NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture
NOTION – “Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture” is a peer reviewed journal which accepts high quality research articles. It is a journal published twice a year at the end of May and November. We welcome submissions focusing on theories, methods, and applications in Linguistics (Applied Linguistics), Literature, and Culture. All articles must be in English. NOTION does not ask any charge (fee) for the publication process.
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<![CDATA[Early Childhood Bilingualism: The Myths, Truths, and Implications in English Language Learning in Pontianak ]]>
<![CDATA[Teddy Fiktorius]]>
<![CDATA[ NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture ]]>
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DOI: 10.12928/notion.v2i1.969
<![CDATA[The paper explicates the immediate concern of gaining a deeper insight of language acquisition in the early childhood bilingualism in the setting of Pontianak city, a multi-ethnic city located in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is written through descriptive method or library research to provide the readers, especially the parents and teachers with better insights into a basis for decision making about raising and educating children bilingually. The first part elaborates on four myths, namely the myth of the monolingual brain, the myth of time investment, the myth of bilingualism and language impairment; and the myth of minority language children. It is followed by the argumentative support by the experts in the fields based on the literature review. Next, discussions are presented as a whole, pointing out some of significant implications for parents and teachers. Finally, an overall conclusion of the paper coverage is provided.]]>
<![CDATA[The Relationship between Transitive and Intransitive Verbs in English Language ]]>
<![CDATA[Teddy Fiktorius]]>
<![CDATA[ NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture Vol. 1 No. 2 (2019): NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture ]]>
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DOI: 10.12928/notion.v1i2.972
<![CDATA[In the current research, the researcher employs descriptive method (library research) to elaborate on the relationship and differentiation between the English language transitive and intransitive verbs. The first parts explore the theoretical framework of the relationship and differentiation equipped with various sentences samples. The next part discusses the implications for English language teachers in coping with some grammatical confusion. Finally, some solutions as well as recommendations are proposed.]]>
<![CDATA[Gender Stereotype in Joyce Lebra's The Scent of Sake ]]>
<![CDATA[Fais Wahidatul Arifatin]]>
<![CDATA[ NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture Vol. 1 No. 2 (2019): NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture ]]>
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DOI: 10.12928/notion.v1i2.976
<![CDATA[Gender stereotype should be understood as negative beliefs shared by a particular group due to over-simplification and generalization. In this study, gender stereotype is used to mean negative beliefs toward women, which is based on their sexual or gender identity instead of their personal quality and individual competence. The writer try to show that in The Scent of Sake by Joyce Lebra is considered as a novel depicting the issue of gender stereotype in Japanese family culture, especially in managing the sake business which is represented trough Rie as the main character. Hence, in this study try to answer What are gender stereotypes experienced by Rie as reflected in Joyce Lebra’s The Scent of Sake and how does Rie struggle against gender stereotype as reflected in the novel. The research design used by the writer is literary criticism; it is liberal feminism especially the theory of Mary Wollstonecraft. The results of the study show that women as represented by Rie, is stereotyped in the family’s sake business through many negative stigmas. Such stereotypes have given negative influences toward Rie in terms of marginalization in management, in educational access and women’s lack of decision making in marriage. To reduce the effects, Rie struggles against gender stereotype by performing the stereotypes. Through considerable struggles, Rie has proven that women should not be viewed as inferior to men. Rie has tried very hard to play an active role as a subject in her own family’s business of sake production.]]>
<![CDATA[Errors in English Essay Writing from a Syntactic Perspective ]]>
<![CDATA[Istianatul Hikmah]]>
<![CDATA[ NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture Vol. 1 No. 2 (2019): NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture ]]>
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DOI: 10.12928/notion.v1i2.979
<![CDATA[This study discuses errors in English essay writing from syntactic perspective. Syntactic theory was used to analyze data while the data of this study were English essay writing written by university students. The method of this study was qualitative study which was divided into three namely data collecting method, data analysis method, and presentation of data analysis. Data of this study were collected using simak method. It meant monitoring the language used which was in the form of written text. Then there are two techniques used to collect data namely documentation and noted technique. Descriptive analytic was used to analyze data using syntactic theory. Informal method was used to present the result of data analysis in the form of sentences. There were two results of this study. Firstly, it showed that there were nineteen words, thirteen phrases, and thirteen clauses were found as errors in university students’ English essay writing. Secondly, university students need to master English grammar to minimize syntactic errors in English essay writing.]]>
<![CDATA[The Representation of Reunion 212 in Indonesian Online Media ]]>
<![CDATA[Nizar Ibnus]]>
<![CDATA[ NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture Vol. 1 No. 2 (2019): NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture ]]>
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DOI: 10.12928/notion.v1i2.993
