research is aimed to identify phonemes that are difficult to be pronounced by Indonesian children, to identify the supporting factors for second language acquisition, and to compare the results of before and after the use of DGBLL in children.The writer uses the purposive sampling method, participant observation or referred as the Simak Bebas Libat Cakap technique, and recording technique in collecting data. The recorded data will be analyzed in contrastive analysis method to investigate which phonemes are difficult for children to pronounce.There are three findings of the research. First, the findings show most of the children as subjects find it hard to pronouncethe phonemes [ʤ]; [ʈʃ]; [ð]; [θ]; [æ]; [ʌ]. Second, the findings show that an essential part a second language learning is motivation to learn the language. Third, DGBLL is a useful tool to improve the subjects’ English vocabulary.Keywords: DGBLL; second language acquisition; contrasitive analysis
The Use of Temporal Deixis in Portraying Time Displacement and Sequences of Event in Short Stories
Hajar Hujjatul Muthmainah;
Oktiva Herry Chandra
Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies Vol 5, No 3 (2021): Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Lingustics Studies (November
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DOI: 10.14710/culturalistics.v5i3.12750
This thesis deals with how readers understand the sequences of event and time displacement in the literary works especially short story. Temporal deixis, as one of deixis types, have an important role along with tense to help readers understand the story. This thesis identifies the sequences of event, describes time displacement and sequence event in short story by using temporal deixis and tense, and explains the use of temporal deixis in short stories. The result shows that four selected short stories contain temporal deixis and change of tense. In conclusion, the four selected short stories contain temporal deixis and change of tense to signify time displacement from present to past and vice versa.Keywords: temporal deixis; time displacement; sequences of event; tense; short story
Mimicry, Ambivalence, and Hybridity of Lazlo Strange Character in Laini Taylor’s Strange the Dreamer
Pramudya Lazuardi;
Arido Laksono
Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies Vol 5, No 3 (2021): Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Lingustics Studies (November
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DOI: 10.14710/culturalistics.v5i3.12745
The study aims to describe which aspects represent mimicry, ambivalence, and hybridity using Homi K. Bhabha’s postcolonial studies. This research applies a qualitative analysis method. The primary source of the research data is the novel entitled Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor as the object of the study. In contrast, the secondary sources are books and journals related to the study that serves as the primary reference regarding the theory of Bernstein’s heroism and Bhabha’s postcolonialism. To collect the data, the writer uses the close-reading method. This study indicates that the journey of the main character of Strange the Dreamer, Lazlo Strange, is intertwined with postcolonialism issues that develop his act of mimicry, ambivalence, and hybridity.Keywords: postcolonialism; mimicry; ambivalence; hybridity; Lazlo Strange
Registers in Beauty V-Logs
Ekgoan Susanti Utami;
Mytha Candria
Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies Vol 5, No 2 (2021): Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Lingustics Studies (Agustus 2
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DOI: 10.14710/culturalistics.v5i2.12478
Beauty v-log is one of popular v-logs on YouTube. It also provides many registers but none of the other researchers conduct research on beauty v-logs registers. Thus, I attempt to discover and to explain the registers in beauty v-logs and the semantic change of registers in the beauty v-logs. There are three beauty v-loggers who were analyzed, namely Wayne Goss, Tati, and Angie HotandFlashy. They are native speaker of English. The beauty v-logs are audio-video formats which were uploaded in 2019. To collect the data, I used a non-participatory observation method and a note taking method. To analyze the data, I used a referential method. The result shows that there are fourteen registers have undergone semantic change which can be classified into three namely, metaphor, specialization, and generalization. Semantic change which mostly occurs metaphor because the meanings of the beauty v-logs registers transfer from different domains onto beauty domain.Keywords: registers; beauty v-log; beauty vlogger; semantic change
The Impact of Tony’s Existence to Donald’s Character Development in Green Book Movie
Rama Gunawan Sitinjak;
Atrinawati Atrinawati
Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies Vol 5, No 3 (2021): Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Lingustics Studies (November
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DOI: 10.14710/culturalistics.v5i3.12752
Peter Farelly’s Green Book is a fascinating biographical movie. This movie displays Donald’s personality development through his ego during his journey with Tony. It is the reason the writer interested to analyze the movie. This study is intended to describe the development of Donald’s ego. In order to describe the development, the writer practices close viewing. In his analysis, the writer uses the contextual method and psychoanalytic theory. The analysis shows that Donald’s superego experiences new vision. The result shows positive impact of Tony’s influence in breaking the doctor’s idealist temperament. This movie is good for general viewing, especially students of English Department studying the concept of psychoanalysis in practice.Keywords: idealist temperament; personality development; psychoanalysis; id ego, and superego
Tom Hansen’s Defense Mechanisms in (500) Days of Summer Movie by Marc Webb
Arumira Yusuf;
Rifka Pratama
Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies Vol 5, No 3 (2021): Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Lingustics Studies (November
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DOI: 10.14710/culturalistics.v5i3.12746
The writer intends to analyze one of the remarkable movies directed by Marc Webb which is titled (500) Days of Summer in this thesis. This thesis is written in a purpose to analyze acts of defense mechanisms portrayed in the main character of the film, Tom Hansen, as well as to analyze several intrinsic elements of the film including characterization and conflict. The writer utilizes psychological and objective approaches in order to analyze Tom Hansen’s existing defense mechanism and the intrinsic elements in the film. Meanwhile, library research is used as the method of research in collecting the data for this thesis. Finally, the result of the data analysis shows that there are several acts of defense mechanisms represented by Tom Hansen character to struggle with his love for Summer Finn such as projection, denial, displacement, reaction formation, and sublimation that differ in how they operate to undergo Tom Hansen’s negative effects.Keywords: (500) Days of Summer; Marc Webb; Tom Hansen; Defense Mechanisms; Movie.