<![CDATA[Reunion 212 which is the action of a series of previous actions was reported by many media in Indonesia. Each media portrays the action differently. This critical discourse analysis attempts to uncover the practice of power in Indonesian online media regarding the rally. Three reunion 212-related articles published on December 2, 2017 from each of CNN Indonesia.com and Republika Online were collected as the data of the study. Those online media were chosen as preliminary study informs that they frequently take different point of view whey they are reporting moslem or islamic related issues. The data collected were analyzed using van Dijk discourse analysis approach which consisted of text analysis, social cognition, and social context. The findings confirm that CNN Indonesia.com is more concerned about the adverse effects of the action and the purpose of the action which is considered politically charged, while Republika Online brings more humanist themes eventhough it also does not deny the potential political purpose behind the action. The themes are supported by certain lexical and discourse strategies such as word choice, theme choice, cohesion, and coherence. Moreover, the power practice is more visible in CNN Indonesia.com which attempts to convince readers that the action is bad and orientates itself more toward political purposes. While the news from Republika Online is more informative and only contains the positive side of the action.]]>
<![CDATA[Conceptual Metaphor of Anger Emotion in Grunge Musician’s Song Lyrics ]]>
<![CDATA[Gema Febriansyah]]>
<![CDATA[ NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture ]]>
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DOI: 10.12928/notion.v2i1.1026
<![CDATA[This journal is entitled “Conceptual Metaphor of Anger Emotion in Grunge Musician’s Song Lyrics”. The objective of this study is to analyze and describe conceptual metaphors of anger emotion that Grunge Musicians used in their song lyrics and to analyze and describe the image schema formed in conceptual metaphor of anger emotion. The data are taken from the lyrics of grunge musicians based on the Rolling stones magazine about the best grunge musicians all the time. The research uses a qualitative method since the data collected are in the form of words rather than numbers and it is conducted based on the conceptual metaphor theory and emotion concept theory from cognitive semantics study. The result of this research shows that the conceptual metaphor of anger emotion mostly used by grunge musicians are ANGER IS FIRE, ANGER IS AN OPPONENT IN A STRUGGLE, ANGER IS A NATURAL FORCE, and ANGER IS A HOT FLUID IN CONTAINER. The image schema that found in conceptual metaphor of anger emotion is FORCE SCHEMA and CONTAINMENT SCHEMA.]]>
<![CDATA[Exploring Students’ Perception and Belief of Extensive Reading Program in Improving Reading Ability and Language Competences ]]>
<![CDATA[Winda Ari Anggraini]]>
<![CDATA[ NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture ]]>
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DOI: 10.12928/notion.v2i1.1063
<![CDATA[The aim of this research was to investigate students’ perception toward a small-scale project of extensive reading (ER) program. ER is believed can improve many aspects of language skills, including vocabulary, reading speed, listening, speaking, and writing[4][6]. Therefore, research participants were also asked about their view on reading ability and other linguistic competences improvement. This research utilized case study specifically focused on three students who showed outstanding progress through the project, using semi-structured interview for data collection. The paper concludes with positive results for both students’ perception and their reading ability and language competence.]]>
<![CDATA[Slavery in Charles Dickens’ Novel Oliver Twist ]]>
<![CDATA[Van Arlin Abas]]>;
<![CDATA[Indah Wardaty Saud]]>;
<![CDATA[Dahlia Husain]]>
<![CDATA[ NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture ]]>
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DOI: 10.12928/notion.v2i1.1110
<![CDATA[This research discusses the slavery experienced by the characters in the Oliver Twist novel. Those who have no family and no place to stay eventually become slaves who are forced to work for the benefit of the owner. They are treated as property and often get physical violence. This research aims to analyze the types of slavery that are reflected in Oliver Twist novel. This research using descriptive qualitative methods. Researchers used the Marxist approach and slavery theory to find the types of slavery contained in Oliver Twist novel. From the results of the analysis, it was found that there are 4 types of slavery in Oliver Twist novel, namely forced labor, sex slavery, child slavery and domestic servitude.]]>
<![CDATA[Integration of Adjectives to Learn Grammatical Gender for Object Categorization in Urdu for Balti Speakers ]]>
<![CDATA[Abdul Basit]]>
<![CDATA[ NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture ]]>
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DOI: 10.12928/notion.v2i1.1481
<![CDATA[This quantitative research is an attempt to explore the possibilities to decrease the level of difficulty for Balti language speakers in object categorization while they learn Urdu language as their L2. Purpose of this research is to know that how chunking technique can help the Balti speakers remember the grammatical gender of different inanimate objects while keeping in mind their adjective-noun pairs. This is an experimental study and population for this research is comprised of all Balti language speakers living in Lahore. Simple random sampling technique is used to select the sample and teaching sessions are conducted by the researcher to teach experimental and controlled groups. Findings of this study show that chunking technique is beneficial to be used for L2 learners of Urdu language especially if their L1 doesn’t have the concept of grammatical gender. In conclusion, it is recommended through this research to apply the same technique of linking adjectives with nouns in pedagogical approach for the Balti speakers who intend learn Urdu as their L2 with the help of their curriculum.]]>
<![CDATA[The Implementation of Communicative Language Teaching in English Practice ]]>
<![CDATA[Arini Sabrina]]>
<![CDATA[ NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture ]]>
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DOI: 10.12928/notion.v2i1.1750
<![CDATA[2013 Curriculum now has been implemented so widely in Indonesia, especially in English teaching and learning process. It delineates some focal points like student-centered active learning and contextual teaching which hopefully brings the students to learn more effectively. Furthermore, there is an apparent unanimity that the curriculum may lead the meaningfulness of learning. In relation to English teaching approach, Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is likened to the latest curriculum. CLT emphasizes on the context and authenticity. Thus, this approach should go along with 2013 Curriculum. This study aims at finding out the implementation of CLT in line with the curriculum, since many previous studies alert some problems happening while CLT is applied not in ESL as its birthplace, yet in EFL context. In fact, Indonesia perceives English as foreign language. But, there are still few studies related to this approach. After observation and document tracking are conducted, it is concluded that Scientific Approach and Communicative Language Teaching Approach are able to blend to create more effective communicative learning.]]>
